Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting Reasons to pick a 223 over a 22-250?

bea - your sig line is really funny. That dog have any pups?

I have one of each. They do different things. There will always be room for both.

I like the .22-250 more because I feel it is more versatile thanks to its added power and range.

I'd be interested in seeing one of the ballistic chart comparisons showing the added range. It seems the faster twist available in the .223 with higher BC bullets would catch the 22-250 at long yardage.

So getting a faster twist barrel in 22-250 would require a custom build? Seems all the usual suspects have 14 twists.

Bingo, MOST 22-250s and 220 swifts that I'm aware of are 1:14 twist, most commercial 223s are 1:12, then with the AR craze and options, you can get 1:9 or 1:8, (TIKKA offers bolt action 1:8 - I have one)
60 gr Nosler Partition and benchmark powder, I shot exactly one deer with mine, not impressed, won't do it again, unless I had to.

Since my impetuous youth is a distant memory, probably not.

I believe Savage offers a 1-9" twist.

So yes, you'll need to build.



Travis

You can shoot the 53gr Barnes TSX out of a standard twist 22-250.

Might not work on Georgia deer, but it works in most locales.


The fiddy-three is a killer.



Travis

It will shoot out of a 1 in 14" barrel. Even if the gun has fancy wood

Reasons to pick a 223 over a 22-250?

Reason #1: Because Kimber doesn't make a .22-250 Montana.

Now this is a thread that interest me. I have 223's with 8,9 and 12 twist, I have a 22-250 with an 8 twist.

After having and liking both very much I prefer the 223 overall for the following reasons.

Availability (I was at Walmart tonight and they had lots of 223 ammo and no 22-250 ammo, I then went to Academy Sports same deal lots of 223 including 8 different "deer loads" and no 22-250 ammo at all.)

Economy (223 brass is cheap heck even free most of the time. Primers no advantage either way. Powder same in both but it goes further in 223. Finally, bullets no advantage except the 223 works better with soft bullets it seems.)

Accuracy (it's easy to get the 223 to shot great with any bullet, the 22-250 has took a lot more effort. Even after more load development my 223's all out shoot my 22-250.)

Fun (The 223 is just more fun to shoot. Neither recoils much but the 223 is still less. Less noise in 223. Bores never seem to foul in 223 which means less cleaning which I hate doing by the way.)

Effectiveness ( The 223 is just not that far behind the 22-250 even with heavies in both rifles. At short range I think the lower velocity of the 223 is an advantage as it penetrates more and seems to get more exits. At best it seems the 22-250 has a 100 yard increase in effective range. I'm comfortable with the 223 to 200 yards where 300 is my limit with the 22-250. Others might use them further but these are my comfort zones.)

Granted I don't have much as personal experience with the 22-250 and do with the 223 but this is just my opinion and experience of the two. I�m not getting rid of either but limited to one it would be the .223 for me.