Spare Ammo

[Steve]

I would love to get a .223

I am down to Remington VTR and a Rossi single shot left of the 223s. My grandson of course would loan me the Remington I bought him. The 223 being my favorite prairie dog round has got me really thinking strongly about the "Henry Long Ranger", I think it would make really fun prairie dog gun. If you ever have the chance to prairie dog, do it. You won't be sorry.

The times of being able to shoot so much when prairie dog hunting are being thinned out but on a nice day in the right area you can still get in a lot of shooting. The last time my Grandson and I went we got rained out one of 4 days, had below average luck the next 3 days. And still went through a total of 1200 rounds. I sure hope the cards fall right to go with him next summer.

[clovishound]

Prairie dog hunting I have shot more than 600 rounds in a day. When I go out for a few days of cruising around the prairie and blasting varmints I keep the amount I could fire if each day is good shooting. Usually went with a total of 3,000 rounds of .223 Remington and 2 or 3 rifles.

Varmint depredation is a far different beast than normal hunting. If I went through 600 rounds in a day of deer/hog hunting, I would be doing something seriously wrong.

[Sir Henry]

Prairie dog hunting I have shot more than 600 rounds in a day. When I go out for a few days of cruising around the prairie and blasting varmints I keep the amount I could fire if each day is good shooting. Usually went with a total of 3,000 rounds of .223 Remington and 2 or 3 rifles.

Thanks to everyone that responded to my comment.

For years I vacationed in Montana and would visit my Army friend stationed there. We would go shooting prairie dogs with .22LR rifles and would often have a brick or two each in the vehicle but would usually only carry a hundred rounds. My firearm of choice was a 10/22 and I carried four 25-round magazines.