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To: Sam Cree; osagebowman; 300winmag
Is the 917 for hitting groundhogs?

its fer anything smaller than a deer... rodents basically 'splode...

6.5x22x44 so's I can see the little varmints out tuh 200 yds... 17HMR is good tuh 250... unless'n there's a wind tuh speak of... the guy that's doin' the werk has shot prairie dogs at 3 hunnert with his...but he's a trained sniper... figger I can match that...

5,151 posted on 02/02/2007 6:47:28 PM PST by g'nad
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To: g'nad; Sam Cree; 300winmag

That's a right fur piece, 200 yds. Good Shootin' to ya.


5,155 posted on 02/02/2007 6:59:55 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: g'nad
the guy that's doin' the werk has shot prairie dogs at 3 hunnert with his...but he's a trained sniper... figger I can match that...

I assume you have some righteous optics chosen for your rifle?

5,156 posted on 02/02/2007 7:10:16 PM PST by 300winmag (Overkill never fails)
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To: g'nad; Overtaxed
"its fer anything smaller than a deer... rodents basically 'splode..."

I need something like that for the squirrels around here. We've got foxes, but not enough, apparently. I only wish I could get a silencer for my 12 gauge.

5,173 posted on 02/03/2007 7:10:40 AM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality)
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