Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats 223, 22-250, 222 mag.

Cant argue that everyone's needs are different....mine tend to gravitate toward coyotes and cats, with some pigs thrown in. This barrel will probably see 1500rd if I am lucky, maybe less. For me, thats simply a cost of doing buisness, and the capabilities are easily worth it. I have never had the privilege of prairie dogs, seems like a nice way to spend an afternoon.

As for the pressure, may very well be. All I know is it works, shoot lights out, and I have brass on its 5th load with no signs of concern.

Easily.

I shot two hogs a few years ago with a 222 Rem. Mag. The load used 27.5 grs. RL-15 and the 62 TSX clocking a smidge over 3,300 in a 24" barrel.

That's pretty much the real estate limit. The 22 Nosler throated out and leaned on in a bolt gun might get 3,400, but Nosler brass is softish. 75's crammed in the AR is lucky to see 3,100 without brass decay.

The 22-250 hull has a lot more room for improvement, even without leaning on the powder handle.

I agree, that hull in a hot dog town is going to be limited duty, but it sounds like pigs you are after. Again, all else equal, the 223 hull is 100-150 fps. over a 222 (15% capacity increase). Getting a 222 with a 60 grainer to 3,000-3,100 isn't real tricky, since its SAAMI data is soft to begin with.

Oh yeah, for those purposes, a 22 Creedmoor would be perfect! 1500 rounds worth of pigs, coyotes, and cats sounds like a lot of fun.

It has been so far...I am about 400rd deep into it right now, and have enjoyed this thing more than anyone has a right to.

I built a a 220 swift 1-12 twist 26 inch barrel s.s. to shoot 60 grain Nosler partitions for coyote hunting reason for this type of set-up rifle will shoot fast about 3600 fps this 60 gr. partition bullet hides wont be too damage ,so we can sell the hides.