.22-250 as a Sniper round?

Barrel life would be fairly short circa 2000 rds, even accounting for the fact that lighter bullets are less harsh on the throat of a rifle. http://www.fmv.se/index.asp?K=005011004&L=UK
The Swedes are playing with the idea of sabot ammo for snipers, I'm not sure how much luck they are having, but it will be interesting to watch how they progress. Anti-armour performance will be good, but if you can't hit the target it doesn't matter. Semper Fidelis...Ken M
 
I shoot in a Law Enforcement "Sniper Rifle" match twice a year.

I'm not a designated sniper, but they let me "play with the big kids."

The guns are pretty well divided between .308s and .223s.
The .308s are all bolt guns and the .223s are usually ARs, couple of bolt guns. In my mind, that translates "sniper rilfes'" and "tactical rifles", whatever those are.

To answer the original question, a .22-250 will out shoot the .223 in all regards other than "rate of fire". (Unless someone makes a .22-250 semi-automatic. That wouldn't interest me, so I've never looked.)

I have a Remington 700 VS in .22-250 and I'm working on some 70 grain bullet loads. The manuals indicate I should be able to get 3600 or so with the 70 grain bullet. I may shoot this in the next sniper match, just for fun. I'll try and post some results.

The two men I know personally and have the greatest respect for use Rem 700s in .308. That's probably the standard for now.

The idea of "standardization" is nonsense in a non-military sniper mission. LE snipers don't take on unknown numbers of "enemies" in an unknown distance environment. Nor am I going to shoot anyone else's rifle absent some horrendous event.
 
Question for E5M

That is alot of gear to carry E5M. If I can ask a question or two without offending I would be much in your debt. Take this with a grain of salt as I am an Airman and don't see much combat =) Do USMC snipers work as a team with a spotter? I am thinking not since you are required to carry the M4. It seems that I read that Army and USMC snipers differ in their mission. Is this true and can you say what the difference is? Thanks in advance.
 
>>That is alot of gear to carry E5M. <<<<

Yeah, no kidding. Add a radio, batteries, water, mission gear maybe a little food and snivel gear and you are talking 80-100lbs easy.

>>>If I can ask a question or two without offending I would be much in your debt.<<<

You'd have to work real hard to offend me, so feel free to ask.

>>Do USMC snipers work as a team with a spotter?<<<

Absolutely. In fact we normally work as four man teams, that are broken into two man elements(sniper and spotter), it's damn near impossible to complete any kind of serious sniper mission by yourself. Gunny Hathcock did it once or twice, but he was the man, 48hrs is about it, max.

>>> I am thinking not since you are required to carry the M4. It seems that I read that Army and USMC snipers differ in their mission. Is this true and can you say what the difference is? Thanks in advance.<<<

I carry a M16A2(hopefully soon M4) because a 10x scoped bolt action rifle is pretty useless in the case of a chance contact at close range, and a M9 ain't gonna cut it either. Hence the "assault rifle", with ammo you're looking at another 15lbs or so to the load. Haven't worked or talked shop with any number of Army snipers, but that is going to change in the near future as we've got some cross training planned. Contact me in about three monthes if still interested. Semper Fidelis...Ken M
 
Yep, wonderfully accurate, but much beyond 300 to 500 meters, and you have to be a true master to get consistent hits on a windy day.

Heavier bullets, such as .308, .338, and .50, also have better long-range ballistic characteristics regarding retained velocity, etc.
 
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