varmit gun?

[mo_hunter]

What would be a nice gun and cal. for praire dog hunting? As far as cost for the gun and ammo to shoot also. Thanks

[sureshot]

It lal depends on the distance and what you have for money buying shells! Any gun is good but if money is a factor I would say the .223, still even a good coyote gun to 300 yards [close to it anyways] guns are reasonable,shells are dirt cheap,you will noit take barrels out as quick as soem of the wildcat varmet rifles and they are usually deadly accurate! If money is a factor they are cheap to shoot if not then any cal is good, know a few guys from here that head to Montana every year with the 22-250, and 220 swifts, but I also knwo they have worn out barrels in a few days of shootign the hot shells!!

[jcwa]

You can also add the .17 HMR, 22 Hornet, .17 Remington, 221 Remington Fireball, 204 Ruger and the 222 Remington. They would all work great on prairie dogs.

[mo_hunter]

Sureshot
what do you mean wore out barrels?? Also is a 3-9 scope enough?? Thanks

[jcwa]

Yes, a 3-9 is fine for shooting prairie dogs. It's really all about what the shooter prefers.

I would prefer 3-14 or 4-24 for shooting at smaller targets at long distances.

[huntinsonovagun]

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Sureshot
what do you mean wore out barrels??

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That's what I am wondering. Are the 25-06 bad about this?!?!

[SavageTaylor]

I would bet thatthe barrels "shot out" were on semi auto wepons & the careless owner did not allow the barrel time to cool. My .22-250 has thousands of rounds through it all ready & still shoots accurately, but mine is a single shot thus it doesn't get the rapid fire torture on the semi auto wepons.

I am using a 6-18x50 scope on this .22-250, no gophers this far north, so I have to settle for Coyotes & Rabits as well as lots of target shooting.

[huntinsonovagun]

Savage, what gun is that??

[SavageTaylor]

Hey ya Sun-of-a Gun; The photo is of my Thompson Center, Encore in .22-250 Remington, I have a 209x50 Blakpowder barrel as well as a .260 Remington barrel for the same wepon. IMHO the T/C Encore is the most versatile shooting platform on the market.
This is the same wepon in .260 Rem trim sporting a 4-12x44 Vivitar Scope.

[Shaun_300]

we have a Remington 700 .22-250 with a 6-18x Redfield scope on it and that thing is like a sniper. we reload .52gr boatail match bullets. man that gun can drive tacks every shot! up here we dont have prairie dogs, just groundhogs