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which varment caliber?
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<blockquote data-quote="budlight" data-source="post: 95785" data-attributes="member: 2939"><p>I'm an old Javelina hunter from when I was young an dumber and lived in Las Vegas. We would just get off work on Friday and head down into Arizona looking for pigs. Sometimes even get a couple before dark or camp out where we saw some and hunt the weekend out.</p><p></p><p>Close shot is a rarity. You had to be good at glassing and then figure out how to get the sneak on them with the terrain. I only had my 26 inch barrel 270 win back then with a 4X12 scope. Later on I installed a 6X24 and Harris bipod.</p><p></p><p>They are a tough animal and I used 140 and 150 boat tails. I'd say that normal shots were in the 250-400 yard range unless you caught some feeding in a canyon wash an then you were shooting down on them.</p><p></p><p>I now own a 243 and I'm sure you could tack them on with 100's and 105's. </p><p></p><p>The 270 with 100 grains is an excellant varmint gun. My 243 I've also used the 70 grain TNT's on PD's.</p><p></p><p> All guns get hot so I always recommend the heavy longer barrels to get the most out of what ever caliber your using. For your big Nor Cal pigs I like a gun with more power. I've never owned a 25-06. The 270 can shoot a 100 grain bullet faster than the 25's 100 grain</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="budlight, post: 95785, member: 2939"] I'm an old Javelina hunter from when I was young an dumber and lived in Las Vegas. We would just get off work on Friday and head down into Arizona looking for pigs. Sometimes even get a couple before dark or camp out where we saw some and hunt the weekend out. Close shot is a rarity. You had to be good at glassing and then figure out how to get the sneak on them with the terrain. I only had my 26 inch barrel 270 win back then with a 4X12 scope. Later on I installed a 6X24 and Harris bipod. They are a tough animal and I used 140 and 150 boat tails. I'd say that normal shots were in the 250-400 yard range unless you caught some feeding in a canyon wash an then you were shooting down on them. I now own a 243 and I'm sure you could tack them on with 100's and 105's. The 270 with 100 grains is an excellant varmint gun. My 243 I've also used the 70 grain TNT's on PD's. All guns get hot so I always recommend the heavy longer barrels to get the most out of what ever caliber your using. For your big Nor Cal pigs I like a gun with more power. I've never owned a 25-06. The 270 can shoot a 100 grain bullet faster than the 25's 100 grain [/QUOTE]
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