22-250

[Fishaholic]

What is a gp rifle?

       
 general purpose ( gp)

[bobcat]

What is a gp rifle?

       
 general purpose ( gp)

OK, guess I have never heard the term. Seems for general purpose it would have to be legal for everything. Which would mean a 243. Just thinking out loud.

[Fishaholic]

moving to MT so its legal there. and honestly with the small amount of deer that were killed in my area i think  im not going  to deer hunt in grays harbor. and i dislike the 243 so very much. i will never own one but thats my thoughts and if you like a 243 more ammo for you haha. but as a gp rifle we all know a 22-250 would drop a deer in a second if the shooter know anything about the rifles terminal velocity even at 55 yards using a 55 gr bullet. its something like 711 pounds compaired to the 243 at 500  yards its like 430pounds( dont quote me i estamated it) and at 500 yards usings a 55 grain 22-250 bullet it drops 21 inch compaired to the 6 feet the 243 shooting using a 75 grain bullet. like i said dont quote me its been a while since i compaired a 22-250 to a 243.

[huntmando]

If you are still looking, I have a m-77 tang safety in very good shape I would sell for $375.
I'm in Centralia.

[Curly]

If you're going to shoot deer with it, you should get a faster twist barrel like Yorke suggested.   (So, Axis would be out).

[Fishaholic]

im not sure now haha lot to think about.

[derek.arnold1]

I bought an Axis in 223 for coyote back in march. I love the gun for the price. I got it off of buds for $290. I can shoot a nickel size shot group all day. You do get what you pay for but because the Axis has been around a couple years now they do have modifications for it. I know you can get a new trigger for it.

[iusmc2002]

moving to MT so its legal there. and honestly with the small amount of deer that were killed in my area i think  im not going  to deer hunt in grays harbor. and i dislike the 243 so very much. i will never own one but thats my thoughts and if you like a 243 more ammo for you haha. but as a gp rifle we all know a 22-250 would drop a deer in a second if the shooter know anything about the rifles terminal velocity even at 55 yards using a 55 gr bullet. its something like 711 pounds compaired to the 243 at 500  yards its like 430pounds( dont quote me i estamated it) and at 500 yards usings a 55 grain 22-250 bullet it drops 21 inch compaired to the 6 feet the 243 shooting using a 75 grain bullet. like i said dont quote me its been a while since i compaired a 22-250 to a 243.

You definitely have some of those numbers backwards.  The energy numbers you posted are reversed, 700ish for the .243 and 400ish for the 22-250 @ 500 yards.  This is from my PointBlank Ballistics program, with a 75gr .243 and a 52gr 22-250.  Granted, you said 55gr, but the difference between 52 and 55gr is VERY negligable.  Also, according to that program, the drop of the .243 is just about 4 inches more than the 22-250, at 500 yards, with the 22-250 dropping around 36 inches +/-.  I would imagine that if you were to step up to a heavier bullet for the 22-250, the drop would be the same as the .243, possibly more.  I'm not trying to say the .243 is better than the 22-250, that's your decision.  I just wanted to point out your numbers were skewed a bit.

[Fishaholic]

the terminal volicoty is 711  for 22-250 at 500 yards you times the bullet coefficient by  ft lbs i know its 8. something  you get 711. do the same for the 243 and you will find that a 22-250 is way better then a 243. i didnt use a shooting chart i did it old school way before there was computers.   find your bullet find find the volicity and look in your chart at the muzzle voliocity and write them down to 500 yards along with the  ft lbs and then times that by your bullet coeffiency and you get your "knock down" power. the book im using is a speers and its for the 70s but i think it still works.

[bobcat]

I just looked at ballistics on the Remington website. Comparing the 55 grain 22-250 to the 75 grain 243, the velocity at 500 yards is almost identical, and the 243 had more than double the energy.

[Fishaholic]

my speers book must be incorrect then.

[bobcat]

my speers book must be incorrect then.

Well I don't know, sounds like you're calculating something other than foot-pounds of energy.

[Fishaholic]

terminal volicity or ( knock down power) you take the ft lbs and times it by the bullet coiffeniency to find the terminal volicity. and the 22-250 has way better  tv then a  243 i compaired them 2 nights ago if i was home i could get my noted

[bobcat]

Try this:   http://www.remington.com/pages/news-and-resources/ballistics.aspx

[bobcat]

terminal volicity or ( knock down power) you take the ft lbs and times it by the bullet coiffeniency to find the terminal volicity. and the 22-250 has way better  tv then a  243 i compaired them 2 nights ago if i was home i could get my noted

I don't see how that could be. A 243 with a 75 grain bullet has approximately the same velocity at 500 yards as a 55 grain 22-250.

More bullet weight, same velocity = better