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Mine has the slow twist. The only big game animal I've shot with it is an antelope. A 55 gr Sierra leveled it. The lungs were mush. I'd use it more but with the large varmint scope, it weighs more than my 30-06 so what's the point?
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I really don’t understand why people have to use that light a caliber. If they loose a big animal they will cry like babies. What do you consider to be the minimum cartridge acceptable to hunt deer? .22 WMR with a bright light... I've heard such, can't testify... DF I've heard they do that down the road from here a piece, but I'm not sure, could be just hearsay, LOL!!!
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I really don’t understand why people have to use that light a caliber. If they loose a big animal they will cry like babies. What do you consider to be the minimum cartridge acceptable to hunt deer? .22 WMR with a bright light... I've heard such, can't testify... DF I've heard tell they do that down the road a piece from here, but I'm not sure, could be just hearsay.......
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If you have a slow twist barrel and you're not comfortable with a Spiter light enough to stabilize in it, try the Speer 70 grain Semi Spitzer. My Remington 700 .22-250 stabilizes 'em with it's 1:14 twist, but i've heard it won't stabilize in some barrels. When you work your load up you will see if it stabilizes in your rifle.
Here in the center of the Texas Gulf Coast and most places in Texas, other than the South Texas Brush Country, the deer aren't elk size by a long shot. The .22-250 AND the .223 kill a truck load of deer every year with 50-55 grain bullets. As somebodies sig line on here says, "if you want to kill a deer DRT shoot it in the ear hole." Both .22-250s and .223s with a light bullet will kill all the deer you can haul off like that. As is said on here all the time, it's all about shot placement.
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I have taken a many a deer with a 222,223,& 22-250 and a 53gr Barnes bullet. Shot placement, shot placement, shot placement.
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I think it depends on what year. When did the bullets everyone recommends come out?
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Shots would be 125yrds max where it would be hunted and would be using a 60gr bullet minimum opinions wanted. Shouldn't be a problem. I prefer bigger bullets but the year I only had a .22-250, I ate venison. Main thing, IMHO, is to stick with head shots or heart / lung shots rather than trying to break shoulders etc which are easy with an '06 and 180s but a bit much to ask of a .22 with 60s. Watch your twist. 60 grain bullets in a 1-14" twist .. some will probably stabilize, many will not. Best chance of stability will be with a flat base bullet with exposed lead like the Hornady 60 grain soft point. Longer bullets ... boat tails, partitions, hollow points, and polymer tipped bullets ... are less likely to stabilize. If you've got a 1-12" or faster twist then they all should work. The year I used the .22-250, we could still buy the 55 grain Trophy Bonded Bear Claw and they were MOA-accurate in my worn out Remington 700 LVSF. I've seen the 64 grain WW power point bullets and 63 grain Sierra semi-spitzers stabilize in barrels that would not stabilize the longer, pointier 60s, so those are worth consideration as well. Tom
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Shots would be 125yrds max where it would be hunted and would be using a 60gr bullet minimum opinions wanted. Shouldn't be a problem. I prefer bigger bullets but the year I only had a .22-250, I ate venison. Main thing, IMHO, is to stick with head shots or heart / lung shots rather than trying to break shoulders etc which are easy with an '06 and 180s but a bit much to ask of a .22 with 60s... You’re kidding right?
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For years I’d been toying with the idea of trying the 22/250, so around 2009 I finally bought one. Figured the best way to have my questions answered was to find out first hand.
Mine is a slow twist, but stabilizes the 60 Partition pretty well. My daughter and I killed several deer with it, but after reading about the Sierra 63 SMP, I worked up a good load and tried it. We’ve killed a lot of deer with it, and it serves as my coyote load as well. I gotta admit, it’s one of the most fun rifles I have, and I grab it when it’s not in my daughter’s hands.
I’ve taken the exact same shots that I take with other rifles, and it kills at least as well as they do.
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Shots would be 125yrds max where it would be hunted and would be using a 60gr bullet minimum opinions wanted. Shouldn't be a problem. I prefer bigger bullets but the year I only had a .22-250, I ate venison. Main thing, IMHO, is to stick with head shots or heart / lung shots rather than trying to break shoulders etc which are easy with an '06 and 180s but a bit much to ask of a .22 with 60s... You’re kidding right? Likely not. Ignorance appears to be trophy around here.
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Shots would be 125yrds max where it would be hunted and would be using a 60gr bullet minimum opinions wanted. Shouldn't be a problem. I prefer bigger bullets but the year I only had a .22-250, I ate venison. Main thing, IMHO, is to stick with head shots or heart / lung shots rather than trying to break shoulders etc which are easy with an '06 and 180s but a bit much to ask of a .22 with 60s... You’re kidding right? Don't let this guy know a 60 through both blades isn't possible.
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Basically a light 25-06...
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Basically a light 25-06... That pushes bullets 3500+
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I’d never shoot over a 50gr barnes at small deer
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I'll happily argue caliber choices with Elmer Keith's ghost as I gut the next buck killed with a 22 caliber bullet.
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I shot most all of my deer and antelope in high school with a .22-250 and plain jane Wally Word 55 grain soft points. Never an issue.
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I shot most all of my deer and antelope in high school with a .22-250 and plain jane Wally Word 55 grain soft points. Never an issue. Sacrilege! 😬😎
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Please share some of your loads for the Sierra 63 gr. SMP as I want to try this bullet. Thanks in advance.
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