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Posted: 4/11/2007 7:03:43 PM EDT
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What ammo do you guys use for varmint hunting ? Asked this in the ammo forum but not getting hardly any responses Thanks |
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I know this may seem like a heavy load for p-dogs, but it is very accurate (where I live, a 20 mph wind is a "light wind" so I prefer a heavier bullet). I use a Hornady BTHP 75 gr. bullet w/ 23.5 gr. of Hodgon Varget behind it with Remington and/or LC brass. If you are going for factory bought, blue box Black Hills 68 gr. HPBT DESTROYS the varmints and is only $21 for a box of 50. The gun I use is an LMT 18" SS MRP... works well on both p-dogs and jack rabbits, <EDIT>*This advice is for those with 1:7 barrels |
Oh yeah! Well, it is even more challenging to kill a p-dog a sling-shot.  BEAT THAT |
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OK, I killed a Ground hog in our garden once, by getting a running start from around from the front of the house and before it could get up to speed and hide in his hole I used a home made spear and stuck him to the ground. Screamed like a little girl for half a minute.  You know how a rabbitt can scream, ground hog sounds the same only louder.
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Damn, your Navajo skillz are true. The only thing that can top a sling-shot kill is a spear kill. 
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That way after I exact revenge I don't have to worry about cleaning them. |
I shoot 50 gr V-Max Blackhills in my New England single-shot. I used to shoot 45 gr JHP Winchesters 40 round bulk box. I shot a crow at about 85 yrds off and cut him in half, the half were 4 feet apart! It pretty deadly on buzzards too... Now since I've gotten my AR I buy Blackhills 69 MHP, haven't gotten to shot them yet. |
Waiting for someone to post picture of a parrie dog killed with a pocket knife. 
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That is awesome. What grain was the spear? |
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quote Now since I've gotten my AR I buy Blackhills 69 MHP, haven't gotten to shot them yet. quote I use 55 gr Vmax. Explosive and messy. 69MHP just drill holes in them. Not recommended. Dead just the same i guess, no drama, or trauma. We had a bunch of ricochets from them also shooting on the flat land. YMMV. The 50 gr Barnes Varminator in the 22-250 is a poodle popper of the holly shit kind. VERY messy. eta quote from above |
what brand of ammo is this |
Damn skippy !!!  Plus ya get to strech it out a little more. |
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