What calibers do you other prairie dog hunters use? What bullets do you use with them? I have a bunch, but don’t take them all each time. I usually pick a couple for under 300yd, a few for 3-600yd, and 1 or 2 for long range. My arsenal consists of 17fireball, 17remington, 22hornet, 222, 223, 223ackley, 22-250 Ackley, 220swift, 243ackley, 6mm Remington, and 6-284. I use mostly v-max and ballistic tip bullets.
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I've used .22 lr, 17 hornet, 204 Ruger, 223 Remington, 25-06, and 260. They all killed prairie dogs just fine. The 2 most fun were the 204 and the 25-06. I don't have the 204 anymore and mostly use the 17 hornet now & occasionally the 25-06 on windier days. I'm in process of building a 22-243 Middlestead but it won't see the prairie dog towns, it'll be a dedicated coyote shooter.
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I forgot about 204ruger. That’s one of my favorites. Never could get the published velocities out of it, but still an outstanding cartridge.
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223 only, 50gr Z-Max
For the amount of shooting our guys do, barrels won't last 1 season in other calibers
I go once a year, usually shoot around 1500 rounds in that weekend. Split that between 8 rifles and they last awhile. The short and long range rifles don’t get shot as much. Most of our shooting is between 3-600 yards, so the 204, 22-250 Ackley’s, and 220 Swift’s see the most action.Originally Posted by Wes Sage
223 only, 50gr Z-Max
For the amount of shooting our guys do, barrels won't last 1 season in other calibers
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I think it'd take some doing to burn out the barrel on a .17 hornet, but it's only good to 400 yards max... At least I can't get it to do much past that.
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