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Truth be told, a 55 hornady sp or a 55 nosler bt would lay them low at any distance you can put then through the lungs

I just feel better seeing the added carnage the heavy bullets provide

No, not trendy. I have been doing it for 25 years, since I was a kid.

I don’t have to have the lightest. But it’s a hellova round and a proven killing machine. I LOVE the rifle. So, I’m going to use it.

As I said, so long as velocity is high enough to promote expansion.

Almost as trendy as it is to bash Leupold’s at the ranges one would use a .223.

I’ve used a .22-250 with that bullet out to 220. A .223AI at 70, while one friend used that rifle at around 150 and my Cousin used it around the same. One Deer made a short circle, the others more or less crashed on the spot.

Biggest problem I had with using any .22 cal Centerfire is the wind blowing them around! If perfectly still, you could headshot the thing at 300yds ( with the right rifle) but I've never seen it that still. In February of 1973, we had to "qualify" at some range in Eastern Germany ( Army) at 300 meters we all hit the "next target" downwind, a full 6ft! That part of Germany is "almost" as bad as Wyoming for wind! ha.Yes...we all shot "Expert"...via the "mighty Pen".