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<blockquote data-quote="budlight" data-source="post: 2336243" data-attributes="member: 2939"><p>I'm a HP fan. I have been a road racing driving instructor for years and I won't even get in a Miata no matter how fixed up! It's been the same way with rifles. As a 10 year old I was given a 26 inch barrel 22-250 and all the reloading gear. Within a couple of years I was getting paid to get rid of marmots. </p><p></p><p>As I got older rifles got bigger. But for squirrel and Prairie poodles cheap shooting has it's advantages. To be a red mist person forget all those phoney sub .223 crap. No I don't like 17, 19, 20 cal no matter how much money you throw into it.</p><p></p><p>I go to south Dakota most every year and take quality 20 and 24 inch AR platforms with match grade SS with scopes like 8X32 56 and 60 mm objectives. Big objectives you can get on stuff faster. My friends have pickups with shooting platforms because they are into it! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> It makes for driving between dog towns better and height is an advantage. You just make the rounds through the day. We also do 4X4 quads with forward solid shooting rests so we can split up hundreds of yards apart and go to work.</p><p></p><p>We always take our trusty 26 inch rem XPS Varmintor 243's. It's a real red mister with 87 grain V-Max. reloads chrono at up to 3500 fps with StaBall 6.5. I'm not sure about factory v-max ammo.</p><p></p><p>guns get hot so you need several per person. So you start in closer with .223 and work up to 243 when they start to to disappear. Then drive off to a new town and start over. I've shot up to 1500 .223 rounds and nearly 600 high powered rounds on a single Safari. Yes, I also use quality target 25-06 and 270's for varmints.</p><p></p><p>There is just a certain amount of satisfaction and bragging rights of who got the dog helicoptering around the highest when you shoot just where their belly is on the dirt mound when they are out sunning. That just doesn't happen with low HP rounds. The ranchers are so happy when we show up. A comment years ago was, :" It sounded like a war today with you three guys showing up and you killed more in one day than $5000 dollars worth of poisoning!" They invite you back.</p><p></p><p>The other bonus of HP rifles is you also use the same rifles for Texas pig hunting! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="budlight, post: 2336243, member: 2939"] I'm a HP fan. I have been a road racing driving instructor for years and I won't even get in a Miata no matter how fixed up! It's been the same way with rifles. As a 10 year old I was given a 26 inch barrel 22-250 and all the reloading gear. Within a couple of years I was getting paid to get rid of marmots. As I got older rifles got bigger. But for squirrel and Prairie poodles cheap shooting has it's advantages. To be a red mist person forget all those phoney sub .223 crap. No I don't like 17, 19, 20 cal no matter how much money you throw into it. I go to south Dakota most every year and take quality 20 and 24 inch AR platforms with match grade SS with scopes like 8X32 56 and 60 mm objectives. Big objectives you can get on stuff faster. My friends have pickups with shooting platforms because they are into it! :) It makes for driving between dog towns better and height is an advantage. You just make the rounds through the day. We also do 4X4 quads with forward solid shooting rests so we can split up hundreds of yards apart and go to work. We always take our trusty 26 inch rem XPS Varmintor 243's. It's a real red mister with 87 grain V-Max. reloads chrono at up to 3500 fps with StaBall 6.5. I'm not sure about factory v-max ammo. guns get hot so you need several per person. So you start in closer with .223 and work up to 243 when they start to to disappear. Then drive off to a new town and start over. I've shot up to 1500 .223 rounds and nearly 600 high powered rounds on a single Safari. Yes, I also use quality target 25-06 and 270's for varmints. There is just a certain amount of satisfaction and bragging rights of who got the dog helicoptering around the highest when you shoot just where their belly is on the dirt mound when they are out sunning. That just doesn't happen with low HP rounds. The ranchers are so happy when we show up. A comment years ago was, :" It sounded like a war today with you three guys showing up and you killed more in one day than $5000 dollars worth of poisoning!" They invite you back. The other bonus of HP rifles is you also use the same rifles for Texas pig hunting! :) [/QUOTE]
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