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.22-250 kills stuff really dead.
There are so many bullets that would perform better than the one you used. Load a better one and go kill stuff at all angles...
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What bullet(s) do you like for slow twist 22 250s?
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Don't take marginal shots, and you won't leave any 3 legged speed goats behind.Rio7 Not everyone hunts over Texas feeders in fenced in operations.
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Don't take marginal shots, and you won't leave any 3 legged speed goats behind.Rio7 Not everyone hunts over Texas feeders in fenced in operations. An antelope can go from a slow walk to 50 mph in about 2 seconds. If you can get the walking shot, you'd darn well better take it. If you want an antelope, you'd better get some lead in the air or there'll be nothing but air in front of you. In our case, we'd been stalking a herd of 13 for an hour and for over a mile. We had them located bedded down in the lava fields where there are lots of 1 to 3 acre grassy patches between lava domes. We peeked over the rocks and saw only 2 ears and 1 eye above the grass. That's all it takes, we'd been seen. They started popping up 1 at a time and getting ready hit the road. I got set and looked for the buck to stand. He got up moving and I shot. In 2 or 3 seconds the herd was long gone. The buck shot off like a rocket but with no heart left, he went 30 yds and folded like he'd been poleaxed. It was a fast but easy shot but there's no time to sort out what's marginal or not.
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tzone, I am just lucky I guess, GFY Rio7
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Rock Chuck, I have been hunting antelope since the late 1940s, Have killed my share, wish I had a 22-250 back then, my 30-30 was a little slow and didn't have much range, but I brought home the meat most of the time. Rio7
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Found the bullet. It had got through between the ribs on the far side and was barely inside the far shoulder muscle. It weighs 27 gr so that's a 50% wt retention. I still haven't figured out how it broke 2 ribs going in. There must have been some terrific shock to it. I'd prefer a higher wt retention. Maybe a TSX would fit the bill. ![[Linked Image]](http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/rockchuck/bullet.jpg)
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Think a TSX would do a good job, but don't expect to find them in the off shoulder. Rio7
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Think a TSX would do a good job, but don't expect to find them in the off shoulder. Rio7 But maybe you can expect to eat the onside shoulder... Thanks for this thread Rockchuck. Those pronghorn are some seriously tasty critters! I have a bunch of 55 gr GMX that'd likely do wonderfully in this combo, but I'm trying them thru a 223.
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the 55gr Barnes tsx would be a good one to use.. The Barnes 55gr TSX wont stabilize in a 1/14 twist
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But maybe you can expect to eat the onside shoulder... I like onside shoulders. That's why I quit using bullets like the plastic tips. They're killers, no doubt, but the waste of meat is too much for me. I prefer a bullet that gets farther in before unleashing hell.
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Ran a 53 TSX into a corn fed 2.5 year-ish Nodak/Minn border whitetail last year at about 75-80 yards from a 22-250 RAR Compact. The load only chrony'd 3375, but I chanced it. I shot. It jogged up the river bank and flopped over just like most every other critter with the air taken out of it.
I hear rumors that they kill things about as well as anything else on deer and smaller critters.
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rockchuck,
i've used the .22-250 on deer for over 40 years.
in my experience, the 55 gr. Sierra sp is a good pill, but i do prefer the 55 gr. Hornady sp over the Sierra.
the 60 gr. Hornady sp is also an excellent pill, but avoid their 60 gr. hp pill that they actually introduced for usage on big game such as deer.
in my own experiences, the 1 in 14 .22-250 rigs will readily handle the 60 gr. Hornady sp, the 63 gr. Sierra sp, and the 70 gr. Speer sp--i've found them to stabilize just fine. in fact, i've never had a problem with these three pills even when used at .222 velocities.
as an additional thought, i do prefer the 60 gr. Hornady sp above the other two--for obvious reasons.
if i remember correctly, the 70 gr. Speer has a jacket thickness of .018, about .004 thicker than some of the typical .224 55 gr pills.
back in the 1970's, i even used the Nosler 55 gr. solid base, in one case dropping a big mule deer at approx 375 yards. the jacket/solid base unit was found just under the hide on the far side.
i've only had one mishap with a .22 cf pill on deer, and that was when i used a lightweight Sierra pill in a .220 Swift on a whitetail back in the mid 1970's. the load was high velocity, and the deer was only about 160 yards out. while the deer was brought to bag, it was a good lesson for a young hunter...
try the 60 gr Hornady sp--i'm reasonably sure that you will like it...
Thanks for this info. Good stuff.
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The 22-250 is the most underrated deer cartridge out there IMO.
53gr. TSX and the 60gr. Hornady SP are straight up killahs.
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Biggest problem with my 22-250 is that it weighs a pound more than my 30-06.
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The 22-250 is the most underrated deer cartridge out there IMO.
53gr. TSX and the 60gr. Hornady SP are straight up killahs.
Travis I agree. To that list I'd add the 60gr Partition.
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Is there a consensus that the 63 gr Sierra belongs in that group, too?
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In our case, we'd been stalking a herd of 13 for an hour and for over a mile. We had them located bedded down in the lava fields where there are lots of 1 to 3 acre grassy patches between lava domes. We peeked over the rocks and saw only 2 ears and 1 eye above the grass. That's all it takes, we'd been seen. They started popping up 1 at a time and getting ready hit the road. I got set and looked for the buck to stand. He got up moving and I shot. In 2 or 3 seconds the herd was long gone. The buck shot off like a rocket but with no heart left, he went 30 yds and folded like he'd been poleaxed. It was a fast but easy shot but there's no time to sort out what's marginal or not.
Wait a minute......you mean you didn't range them, calculate the alignment of Jupiter and Venus, consult a trigonomentry book taped to your stock, zoom click the dials, check your battery, and fire? I'll be darned.....good on you RC. Casey
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Is there a consensus that the 63 gr Sierra belongs in that group, too? Absolutely. It works very well. The only "problem" is that it has a low BC, if that matters to you.
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