Flattest shooting varmint calibre

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Flattest shooting varmint calibre

Post by hootshoot » 09 Nov 2013, 8:29 am

Hi guys,

I'm looking to get a semi bench/varmint rifle and wondering what you reckon the flattest shooting calibre is?

Thinking busting bunnies and shooting foxes out to 300 or 400 metre.

Trajectory stuff s**ts me :lol: so want something as flat shooting as possible.

Thanks.
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Re: Flattest shooting varmint calibre

Post by Broom » 09 Nov 2013, 9:59 am

.223, .22-250, .243...

Any of those would do the job.
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Re: Flattest shooting varmint calibre

Post by reddog » 09 Nov 2013, 10:23 am

25.06 shooting 75g pills at about 3750 fps
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Re: Flattest shooting varmint calibre

Post by steyroy » 09 Nov 2013, 11:49 am

Hornady do a huge ballistics table here with tonnes of calibres - http://www.hornady.com/assets/files/bal ... istics.pdf

Have a read through that and you can compare the drop of suitable calibres.
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