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I've still never fathomed the 'cost' part when it comes to bullets for hunting.
If you're doing some crop damage etc stuff and killing 500 deer a night, maybe another matter, maybe.
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Yeah, when it costs $55 to gas up the mini-pickup to go hunting�.
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Great results with Hornady 60SP, including last year straight into the front shoulder from the front. It penetrated into the lung cavity and put the deer down.
So NO, we don't wait for broadside shots with 22 cal.
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Taken a few frontal shots with CnC .22s, but they were always head or neck.DRT.
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The 63 sierra smp is a whale of a bullet at any price point, it flat out kills stuff and will work well in about any twist.
I always judge other bullets performance next to it and always drift back to it after "experimenting" with other bullets now and then.
That being said, My 223 AI is gonna sling some 62 ttsxs this year. I guess i just like to tinker with stuff
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60gn Hornady in all of my .22's - 222, 223, 22.250. Kills all sorta stuff, deer, tahr, chamois, goats, pigs. Doing 3623fps out of my 22.250
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I've still never fathomed the 'cost' part when it comes to bullets for hunting.
If you're doing some crop damage etc stuff and killing 500 deer a night, maybe another matter, maybe. Well... My dad worked his way through high school working two jobs and his parents more or less abandoned him so a family down the street let him live in a tent in the back yard. True story. He raised me a certain way... and it stuck. But the real motivation is to stock up while components are in fact available. If there is a lull in the "values-wars" between us and the democrats and prices and availability get better... the opportunity won't be lost on me. And... the guy that taught me to shoot was a ranger in Vietnam who went through a broken arrow. His mantra is "never run out of ammunition" So I look to buy in bulk as much as my blue collar wages will allow. And... on my mother's side of the family there is some Scotch-Irish in the woodpile; so I am inclined to frugality because of my DNA.
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Blah, blah, blah... Just start buying bullets. If you think you need thousands to get trough the apocalypse, truth is you'll be dead or starving before going through a hundred of them if that's what you're counting on.
Nosler seconds on the net are the way to go.
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Nosler seconds on the net are the way to go. If you got any sources I am all ears for a good deal...
Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven.
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Straight from Nosler: http://www.shootersproshop.com/nosler-products/nosler-blemished-2nds/nosler-blemished-bullets.htmlI wiped them out of the 55gr Varmageddons and put a nice hurt on the 55gr SHOTS in .224. The SHOTS really are a great deal.
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I'm sitting on a few thou of those.. they're deadly on beer cans.
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Winny 64gr PowerPoint.....
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I've still never fathomed the 'cost' part when it comes to bullets for hunting.
If you're doing some crop damage etc stuff and killing 500 deer a night, maybe another matter, maybe. Well... My dad worked his way through high school working two jobs and his parents more or less abandoned him so a family down the street let him live in a tent in the back yard. True story. He raised me a certain way... and it stuck. But the real motivation is to stock up while components are in fact available. If there is a lull in the "values-wars" between us and the democrats and prices and availability get better... the opportunity won't be lost on me. And... the guy that taught me to shoot was a ranger in Vietnam who went through a broken arrow. His mantra is "never run out of ammunition" So I look to buy in bulk as much as my blue collar wages will allow. And... on my mother's side of the family there is some Scotch-Irish in the woodpile; so I am inclined to frugality because of my DNA. Again, how many critters do you plan on killing?
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If you want low cost bullets to stock up on that still kill well The best for the lowest price that I know of are hornady 55 grain softpoints with the cannelure. They are tough little bullets that do a number on deer sized game and are cheaper than the nosler SHOTS blems.
Powder valley has 500 of them for $50 or 2000 for $180. Thats hard to beat price wise and they have been very accurate in every 223 and 22-250 I have tried them in
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Wait around a bit and the shots go for 8.95/100.. That's when I buy another thou..
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60gn Hornady in all of my .22's - 222, 223, 22.250. Kills all sorta stuff, deer, tahr, chamois, goats, pigs. Doing 3623fps out of my 22.250 My favorites have always been the 60 grain Hornady SP, the 60 grain Sierra HP, the 63 grain Sierra SMP, and the 70 grain Speer SMP...for use on deer sized stuff....
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Depends upon what weight you want, but there is plenty here. I prefer the 55 gr Barnes TSX for a couple reasons. 1. They are the minimum required weight for Oklahoma whitetail, so it's a legality thing. 2. They flat perform, which is all I can ask for. http://www.shootersproshop.com/shoo...lets.html?caliber=5&manufacturer=348
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Robert in this case just buy the 62 grain TSX and go hunting.
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Sierra 63gr SMP is my go to for anything bigger than 'yotes. I even buy them as seconds at the Sierra plant.
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I've been using 70gr Speers in the past. Will shoot in a 1:14" twist 22/250. They always worked well on deer here. Switching to TSX this year. ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/2439candace/22-250.jpg)
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