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Those Dadgum Varmints

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Built one a couple months ago. AR15 flattop, BCM pencil barrel, Aero Upper and Lower, lightest parts I could find, (within reason) it weighs about 6 pounds 6 ounces
with a loaded 20 round mag, small 6X scope, and no sling. I can shoot about 2MOA
with it, but somebody better could probably do 1MOA.
 
In the late 90s I purchased a Remington 700VS in 223 and have slayed quite a few prairie dogs with it. This model came with a 1:12 twist heavy barrel and an HS Precision stock.
 
I'm not going to shoot a bunny wabbit in my backyard. In fact I would like to have a bunch of them grazing and I might not have to mow as often. Out in the boonies I'll have a 223 most of the time, a 22-250 now and then.
 
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I'm not going to shoot a bunny wabbit in my backyard. In fact I would like to have a bunch of them grazing and I might not have to mow as often. Out in the boonies I'll have a 223 most of the time, a 22-250 now and then.
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In Kansas rabbits are considered varmints and,as such,there is a 365 day "season" for them. A 22 works fine for them and I have a friend who makes a darned good hassenpffer . :)
For larger varmints a 223 is near to hand and has proven "handy"... ;)
 
Remington 700 XCR Compact Tactical in .223.
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For walking around, a Model 7 LS, also in .223 (it doesn't regularly wear the bipod).
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Remington 700 SPS Varmint, 26" 1 in 12" twist heavy barrel in .223 with a single shot adapter. Also a Stag Model 6 5.56 NATO, 24" bull barrel 1 IN 8" twist, in case the gophers or prairie dogs try a mass charge, so I can bring a couple 30 round magazines into play.
 
Shanghai McCoy said:
In Kansas rabbits are considered varmints and,as such,there is a 365 day "season" for them. A 22 works fine for them and I have a friend who makes a darned good hassenpffer . :)
For larger varmints a 223 is near to hand and has proven "handy"... ;)
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I grew up on a farm in Texas. No season on rabbits there either. Since they eat crops I got to shoot ever one
I could. Jackrabbits became dog food. Cottontails went in the kitchen. My mother knew how to make hassenpffer.

NM has no season on rabbits either but they are a bit scarce right now. They must be in the low point of their population cycle.
 
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Perfect for varmints, just not for walking around...

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A 7 twist 30” barrel slings a 75 grain HPBT out at over three thousand feet a second. I have hit a rabbit with it, but when I got there, just a few minutes later, a bear or coyote must have eaten it! There was only a big red snow stain and tufts of fur left...;)

Thou shalt not munch-eth mine Christmas Trees!:fire:

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