1st Prairie Dog shoot. I'll be bringing 4 rifles RRA AR-15 700 rounds 22/250 500 rounds and a 6x284 150 rounds last but not least 22 Magnum 350 rounds. Will this be enough for Eastern MT this early June ?
Ammo for 2 days og PD shooting
- Thread starter Ironworker
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Depends on how good the dog town is. Larry
A good friend of mine has pd hunted in several states for years. He told me he takes 3500 rounds for his 22-250s no matter where he goes. He also takes along 1500 rounds of 218 Bee. His thinking is, you can always bring unused ammo back home. And like he said, by the time you pay the gas and meals and lodging, ur money ahead to take extra ammo even if u dont need it. He said nothing bothers him more than to run out of ammo and have to put a stop to the fun. He takes 4 22-250s and 2 218 Bees. Plan for the best trip ever, Hope for the best trip ever. Good luck.
searcher
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Better to have a few hundred rounds left over than to run out. The best shooting I've been into called for 600+ per day. Last Sunday, I shot 510 rounds of .223 and ran out before the end of the day - and I was picking my shots. If shooting your A/R at everything you see no matter how far - you could do double that, critters cooperating.
Still have a month to go
Divide out time per shot for all of that and you can see how often each shot can take per the allotted shooting time. It also depends on your style of shooting.
I have a 2-day PD shooting trip coming up the first of June as well. I'm bringing 450 rounds for my 20 Practical, 300 rounds of factory Fiocchi ammo and 100 self loaded ammo to shoot/fireform in my .223AI and another 100 rounds that I loaded that has already been fireformed, and 200 rounds for my 17WSM so I'll have 1150 rounds at my disposal if needed. I'm hoping that's plenty. 
jds holler
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It kind of depends on how guilty you get to feelin after killing the first couple hundred. ;D jd
waterfwlr said:
I will be recording every shot as a hit or miss and tally up my hit % with each weapon/ammo. In all reality, if I only use 350-400 rounds each day, as long as my hit % is respectable, then I'll be a happy shooter. ;D
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