Favorite Varmint Cartridges / Loads?

[JRuby]

One uses what works and even if it was legal to use a 22-250 I do not have enough faith in that cartridge for elk.. Heck I am not a fan. Of the 243 for deer. I guess it's just my opinion.

 

[Tlock]

I know this. I have hunted in Oregon for a LONG time.

How then were you able to use your 22-250 for everything! Elk, (legally) as you posted?

I used it only on elk for work. Never for hunting

 

[Tlock]

Also removed a pile of deer with a suppressed subsonic 22. Just for work purposes.....never lost a animal shooting for work. It's all about shot placement

 

[RVTECH]

Also removed a pile of deer

What is a 'pile of deer' and why did you have to 'remove' them?

 

[Tlock]

What is a 'pile of deer' and why did you have to 'remove' them?

Mainly crop damage, odfw has changed alot of stuff in the last 10 years. It's less needed now than in the early 2000s....it wasn't uncommon to remover 20+ a night in cherry orchards. All the meat was donated to the homeless shelters. Alot of states use the agency I worked for to do population control on white tail and those guys remove thousands a year

 

[RVTECH]

it wasn't uncommon to remover 20+ a night. All the meat was donated to the homeless shelters.

So who gutted out the deer, cleaned and skinned them, and processed the meat for donation?

20 a night is a lot of deer...

 

[Tlock]

So who gutted out the deer, cleaned and skinned them, and processed the meat for donation?

I did....it's not easy work. I got my gut job down to less than 2 min a deer. Alot of times the union gospel mission would take them whole and skinned. Other times they would go to a custom butcher shop to be processed. Same with bears

 

[Kilkenny]

The 17 HMR is my go to for sage rats, and always a joy to shoot.

My dad has a .17 Fireball that we've taken in a few trips, and its terminal effects are very impressive. No guessing if you hit them when a 20gr bullets is going 4,200fps. Body flies 20 to the left, and the head flies 30 to the right. It's an absolute hoot to shoot.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

.17 bmg for the win

 

[CountryGent]

Ah, yeah .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer and friends

 

[No_Regerts]

17 HMR: Flatter, more splat, less prone to ricochet than 22 LR.

243 Win: I use the 70gr Ballistic Tip for chucks and coyotes. Shoots real flat, lots of splat, and you don't get any spinners.

20 GA: Use it on raccoons when I get them up a tree.

 

[OYSTERBOY]

22 HORNET MOD.54 WIN, CONTENDER
22/250. MODEL 70 WINCHESTER.

 

[FATAL125]

Favorite Varmint Cartridges

50BMG...

The pink mist brings me great joy... Not to mention, the message it sends to the others

 

[Ura-Ki]

Old School .222 Rem 40-X, .223 Hart Barreled Rem 700. Win Mod 70 Varmint HB in .243 Win. Springfield 03 chambered in 6.5X55 Swede, another Springer in 6.5X7mm Mag. Loves me some Hot 6.5 nasties!

 

[JRuby]

I have a 6.6x55 on a 1903 springfield, a 6.5-06AI on a 1970 mark x mauser and a 264wm on a 1955 commercial FN mauser. To me they are excellent dear and antelope rifles. I do not think I will use them for varmints.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

I have a 6.6x55 on a 1903 springfield, a 6.5-06AI on a 1970 mark x mauser and a 264wm on a 1955 commercial FN mauser. To me they are excellent dear and antelope rifles. I do not think I will use them for varmints.

Not even jackalopes?

 

[JRuby]

I got mine with a 375h&h.

 

[OYSTERBOY]

One uses what works and even if it was legal to use a 22-250 I do not have enough faith in that cartridge for elk.. Heck I am not a fan. Of the 243 for deer. I guess it's just my opinion.

A MAN THAT IS SURE OF HIS SHOT CAN USE ANYTHING.

 

[JRuby]

A MAN THAT IS SURE OF HIS SHOT CAN USE ANYTHING.

because it can be done doesnt mean it should be. I have seen a whitetail fall to a 22LR but that does not make a 22LR a deer cartridge.

 

[FATAL125]

A MAN THAT IS SURE OF HIS SHOT CAN USE ANYTHING.

LIKEWISE... A MAN THAT CAN'T GET IT DONE WITH SIX SHOTS SHOULDN'T CARRY A GUN AT ALL...