HOWA rifles

[Catfish]

I`m like Skinny, I think you need 2 rifles. For long range on big game the .338 is an excellant round. For groundhog it will kill them just as dead, but no deader than a .17 cal. If you don`t want a wildcat a .22-250 or something up to .25 cal. would make a good long range groundhog gun. For long range varments though, a good .22 wildcat like the .22-243 Middlestead, .22-6mm or the .22-284 are hard to beat. I built a .22-6mm and my first groundhog with it was alittle over 430 yrds. I took a coyote at 350. Hit him just behind the rib cage with an 80 gn. Serris Match King and he never moved. Never seen one drop that fast when hit there.
I have a friend that does real well past 500 with a 7 mm mag. But I live in Ohio and don`t like to shoot to heavy of bullets because of ricochets.