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

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

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...

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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

lol this is kinda fun.

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

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.

If you couldn't find it, how do you know you shot it in the ribs? Perhaps you missed altogether.

If I was the curious type...not defending anybody in the process either, I'd wonder just how you make that shot without shooting through the rib cage. Last I looked, the liver is behind the diaphragm, the heart and lungs in front of the diaphragm...so were the ribs too.

Unless it is late enough I missed the sarcasm?

Ive got sveeral hundred 65 gr Game Kings. I sure hope they work... cause thats what Ill be running.

They work. Well.

i have been shooting the 55gr bthp gameking it works good

Thank you very much. That is the kind of info I can glean from.

When shooting European roe deer (~55-60 lbs live weight) I get more pass throughs with the 55gr GK than with Hornady's 60gr SP.

In my experience, this little bugger is far more consistent than what one would have expected.

I know this is an older post but for those doing searches on 55gr Gamekings I thought I'd add some first hand experience. I've been using 55gr Gamekings out of a 22-250 for Antelope and Deer for MANY years (Dozens of animals). I have never had one get away. I've shot speedgoats out to 480 yards with clean kills. Always performs great. And it's one of my most accurate loads. Out of my Savage BVSS I get 1/2" groups at 200 yards (1/4 MOA).

Don't listen to the people who say you need a 300 win mag for goats/deer. You put a hole in the right spot and it's going to go down. And no... you shouldn't rely on a bigger caliber to fix your mistakes. That just makes you sloppy.

Don't worry. No one listens to Savage 99.

Welcome to the Fire and thanks for the info.

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