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Old 06-22-2007 | 10:58 AM
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ORIGINAL: SwampCollie

1. Varmints -
First choice = .223 Remington
Second choice = .220 Swift .204 Ruger belongs here
Honorable mention = .22/250 Remington - .222 Rem Mag
Not in this lifetime.

.220 Swift is the fastest factory ammo available cartridge there is that isn't a wildcat, like the Benchrest cartridges.

My great grandpa loved his, and when he and my grandpa were hunting, my great-grandpa shot an antelope from 875 yards away, closer to 900 paces.
He practised with that rifle all the time, and with a gallon of luck, and skill, he killed that antelope, but it was one of those once in a lifetime shots, I wouldn't want to do that, more likely than not, it would be missed completely, since the wind could affect it.

But if I were ever to spend money on an expensive varmit rifle, I would get a .220 Swift, very high velocity and power. The only thing I would classify as close would be the .22-250 Rem, both those cals are what we call "smokers", you see the humidity coming out of the barrel whenever you fire it on a hot, humid, Tennessee summerday.

I really find it strange you didn't bother putting the .22-250 on your list.

Just for the sake of talking trash, the .204 is one of the biggest wastes of brass in firearms history.

No offense.
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Old 06-24-2007 | 05:07 PM
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I just think someone screwed up when 45/70 was left out.
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Old 06-24-2007 | 06:38 PM
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I disagree with the entire list. There is not one single form of "ammo" on it. Those are all "calibers."

Ammo, refers to ammunition. This list should be more along the lines of:

Varmints:
1) VMAX
2) TNT
HM) HP

Medium Game:
1) Sierra Game King
2) Nosler Partition
HM) BT
Well you are right about his choices being cartridges and not ammo.However your choices are all bullets and not ammo either.
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Old 06-24-2007 | 06:58 PM
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IMHO

the 22-250 because of availability for those that don't handload
the Swift is a stellar round but not available wherever one goes
the 25-06 for larger varmit and deer sized game. More than managable recoil.
Next would be a toss up, a 7mm Rem Mag or a 300 win mag.
Anything requiring a bigger punch for me it's a 375 H & H unless a .40 is a requirement by law then it would probably be a 416 Rigby.
V max moly for the 22-250 and what ever load shoots best out of the rest. Premium bullets like partitions, tbbc woodlieghs etc.
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