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Fred Brackin · 01-27-2017, 10:23 AM

[QUOTE=Purple Haze;2072954 Think I saw a .243 maybe twice.

Nowadays people are moving to .308 and 7mm magnums. Look up ammo sales, those exotic varmint calibers don't exist outside of magazines.[/QUOTE]

I did sort of do a double-tale at the .221 Fireball. The .17 as well. I think those might be mostly for prairie dogs or something else western. That's because you want high velocity to reach out to long ranges but need little killing power. Of course one of those won't leave anything of the prairie dog's hide.

I've seen .243s but southern whitetail deer are smaller than the northern variety. .270s are probably more common though you don't need a .30-06 or .308 for southern whitetail. They probably get used anyway.

01-27-2017, 10:23 AM	#6
Fred Brackin Join Date: Aug 2007	Re: Varmint loads (.22/.223/.22-250/etc.) [QUOTE=Purple Haze;2072954 Think I saw a .243 maybe twice. Nowadays people are moving to .308 and 7mm magnums. Look up ammo sales, those exotic varmint calibers don't exist outside of magazines.[/QUOTE] I did sort of do a double-tale at the .221 Fireball. The .17 as well. I think those might be mostly for prairie dogs or something else western. That's because you want high velocity to reach out to long ranges but need little killing power. Of course one of those won't leave anything of the prairie dog's hide. I've seen .243s but southern whitetail deer are smaller than the northern variety. .270s are probably more common though you don't need a .30-06 or .308 for southern whitetail. They probably get used anyway. __________________ Fred Brackin