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Sierra lists a 55 grain Gameking bullet in 22 caliber. They should fly out of a 14 twist 22-250, I would presume.

Has anyone here used them? On deer?


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They will work with proper bullet placement, but there are much better constructed bullets for your purpose.


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Have used them on 2 deer out of a 223 but cant really tell you how they worked on body shots, both deer I shot were 75 yards and both shots were in the head, but they did drop like a brick

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Originally Posted by DakotaDeer
Sierra lists a 55 grain Gameking bullet in 22 caliber. They should fly out of a 14 twist 22-250, I would presume.

Has anyone here used them? On deer?



they work very well--though for deer i prefer the 55 or 60 gr. hornady spire point.

my friend bob s. has shot several elk with them in both swift and 22-250. one of the elk was shot at over 300 yards, and it went right through, with a near instant kill...


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My Swift is loaded with the Sierra 55 gr BT Spitzer marked 'Gameking' on the box's cover. The bullet shoots well in the factory M70 bbl.

I would not use that tiny bullet on deer as it may not make a large enough wound nor is it even legal in many places for that reason.

When I was a kid, not knowing any better, I shot a buck at 50 yds in the ribs with a .222 loaded with the Sierra 55 gr Semi-pt.

The buck ran off and we could not find it.


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Originally Posted by Hi_Vel
Originally Posted by DakotaDeer
Sierra lists a 55 grain Gameking bullet in 22 caliber. They should fly out of a 14 twist 22-250, I would presume.

Has anyone here used them? On deer?


they work very well--though for deer i prefer the 55 or 60 gr. hornady spire point.


Do you feel that the Hornadys are a tougher bullet? We have used the 60 grainer on deer with no problems.

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Originally Posted by Savage_99
When I was a kid, not knowing any better, I shot a buck at 50 yds in the ribs with a .222 loaded with the Sierra 55 gr Semi-pt.

The buck ran off and we could not find it.


Who the [bleep] would shoot a deer in the ribs? That's a liver or gut shot at best. If you had shot that deer where you should have (hint: between 1/3 and just under 1/2 way up it's front leg) you would have a very dead deer.


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hey now. he made a bad shot 50 years ago. nothing has changed since then so we should all avoid anything having to do with it lol

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LOL - Savage 99 is a legend in his own mind...

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Savage 99 - FYI, here's what you can do with a .22 caliber centerfire IF you can actually place your shots correctly...

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look mike, it's obvious that didn't happen. you and your trained goats pulled off a neat trick!

everyone knows .224" bullets stop right before hitting flesh. besides, if one bad shot 50 years ago by someone with his head in his ass didn't stop a deer, you couldn't possibly shoot anything bigger than a mouse with one!

now let that goat back up off his knees and go buy a 30-06 for groundhogs like every toothless idiot at the walmart counter.

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Great bullet. Very accurate and good penetration for its size. Have killed antelope out to 350 yards with this bullet in .223, and many head shot white tail does.






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I will 'fess up to the fact that my son shot those goats with a .22 centerfire. Here's a couple more .22 CF goats...

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well YEAH. i mean, if yer gonna shoot 'em in the VITALS. i mean, how hard is THAT?!

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According to Savage 99, this is all that Sierra 55 gr Semi-pts are good for...

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air gun!? why, i shot an elk in the nutsack once with one, in 1956. the elk just walked away. airguns should not be used for anything!

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Originally Posted by mjbgalt
air gun!? why, i shot an elk in the nutsack once with one, in 1956. the elk just walked away. airguns should not be used for anything!


You are sounding like Savage 99 grin

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lol this is kinda fun.


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Couple more 22 CF victims (Savage 99 - take note - DON'T shoot them in the ribs)

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Originally Posted by DakotaDeer
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Sierra lists a 55 grain Gameking bullet in 22 caliber. They should fly out of a 14 twist 22-250, I would presume.

Has anyone here used them? On deer?


they work very well--though for deer i prefer the 55 or 60 gr. hornady spire point.


Do you feel that the Hornadys are a tougher bullet? We have used the 60 grainer on deer with no problems.


no, i can't say that i believe the hornadys are any "tougher"--though i cannot say for certain.

i would guess that the jackets on either brand (hornady or sierra), are likely around .014 thickness.

of course a notable .224 exception is the semi pointed 70 grain speer, which has a jacket thickness of about .018, so it is a "tougher" bullet, though it truly suffers from an inferior bc.

i have always preferred the sierra 52 gr. hpbt when punching paper shooting my heaviest, most accurate rig--and would usually use either that bullet, or the 55 sierra sp that you mentioned, when shooting chucks.

when out shooting yotes, i have usually used the 53 hornady hp--i found that it worked far better than the fmj, producing kills like a sp, with the "damage" to fur somewhat commensurate with a fmj--about a quarter sized exit hole.

therefore, for no specific reason, when shooting the same sporterweight .22 cf rigs for deer, i would usually use the same brand--the 55 or 60 gr (hornady) sp.

over the years, i have not been able to tell any difference in shooting deer--whether using the 55 gr sierra sp, the 55 or 60 gr hornady sp, or the 55 gr nosler solid base sp, (i've not shot a deer with either the 60 gr sierra, or the 70 gr semi pointed speer sp), and though the speer is heavier in the jacket--i'm negative on that specific pill with it's lower bc in the higher velocity 22 cf. rigs.


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however, contrary to popular thought, one begins with the the narrow end.
the more you progress, the more it expands into greater discovery--and the less of an audience you will have...
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