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New varmint rifle build?
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<blockquote data-quote="M Jager" data-source="post: 1696861" data-attributes="member: 5753"><p>Some of these suggestions for a prairie dog rig make me cringe. 22 creed, 243 ia, 6/284 for a primary prairie dog rifle? Either you dont have many dogs or you dont mind spinning up a new barrel every 2 to 3 trips. High performance cartridges for prarrie dogs should be limited to novelty shooters who dont shoot much or 3rd (or 4th) rifle that sees limited rounds.</p><p></p><p>For P dogs you really need 2 rifles (preferably more). Something mild mannered for closer shots like a 223 or 204 and a heavier gun shooting high bc bullets for longer stuff. Ideally I throw in a 6 br or variant in for midrange 400 to 700 yard stuff, so you can save the barrel burners like 6 creed and up for the long shots. I would actually consider a 260/6.5 creed/6.5x47 for a dedicated long range dog gun. Better barrel life than their 6mm counter parts, bigger bullets make seeing impacts easier and give more splat factor, better bc makes getting hits in the wind easier. Build the gun heavy to mitigate recoil.</p><p></p><p>Big splats at long range isnt very realistic in my experience. True varmint bullets don't have the best BCs and high BC target bullets aren't going to expand much on a small target when the velocity drops. ELDs and TMKs about the best you can do IMO when trying to compromise BC, expansion, and barrel life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="M Jager, post: 1696861, member: 5753"] Some of these suggestions for a prairie dog rig make me cringe. 22 creed, 243 ia, 6/284 for a primary prairie dog rifle? Either you dont have many dogs or you dont mind spinning up a new barrel every 2 to 3 trips. High performance cartridges for prarrie dogs should be limited to novelty shooters who dont shoot much or 3rd (or 4th) rifle that sees limited rounds. For P dogs you really need 2 rifles (preferably more). Something mild mannered for closer shots like a 223 or 204 and a heavier gun shooting high bc bullets for longer stuff. Ideally I throw in a 6 br or variant in for midrange 400 to 700 yard stuff, so you can save the barrel burners like 6 creed and up for the long shots. I would actually consider a 260/6.5 creed/6.5x47 for a dedicated long range dog gun. Better barrel life than their 6mm counter parts, bigger bullets make seeing impacts easier and give more splat factor, better bc makes getting hits in the wind easier. Build the gun heavy to mitigate recoil. Big splats at long range isnt very realistic in my experience. True varmint bullets don't have the best BCs and high BC target bullets aren't going to expand much on a small target when the velocity drops. ELDs and TMKs about the best you can do IMO when trying to compromise BC, expansion, and barrel life. [/QUOTE]
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