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If money wasn't an object, I would totally have a custom rifle done. Unfortunately that's not the case. I don't need anything fancy, I want a gun that's fun to shoot, that can reach out a ways, and doesn't break the bank. From the research I've done, the 22-250 will satisfy that requirement. I can't own every caliber on the planet, so I have to find a happy medium somewhere, and I feel like that's the one. Thanks for the input though, I've learned a lot through this discussion.
Quote from: 7mmfan on November 23, 2016, 11:02:04 AMIf money wasn't an object, I would totally have a custom rifle done. Unfortunately that's not the case. I don't need anything fancy, I want a gun that's fun to shoot, that can reach out a ways, and doesn't break the bank. From the research I've done, the 22-250 will satisfy that requirement. I can't own every caliber on the planet, so I have to find a happy medium somewhere, and I feel like that's the one. Thanks for the input though, I've learned a lot through this discussion.Sounds to me as though you have done a great job of assessing what your needs are. I have four plus decades experience shooting the 22-250 and that also by default means that I have forty years experience and then some of people trying to educate me on why something else is better.
I have four plus decades experience shooting the 22-250 and that also by default means that I have forty years experience and then some of people trying to educate me on why something else is better.
Quote from: JDHasty on November 23, 2016, 11:11:52 AM I have four plus decades experience shooting the 22-250 and that also by default means that I have forty years experience and then some of people trying to educate me on why something else is better. Jeez, you must have started out loading for it with black powder that long ago!
Quote from: theleo on November 23, 2016, 11:27:13 AMQuote from: JDHasty on November 23, 2016, 11:11:52 AM I have four plus decades experience shooting the 22-250 and that also by default means that I have forty years experience and then some of people trying to educate me on why something else is better. Jeez, you must have started out loading for it with black powder that long ago!Tain't funny McGee!
Quote from: JDHasty on November 23, 2016, 11:29:38 AMQuote from: theleo on November 23, 2016, 11:27:13 AMQuote from: JDHasty on November 23, 2016, 11:11:52 AM I have four plus decades experience shooting the 22-250 and that also by default means that I have forty years experience and then some of people trying to educate me on why something else is better. Jeez, you must have started out loading for it with black powder that long ago!Tain't funny McGee! How about, Shooting varmints back then had have been like Quigley and the bucket! It must have been a real game changer for you when scopes started coming out.Any better?
What really made a difference is when Henry Ford finally made a car for the masses and I no longer had to walk ten miles (both ways) through snow drifts up past my knees just to get to and from home to the gun club to sight in.
Quote from: JDHasty on November 23, 2016, 01:14:53 PMWhat really made a difference is when Henry Ford finally made a car for the masses and I no longer had to walk ten miles (both ways) through snow drifts up past my knees just to get to and from home to the gun club to sight in. That line is so old that I'm not surprised you used it, but that you messed it up.
Just thought id mention something. Several posts are suggesting .204 or .22mag. Theyre not cougar legal. .22-250 is. Something to consider.
Quote from: theleo on November 23, 2016, 02:08:48 PMQuote from: JDHasty on November 23, 2016, 01:14:53 PMWhat really made a difference is when Henry Ford finally made a car for the masses and I no longer had to walk ten miles (both ways) through snow drifts up past my knees just to get to and from home to the gun club to sight in. That line is so old that I'm not surprised you used it, but that you messed it up. It's probably changed a few times since he first started using it, I think wagons once had that honor.