22-250

[Fishaholic]

im not hear to argue i didnt use a shooting chart. i did it the old fasion wayokay i asked advice on a gun not to argue whats better round. haha

[bobcat]

Not arguing at all. Just saying your numbers are off. But I don't ever even pay any attention to energy figures. It's a meaningless number as far as I'm concerned. Nothing wrong with the 22-250. It's just that the 243 isn't quite as inferior as you're making it out to be. The advantage in the 22-250 would mainly be the fact that it would recoil less, in my opinion. As for killing animals, there isn't going to be much, if any, difference.

[Fishaholic]

thats your thoughts and i think the 22-250 is alot better round. lets leave it at that.

[Fishaholic]

my thing was off the bullet i was compairing was a 100 grain 243 to  a 55 gr 22-250 my bad.

[Karl Blanchard]

I second the TC Venture!  Its a flat out shooter!  One thing you do need to think about is most .22 cal bullets are not meant for penetration so are a VERY poor choice for Deer, especially big bodied MT bucks.  I shoot v-max's out of my .243 (better round ) and my 22-250 and they basically just explode!  58grainers out of my .243 going 3,900fps=  on coyotes but I would never shoot them at deer.  Nosler does make a .22 cal 60gr nosler partition that would be a good round for deer but I don't know if anyone loads them in factory rounds

[Fishaholic]

you say that but have you seen what a 55 gr will do to a deers heads? and why waiste meat with shoulder shots. i hunt for meat not horns and im going to be in MT. also i will be relaoding for the 22-250. so i really dont see a problem and if i am hunting a buck ill just just my 3006 but for does ill shoot them in the head with the 22-250

[Karl Blanchard]

I have shot more deer than most will in their whole life and accompanied friends and family for twice that number so yes I have seen what a fragmenting bullet does to big game and I don't like it.  Have you ever seen an animals jaw shot off?  If you only take head shots and you haven't seen it then you eventually will and you will probably not take them anymore after that.  I recommend high neck shots, a little more room for error.  Back on the subject check out the TC they are an absolute kick bu-tt budget gun.  Mine is a legit .25" rifle with handloads.  I had my best group and best velocity with H380 but I have a ton of IMR3031 and I was still getting .25" groups with it so I just went with it.  Thats one thing I love about the 22-250 is its reloadability, almost everything shoots good!

[Raul Duke]

Never shot a Axis , but I hunt coyotes with a Ruger M77,  .22-250, and love it.

[JLS]

you say that but have you seen what a 55 gr will do to a deers heads? and why waiste meat with shoulder shots. i hunt for meat not horns and im going to be in MT. also i will be relaoding for the 22-250. so i really dont see a problem and if i am hunting a buck ill just just my 3006 but for does ill shoot them in the head with the 22-250

Use a Barnes X and you won't worry about shoulder shots.

[Fishaholic]

high neckshots? and yes i have seen one i seen one get hit in the lefy side and blow off the jaw and take off part of its face. the deer was dead just a nasty sight.  and i may just take high neck shots with the 22-250 then. the neck meat is burget in my house anyways.      and with the  barnes x why wouldnt i worry about shouldr shots i have never heard of it.

[Fishaholic]

i think i can get a 55gr  rem core loc for a 22-250 i think that would be enough to drop a deer if shot in the head

[JLS]

A Barnes X is a solid copper bullet that doesn't fragment when it hits.  The fragmentation causes the meat loss.

I cringe when people talk about taking head shots, I've seen to many deer with blown off jaws and open sinus cavities from people who missed by a little bit.

[deerslyr]

a 22-250 loaded with 60 grain partitions is a mule deer slaying machine. No need for neck or head shots either, but you can if ud like. Just put er right behind the shoulder and itll dump it right there. Seen it done plenty of times.

[Karl Blanchard]

high neckshots? and yes i have seen one i seen one get hit in the lefy side and blow off the jaw and take off part of its face. the deer was dead just a nasty sight.  and i may just take high neck*censored*s with the 22-250 then. the neck meat is burget in my house anyways.      and with the  barnes x why wouldnt i worry about shouldr shots i have never heard of it.

not talking about a kill I am talking about a nose getting blown off and the like.  I can't imagine how much pain that animal endures from a wound like that, not to mention that whole starving to death thing!  That probably takes a few weeks.  High neck would be the upper third of the neck.  Not a lot of meat to be lost but is pretty much a guarantee kill anywhere it hits because of all the veins, arteries, spine, and esophagus all concentrated into a narrow area.  Its money! To each their own though.  I would go with the corelokts for deer over a v-max all week long!

[Fishaholic]

well i think i will be going with a barnes x or corloct or a partitions and will be making neckshots or right behind the shoulder. thanks for sharing it would have been bad to shoot something and not kill it. i have never done that and hope to never. i respect animals. now can you get a 55 gr partition ? i love the 55 grain bullet.  Like i said i will be relading the 22-250 for my owned doped up round.