Best caliber for prairie dogs inside of 400 yds.

[BangBang]

Which one is cheaper per round?

That’s your answer.

 

[Radar363]

6.5 Creedmoor. ...if it's good enough to make half inch groups at 1900 yards it should be good enough under 400...
Am I right BangBang ?

 

[BangBang]

6.5 Creedmoor. ...if it's good enough to make half inch groups at 1900 yards it should be good enough under 400...
Am I right BangBang ?

Man, that 6.5 is too rich for my blood!

I’d be out there trying to pop those little bastards with bulk pack .22

 

[poopdaddy]

50bmg.
but real operator just waits til they are looking around, then sneaks up behind them, yells BOO, and they die of a heart attack.
all kidding aside, as cheap as 150 gr 308 can be had, use it. factory ammo will do great out to 400 and any hit on them will be a kill.

 

[Gimmeguns]

25 06

 

[thebull]

6.5CM because why not??


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[Allsmiles]

12ga shotgun slugs and drop them in like mortars. That would impress your buddies.

 

[Control for Smilers]

20 Vartarg.

 

[greg vess]

Out of the two you listed I would go 22-250 but just for varmints at 400 the 220 swift would have to be a choice. The others just drop to much for that distance.

 

[greg vess]

Greg, I hate to disagree, but are you comparing apples to apples in bullet weights? We used to reload for both and with equivalent bullet weights, the 22-250 is only about 100-150fps slower than the Swift. The Swift will hit 4100fps with 40gr bullets, but not 50-55 gr bullets.

Only when you get to the heavier bullet weights does the Swift start to pull away, due to it's larger case capacity. And FWIW, the 22-250 parent case is the old 250-3000, not the 30-30.

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Yes that I knew that it came from the 22-3000 cartridge but for the life of me I read somewhere today that 22-3000 round was based of the 30 caliber casing and it did say the 30-30. I read it somewhere today I swear I wouldn't just through that out there. I might have misunderstood the information. However I was familiar with the 22-3000 round.