What's the smallest rifle you'd feel comfortable with plugging a groundhog?

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
T-Rex Rifle for those beasts

A .22 is fine

I can't get enough of these videos. It shows that there is a universal constant. Guys like punking out other guys when it comes to shooting big bore guns.

 

[hiromizu]

22 would probably be more than enough but if you want to be sure, nuke it out of orbit. It's the only way.

 

[lupi]

that 20mm with HE shot; that way you'd only need to get close

 

[NL5]

Originally posted by: MadAmos
17WMR works fine

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: Minerva
I'm thinking a .22 should be fine but my brother recommends a .30/30! I think that's overkill. We're not trying to get shots at 450 yd over hills just smoking them out from under a barn and putting one between the eyes at close range. Of course that close I want it to die and not get pissed and charge me! Sounds silly and I know it's not a boar but those little buggers can be quite mean.

A 30-30 bullet will drop somewhere around 80"(that is 61/2 feet) at 450 yards. You would be lucky if you could hit a car let alone a groundhog.
My point! Just because a bullet is 30 caliber that has no bearing on it's long range potential.
A 30-30 is a 200 yd. gun.

 

[SonnyDaze]

.22. If you miss with that try a handgrenade.

 

[Acanthus]

.22 magnum has always worked fine for me.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: rudder
.22 with a 50 round banana clip. That way if you miss with the first shot you have 49 more. Ruger 10/22 FTW!

I have 2 of those fantastic guns!

 

[Iron Woode]

8 gauge double barrel shotgun.

if that's not effective: BFG9000

 

[Andrew1990]

I would just use whatever a mauser uses as I have access to one. I think it is an 8mm Rifle Cartridge?

 

[Arkaign]

This : http://www.ww2incolor.com/updates?g2_itemId=106998

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: Acanthus

Originally posted by: rudder
.22 with a 50 round banana clip. That way if you miss with the first shot you have 49 more. Ruger 10/22 FTW!

I have 2 of those fantastic guns!

me too. whats a good 25 or 50 round magazine?

 

[destrekor]

do you want to eat it, or ensure max carnage? I enjoy the recommendation of a .50cal to the face. No more groundhog exists, evidence is scattered everywhere but where it stood.

 

[edro]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22-250

22-250... the best varmint round evar!

A 22LR will work too.
I have shot them and had them twist around on the ground for a minute.
You might have to plug them a second or third time to put them out of their misery.

 

[BW86]

.22

 

[KB]

Originally posted by: edro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22-250

22-250... the best varmint round evar!

A 22LR will work too.
I have shot them and had them twist around on the ground for a minute.
You might have to plug them a second or third time to put them out of their misery.

Seconded. The 22-250 has a very flat trajectory making it accurate and powerful to much further distances, but is a lot more costly than a .22 rifle. A .22 to the head will be deadly but anything else and it suffers.

 

[Sea Moose]

wtf did the ground hog do to you?

 

[KK]

When I started out, I used my .270. It worked fine but was definitely overkill. I bought a .220 swift and thats a perfect gun for reaching out long distance. a .22 would work although your range won't be much over 100 yards.

 

[OogyWaWa]

.22 would be fine. 30/30 would work great too

 

[Peelback79]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose
wtf did the ground hog do to you?

Saw his shadow. Sumbish gotta die now. I hate winter.

.22 Magnum is my alltime favorite caliber. The biggest game I've ever taken down with it was a fox.

 

[ViviTheMage]

.50 cal

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: S Freud

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
T-Rex Rifle for those beasts

What do you use that gun for?

Hunting tyrannosaurs, duh...


Just be glad that we have never had to use it outside of the lab and shooting range.



Joking aside, you use guns like that to kill large game in Africa (think elephant, rhino, and hippo).

 

[Bignate603]

Originally posted by: S Freud

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
T-Rex Rifle for those beasts

A .22 is fine

That video is hilarious. What do you use that gun for?

Keeping elephants out of your garden.

 

[roguerower]

1) .50 cal Ma-deuce
2) M-1 Garand (30-06) <-Gun I own
3) Flamethrower
4) C4
5) If all of the above fail, .22 with scope

 

[Unheard]

.17 HMR or a .22

If you really feel the need for destruction, .22 Mag

30/30 would be a waste of money. Tell your brother he needs to educate himself on firearms.