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Billy,

I believe that's called the Savage99Ringman Rule: Do the opposite of what they say and you'll be fine.

It's not a bad coyote bullet either....

There is a rumor that Savage 99 and VarmintGuy are going to co-author a book "Everything You Need to Know About Guns, Hunting, Politics and Wolves".
If this does happen, I suppose it will put all gun writers and most biologists out of work.

why would you care? You would disagree and try to make the thread about you anyway. I've killed deer with the 50 vmax but not the 55nbt. I also agree with rule #1 so that helps.

Rule number one, make a good shot.

Expensive projectiles won't make up for poor marksmanship...

Rule #1 is something we should live by... We owe that to the critters...

Yeah Pat, I have ushered a few into the next life with a 55 grain Horn.

But they no longer cost $52 per thousand!

It was an old box of bullets that I don't have in my possession. Don't know if they are interlocks, but do know they are 55gr. sp Hornady factory loads...Looks like Pat and some others have used them with great success...

bsa,

As far as I know, Hornady has only made one Interlock .22 caliber bullet, the 70-grain .228" supposedly for the .22 Savage High Power. ("Supposedly" because there's a little more to the story.)

But even before Hornady started putting the Interlock ring inside some of their bullets, their Spire Points had a reputation of holding up better than other cup-and-core bullets. This was because Hornady used a little harder lead alloy for the cores than most other bullet companies did. Or at least that's what I was told some years ago by somebody who should have known, and what I found both in shooting big game and, more recently, hardness-testing the cores of quite a few jacketed bullets.

20+ years ago I helped a friend load some ammo for his .22-250, which IIRC were loaded with 60gr Hornadys. He killed 2 javelina with one shot, and quit using them, convinced I had somehow loaded them dangerously hot.

You guys figure it out yet? the 22-250 is a deer killing machine with anything you shove in it.

One year a certain un-named someone filled all the deer tags in the party with a .222 and 52 grain HP target bullets. All one shot broadside DRT. It's not rocket science.

My .22-250's are all 1-14.. We have killed deer with 55 gr. Horn. 55g. Sierra HPBT, 60 gr. Part., 63 gr. Sierra, and 64 gr. WW.. I would pick either the 60 gr. Part. or 64 gr.WW..

1/14 twist Rem. M788. 60gr Partitions. Accurate, dead deer were no problem. Went to 38grs of IMR 4350 for the 60gr Partitions, instead of IMR 4064 normally used for 55gr Btips.

Know folks that've been killing PA whitetails for years with a 22-250 and WW 64gr power point factory loads.

Can't think of a better choice for anyone that's recoil shy or has medical issues?

Have any of you ever felt badly for an OP who asked a simple question?

PaulBarnard,



I'm delighted for him his kid is able to hunt instead of pushing up daisy.

I think he's been given plenty of viable and simple answers.

I did once, years ago. But I got over it right quick. It was probably Ingwe or Steelhead's fault?

I'd not be skeered to throw 40gr BT's at a deer, though I ain't done it, just saying.

While not a .22-250, years ago I shot a medium sized doe with my .220 Swift and a factory loaded 46 gr. open point.. She ran maybe 75 yards and crashed.. But there wasn't a good blood trail.. It was open so I could keep track of her that way.. Still that is NOT a load I would want to take if I were looking to kill a nice buck.. Does were thick, and I waited for an easy shot.

AMEN!