What would you pick for a varmint vaporizer

[Dr.Phil]

hit em with a big chunk of lead...like 247 grains

AKA 30 Caliber hole punch...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ag-dtVjHz4

[RDA]

hit em with a big chunk of lead...like 247 grains

AKA 30 Caliber hole punch...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ag-dtVjHz4

No doubt, a friend shot a ground hog with his 300BLK with a 220g SMK and it punched a 30 cal hole right through him and he eventually got up and climbed back into his hole.

[Dr.Phil]

hit em with a big chunk of lead...like 247 grains

AKA 30 Caliber hole punch...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ag-dtVjHz4

No doubt, a friend shot a ground hog with his 300BLK with a 220g SMK and it punched a 30 cal hole right through him and he eventually got up and climbed back into his hole.

I only made that mistake once...

[talonxracer]

That NOE has some awesome penetration, it most assuredly needs a hollow point added for hunting, it most assuredly is not a varmint round.


Another fantastic varmint bullet for the 300BLK is the LD 110gr controlled chaos, the price is not that bad for a non-lead core bullet, 54$ for 100 is fairly reasonable.


I have made a few hotglue bullets with the LEE mold, pushed by a magnum primer from a single shot, it packs a heck of a wallop at 20 yards! Easily enough to kill a rabbit, and enough to "discourage" a deer from munching in the garden from the bedroom window.

Depends upon what the varmint is that you are trying to deal with.

[BobbyG]

My first choice is the 22-250 Remington

My second choice is the 223 Remington

[certifiable]

243 Win using Winchester's 80gr ballistic tip load.
The bullet looks to be a Combined Technology bullet and I don't know if its still in production as the ammo I have was purchased 12+ years ago.
Shot a ground hog in the base of the skull from a 100 yds, only the lower jar was left attached to the body and couldn't find any pieces of brain matter, skull or fur.
Winchester also makes, at least they used to, a 223 ballistic tip load that should work equally well for vaporizing varmints.

[Raw22]

My favorite was a rem 700 in 25-06, unfortunately that gun died a horrible death by rust.

[rebel]

My favorite Varmint gun is whatever I have in my hand when I see said varmint. I have killed groundhogs, whistle pigs for the yankees, woodchucks for everybody else, with everything from a bow, crossbow, 45 LC, 45 ACP, 22lr, 22mag to ( the list goes on ) a 300 blk sub 200 gr. lapua at 60 yards, carefully placed through the head. Wiggle, wiggle, kick ,dead. The sky is the limit!

[garandnutts]

I really enjoy my 204.....the PD's aren't too keen on it, tho.
32, gr. bullets(Sierra BK of varmageddons) are explosive, and the 39 BK's will flip 'em even at 500 humanely and regularly if the wind is pretty calm....200 and in, it is pretty "messy", if you know what I mean.
The reduced recoil helps watching the impact, too, as well as reducing fatigue on a day-long session.
I like the idea of hp cast boolits out of the BLK., too, for up close action....I will try that this spring.

[Rushthezeppelin]

Load some 55gr dogtowns in a 223 upper. They are Nosler Varmageddons for CHEAP and they are super flipping accurate. That's what I'm using for my bughole 223 load.