2 scope report.

[ChuckConnors]

No varminters on my manifest at the moment, unless we are counting my 9422M. Have had a large number at times, but due to trades I find myself without anything more serious as a varminter than an AR-15 with a medium-weight barrel and some mods I've made to it.

I've had good experience with Weaver glass on varminting rigs, ranging from their V16's to their nice Grand Slam series. Wish they would go the side-focus route, though. Cannot imagine much better glass than we now have for busting prairie dogs, groundhogs, crows and the like. Starting with the Nikon Buckmaster 4.5-14x and their 6-18x in the same line, on up through the Leupolds and the Zeiss Conquest 6-20X's, we've never had it better IMO. All of the aforementioned are available with side-focus, no small consideration when in the prone position and needing to shift focus for a distant target.

Past favorite varminters have included a German Weatherby (mini) Mk. V in .22-250 sporting a 26' bbl., to a Steyr-Mannlicher .22-250, Interarms Mark X Mini-Mauser .223 (English made), a Remington M40KB Rangemaster 6mm Rem., a Harry Lawson M700 Lightweight .243 WCF that I bought with the intention if using as a coyote gun and then found it too pretty to take out in the spitting snow and muck (I later settled on an older Ruger M77 .25-06 for that purpose, but it was a bit hard on hides), and a custom-stocked Ruger No. 1 Varminter in .25-06. None left now, all the victims of changing ideas and needs of their ficklle master.

Time to start a new "cookie jar" in preparation for springtime varminting!