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The 63 Grain sierra SMP should work well too.... Not quite as good as Barnes but the 63 smp killed a lot of stuff until I realized I needed a 308 not a 22-250 anymore...
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Really appreciate the wealth of info here! Nice to know there are good alternatives to the partition. They seem to be hard to find. I wouldn't work too hard trying to find them. I've done a lot of reading over the last few years about good bullets for 22cal rifles and deer hunting. I've also killed a few with the little Hornady I mentioned above. I found a lot more complaints about accuracy issues with Nosler's 22cal medium game bullets and this has also been my experience. I've never found a very accurate load with the 60gr Partition or the 64gr BSB. Nosler 55gr BTs seem to get rave reviews in the accuracy dept, but not in toughness for deer hunting. I love Nosler bullets and use them in most other calibers, but I've decided to stick with Hornady, Barnes, and Sierra for my 22cal needs. Last 22-250 I loaded for a friend, picked an H380 load after some research, first 3 were just under an inch... we've never looked back on that load... I shot em in my old 22-250 too a little bit you could get around or under an inch easily... at 100....not nearly as accurate as some others but plenty accurate all the same
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Does WW still make the 64 grain (I think) Powerpoint? Twist probably not good for that, though.
Fortunately, there are good lighter weight 22s available now.
I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill
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I could barely hit the target with 60 partitions in a 14 twist. But got less than MOA with 63 sierras and 64 nosler bonded.
So don't give up if the partitions don't shoot.
I had to be over 60 grains to be legal in Wyoming.
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Yep, no worries at all, especially with the Nosler. If you can get them to shoot. I've tried in a few 22 CFs with no luck. I have had good results with 70gr Speers. They are semi-spitzer so a bit shorter. My 1:14" A-Bolt loves them.
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Seems hard to believe a big woods northern buck would go down with a little 223 or 22-250. I hear stories all the time about 300 lb hogs going down on one shot. Must be true. I knew a guy who shot A 10 yr old 12 point buck with a 22-250 . I laughed at him. He told me it went down like a ton of bricks.
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benchman-
All that matters is that YOU are happy.
It doesn't matter what I think or feel.
Good Luck
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Would I rather have my 99 .308? Yup. Will I most likely kill one with the 22-250? Yup. Generally hit what I aim at. Just feels weird. From growing up in Pa, I guess. Apparently, you need a 30-06 to kill Pa. deer. The farmer whose land I hunt uses a 22-250 to kill them up to around 400 yards. 55gr. Soft point. He is out to eliminate vermin, not eat deer, and isn't too upset if he doesn't find it till the next day. Doesn't happen much. They usually go right down.
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I have always wanted to try my 220 Swift Ruger #1 on deer. That same bullet should work for me I would guess.
I like to do my hunting BEFORE I pull the trigger! There is only one kind of dead, but there are many different kinds of wounded.
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I feel like a monster having a couple of .243's LOL
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