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Long-ish range prairie dog caliber?
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<blockquote data-quote="Badgerclaw" data-source="post: 1671019" data-attributes="member: 101780"><p>Funny enough, when I go prairie dog hunting I actually go to south dakota! I take my 6mm Creedmoor and regularly hit prarie dogs at 600 yards. Have hit some further than that, but it needs to be early morning conditions. Mirage in the heat of the day will almost make those suckers invisable. </p><p></p><p>I see other people have commented on the avalibility of ammo for 6mm Creed vs. 243 win. One thing I think they are forgetting, is that the 6mm Creedmoor ammo availible, is match grade stuff. It's primarily for long range target shooting. Yes they make match ammo for 243, but mosltly soft point deer loads, plinking rounds, varmint rounds. If your going to be hitting a tiny little prairie dog at the ranges you mentioned, you'll want match ammo. </p><p></p><p>Before I had a load built up for my 6 creed, I bought a box of hornday eld match ammo to break in the barrel and get brass for loading. The very first group out of the rifle is pictured below. Last three shots are touching. That's factory rifle, factory ammo, and a brand new barrel. Hornady match ammo is anywhere from $22-32 a box</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Badgerclaw, post: 1671019, member: 101780"] Funny enough, when I go prairie dog hunting I actually go to south dakota! I take my 6mm Creedmoor and regularly hit prarie dogs at 600 yards. Have hit some further than that, but it needs to be early morning conditions. Mirage in the heat of the day will almost make those suckers invisable. I see other people have commented on the avalibility of ammo for 6mm Creed vs. 243 win. One thing I think they are forgetting, is that the 6mm Creedmoor ammo availible, is match grade stuff. It's primarily for long range target shooting. Yes they make match ammo for 243, but mosltly soft point deer loads, plinking rounds, varmint rounds. If your going to be hitting a tiny little prairie dog at the ranges you mentioned, you'll want match ammo. Before I had a load built up for my 6 creed, I bought a box of hornday eld match ammo to break in the barrel and get brass for loading. The very first group out of the rifle is pictured below. Last three shots are touching. That's factory rifle, factory ammo, and a brand new barrel. Hornady match ammo is anywhere from $22-32 a box [/QUOTE]
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