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One of my cousin's wife, shot a deer at 250 yds with one, from the kitchen window when Ben was taking her brothers out hunting, when they came up to West Virginia from Florida and has borrowed his other guns. The buck was in their "apple orchard" ( 5 apple trees). Ben had told her it was too light to be used on deer. So she aimed at the eye and hit the eye.

That was in the early 70s. That sold Ben on it, so he tried it and it did what it was intended to do. In WVA, you can buy an orchard permit, and take up to 25 deer on it... back then it cost $2.00... and no one was counting. So ever since, Ben had purchased an orchard permit and has taken quite a few deer each year. Everyone taken with that 22.250, and has also included taking wild hogs wandering thru his property.

All he has ever fed it, was Factory 55 grain SP ammo. Most years Remington but occasionally Federal on sale. Went thru about 3 boxes every 2 years. Ben claims that every deer he ever shot with that rifle have been bang / flops. DRT. His boys back that up.. and they've also taken deer with the same rifle most of their lives. Ben's only rule has been they have to buy their own ammo, when they were old enough to start a part time job.

So he's given the 22.250 a pretty strong test. He still uses the same rifle. A Model 700 BDL her bought in about 1972.