Varmint rifle in the context of "Varmint hunting"

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⭐ Core Definition: Varmint rifle

A varmint rifle or varminter is a type of small-caliber, precision-oriented long gun (firearm or high-powered airgun) primarily used for varmint hunting and pest control. Such rifles are typically characterized by sniper rifle-like designs such as heavy free-floating barrel, enhanced bedding, ergonomic gunstock, the use of bipod/beanbag and high-power telescopic sight, and the choice of high-muzzle velocity, high-ballistic coefficient munitions, which are all accurizing features needed for improving repeated shooting, often over long distances.

Both varmint hunting (which eliminates harassing outdoor nuisance animals collectively called varmints) and pest control (which removes infestations of destructive, often indoor pests) typically target animals that are difficult to eradicate by conventional hunting techniques due to their sheer numbers, burrowing or escape behaviors, camouflaging and defilading by the surroundings, or long alert distances that prevent easy approach or detection. These target animals typically come in three groups:

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👉 Varmint rifle in the context of Varmint hunting

Varmint hunting or varminting is the practice of hunting vermin — generally small/medium-sized wild mammals or birds — as a means of pest control, rather than as games for food or trophy. The targeted animals are culled because they are considered economically harmful pests to agricultural crops, livestocks or properties; pathogen-carrying hosts/vectors that transmit cross-species/zoonotic diseases; or for population control as a mean of protecting other vulnerable species and ecosystems.

The term "varminter" may refer to a varmint hunter, or describe the hunting equipments (such as a varmint rifle) either specifically designed or coincidentally suitable for the practice of varmint hunting. Varmint hunters may hunt to exterminate a nuisance animal from their own property, to collect a bounty offered by another landowner or the government, or simply as a hobby.

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Ruger No. 1 → .223 Remington → Ballistic table → Caliber → Accuracy and precision → Long gun → Firearm → Airgun → Varmint hunting → Pest control → Rifle → Sniper rifle → Free-floating barrel → Rifle bedding → Stock (firearms) → Bipod → Beanbag → Telescopic sight → Muzzle velocity → Ballistic coefficient → Munition → Accurizing → Long-range shooting → Nuisance animal → Varmint → Pest (organism) → Hunting technique → Burrowing → Escape behavior → Camouflaging → Defilade → Alert distance →