Best caliber for prairie dogs inside of 400 yds.

[Old_School]

Actually, they are real rounds, though some inert ones are being sold on the innerwebs. They one on the right is called the 17 Incenerator Improved. To launch them requires a polygonal barrel, and the bullets are solids. There is an article in Accurate Shooter about the project.

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com...ultimate-varmint-cartridge-with-mach-5-speed/

Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

 

[RamRoddoc]

the hornet would be fun at closer ranges, especially if you already have one. 35-40gr Vmax would do well. I'd go for that out to 250yards, maybe more if not much wind and you have time/targets. Longer shots 22-250 because of wind and distance/drop.

sounds like a fun trip. what hornet did you get?

Yep, for closer range then .223 for under 300 yards but beyond the 22-250 is a great choice. I would take several rifles to prairie dog hunt.

Suppressed .223 would take everything under 300 yards and the noise is marginal but yeah the ,22-250 makes a boom as jeddack mentioned.

 

[Lionheart]

the hornet would be fun at closer ranges, especially if you already have one. 35-40gr Vmax would do well. I'd go for that out to 250yards, maybe more if not much wind and you have time/targets. Longer shots 22-250 because of wind and distance/drop.

sounds like a fun trip. what hornet did you get?

the hornet would be fun at closer ranges, especially if you already have one. 35-40gr Vmax would do well. I'd go for that out to 250yards, maybe more if not much wind and you have time/targets. Longer shots 22-250 because of wind and distance/drop.

sounds like a fun trip. what hornet did you get?

A CZ 550 with a custom Shilen bbl

 

[Please Delete]

My 20vt makes like 3800fps with a 39/40g pill. Thats .5” drop at 200yards. Beats the .223 errtime.

 

[Trapper]

.223 for close, .20 Practical for out to 350 and the 6mm Grendel for distance.

 

[greg vess]

Weatherby 6.5-300 magnum. Why leave chunks that will draw in predators. Just get rid of them completely and leave no remnants. It's a theoretically sound idea. Doesn't this look simply delicious!www.weatherby.com/products/rifles/mark-vr-deluxe.html

 

[greg vess]

Why not put a 2,000 dollar Night Force scope on it, stretch that yardage out to about 600-700 yards. I think it's a bargain for a prairie dog gun. You would have a nice little 4,700 dollar budget rifle.

 

[MARINE 2]

6.5 Creedmoor, and poof no more

 

[chucklenut]

the largest you can find

 

[greg vess]

6.5 Creedmoor, and poof no more

No doubt that will work but I want to leave a 3 feet deep crater at the impact site.