22-250 OH MY GOD!!

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Kevinw

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Ok I picked up my Ruger 77 MkII the other day in 22-250. THis is there high end Competition model. 26 inch Bull barrel, two stage Match trigger, Beautiful wood. The whole nine yards. I also picked up some Horandy V-Max ammo. (40 Grain)

So I co out to the wood pike that I normally use for this. I use this wood pile because it is old wood that isn't any good for Burning for whatever reason. Good for judgeing rifle rounds. I have used everything from .22lr to 30/06 on it. Affects have been everything from a small hole to breaking the wood in two.

Well I go out there and take aim from about 50 yards. When I touched off a round the log just exploded. So I thought to myself "It must have been rotten and bug infested. No big deal I go and hand pick a piece to aim at. Find a nice one about as big around as my arm and set it up. Went back to my firing position and fired again.
Once again the log was turned into sawdust. It just exploded.

I have come to two conclusions. I love the 22-250. And a .22 calliber bullet can be effective against a large target. I shiver to think of what this would do to a person or large animal
 
First of all, that load was probably pushing 3800 fps. Lots of kinetic energy getting dumped fast.

Second, popped a few deer on control shootings with a .22-250. It works, but it is not as effective as your demo target would have you think. The 40 grain bullets produce a very shallow wound. On the 90 puond deer around here, we never had complete penetration of the chest cavity.

Giz

[This message has been edited by Gizmo99 (edited August 06, 2000).]
 
Accourding to the load data on the box it is pushing just over 4100 FPS. Fast. very, very fast. *Shivers*
 
I'll grant you that it's a function of bullet construction, but set three or four sheets of cardboard about four to six inches apart and shoot through.

In the old days, before bullet construction was as well understood as today, I have seen a nice hole in the front sheet, and a thin wash of lead and copper on a second sheet.

If you use a hot .22 on a deer and hit a rib and get a blowup, you won't enjoy Part II of the scenario: Hours and hours of trailing.

But the .22-250 is a real bundle of fun in its intended use!

Enjoy!

Art
 
Well, you just managed to answer a question I have had for some time Kevin. For a while now I have debated about whether I wanted a .25-06, .22-250 or .220 Swift for a sheer fun gun. Until now I had leaned towards the .220 simply due to it's 4111 fps muzzle velocity.
But I think you just gave the nod to the .22-250. Certainly not because I want it for deer. As stated above I do not think it effective on deer for one. For two I no longer hunt. For three, when I was still hunting I used a relover. (I know. I'm lazy and alas a handgunner.) But for a fun (fast bullet) gun I like it.
Geez, I wish I could have the chance to see this thing in person in.......oh say....six days. :D


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Gunslinger
 
I would not recommend the 22's for anything bigger than coyotes or small goblins, but if you want to try it on deer you might look at using the trophy bonded bearclaw.
 
Shoot Green Tip FMJ bullets out of the gun if you want some real terminal performance. They penetrate and break up inside the target. Really effective. Still, I'd not use these on deer. .243 is often too little also. Thwunk 'em with a 45/70.
 
A few years back my brother-in-law used a 22/250 in deer contorl on their farm. He lost a number of deer.

A 22 centerfire is very controversial for deer. Will they kill sure but how many are lost.

There is a good article in Rifle magazine by Brian Pearce about harvesting deer with a 22 center fire.

My personal opinion is that a 6mm bullet is the low end for hunting deer. There isn't enough muscle in a 22 cal. bullet to do the job correctly.

I totally agree with Art about Part II.

Turk
 
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