I tend to stay out of these pizzing contests, because actual experience counts for very little on this forum when weighed against post count or "popularity."

But, I'm compelled to offer:

Several years back I took a contract in the Philippines. It turned out thet we were assigned guards armed with AR-15s because of the kidnappings on the particular island. Once I discovered that, I brought back from my first R&R, classified as "crane parts" two 9 twist barrels and 600 rounds loaded with 60 grain Partitions. Over the next year I took several dozen Philippine Sambar ("brown deer") and countless boar. Based on that I've used since a 22-250 AI and 70 grain TSX to cull some 3 dozen whitetail, and IMO YES, they are fully the equal of .30 cal on whitetail...but what does actual experience mean vs the internet?


You can no more tell someone how to do something you've never done, than you can come back from somewhere you've never been...