Reeder Custom Guns - when we first moved out here I built 2 varmint guns, both

gary reeder
when we first moved out here I built 2 varmint guns, both
Monday, May 03, 2021, 22:10

Winchester model 70 actions with heavy barrels chambered in 22-250 Improved. The Improved version was so I could shoot the heavier bullets. I put Burris 8X32X40 scopes and at 32 power I could see what the prairie dogs had for lunch.

I learned to dope the wind by aiming 2 dogs to one side, or 3 dogs to one side or if they were way out there and standing up put the horizontal crosshair flat on top of their heads. I would pull my Jeep out to the edge of a big prairie dog town, set my sandbags on the hood, lay my spotting scope beside it (although at my scope's 32 power I rarely used the spotting scope. I would take a couple hundred rounds of ammo with me and seldom took any home. Even with about a 90% kill ratio I never even made a dent in the dogs.

The only gun (so far) I’ve recovered from - WB, 2021-05-03, 16:39
- .17 Tracker - D. Huey, 2021-05-03, 22:48
- My anti is simply from a builders perspective. - Gary Reeder, 2021-05-03, 16:54
  - SW IDAHO WIND DOES A JOB ON .17s (nm) - JT, 2021-05-03, 21:27
    - when we first moved out here I built 2 varmint guns, both - gary reeder, 2021-05-03, 22:10
      - I find the blast of a .22-250 ferocious! - WB, 2021-05-04, 07:04
        you're a pussy. Colleen shoots her 22-250 Improved quite - Gary Reeder, 2021-05-04, 12:41
        Yes, and yes. It was 14" with a brake. (nm) - WB, 2021-05-06, 06:25
      - A not to heed for any .17 shooter, wind indeed. - WB, 2021-05-04, 05:53
        What caliber is stamped on the barrel & - backroadsrambler, 2021-05-05, 09:59
        what barrel are you talking about? (nm) - charlie A., 2021-05-05, 13:38