Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Predators and Varmints anyone interested in a 22-250?

I am at the age where I just got back from my last PD shoot in the TX panhandle.Thought I would give ya'll first shot at a savage model 112 single shot 22-250.Lam stock and 20power leupold before I go to gunbroker $850 firm ffl to ffl or come get it in Arkansas.Pics on request.If not allowed delete.

no thx......

the Savage action alone will sell better........

112 LA or 12 SA ?????????

Only thing worse than a 250 in a p/dog field.......

is a 220 Swift.............

But that's me......

Got to go with this also, might as well bring a 243.

What do you have against the 22-250?

I have read some ignorant chit on lots of outdoor sites but this one rates right up there.

Have to 2nd this question out of couriosity,we don't have have PD's here but love the roungd for other varmits.
Too big?

Too much boom/recoil. Does it kill PD's? Well, sure. But it is nice to have a repeater when the shooting is good, and one that you can see the carnage thru the scope makes it a whole lot funner....

Doesn't mean its the only gun in the town.

I found shooting Rock chucks with my 22-250 over a long day I would get awful tired of the boom, losing the sight picture in the scope from recoil , and I would have a sore shoulder from shooting prone all day long. Moved to a 223AI and lost a little bit of range, but all those other issues went away. I can watch the damage in the scope, lighter recoil by a bit, and quieter.... I still use the 22-250 occasionally, but not nearly as much ...

Recoil???? Wow..

This.
The recoil, although slight, accumulates over the day and is not much fun by the end of a really busy day.

I haven't really noticed the recoil of the 22.250 over the course of a day, but then it may be how I am loading it.

My three main powders are RL 7, H 322 and Benchmark, the heaviest charge is 33.5 grains of Benchmark with 50, 53 and 55 grain bullets...
30 grains of H 322 with 60 grain bullets, 53 gr, 50 gr bullets..
30 grs RL 7 for 50 thru 60 grainers... 33.5 grains of RL 7 for 40 grainers...

These are my most accurate loads in each of the ones I have.... recoil and sound is less than the usual 35 grains of so with 4065, 4895 RL 15, and similar powders...

have started using 2015 also, in the same 33.5 max load range....

and yeah, depending on what I am shooting at out in the field... Blue Dot loads get used also... 19 grains Max Load...

if that gets too much, there is always a 223 in the truck. with Blue Dot loads for that also...

my biggest issue is not recoil after a long day, its scope squint... That ended when I started going to 30mm Tube Scopes...

You may be right on the loading. I'm not particularly recoil sensitive, but that 22-250 after about 50-100 rounds laying prone watching and shooting at rock chucks really does a number on my shoulder. Never in any other position like sitting or kneeling, but in some fields those bastids can see you a long way off, so prone and long shooting is the only way to sneak a shot at them.. wish I could find some new rock chuck hunting spots, most of my old ones in Central Oregon have closed down and finding new ones has gotten pretty difficult.

I stumbled on a load by accident quite some time ago. My older Rem 700 with a 12 twist just didn't like heavier bullets, never could get them much below MOA, which just isn't going to work when shooting chucks and ground squirrels at 400+ yards... I bought some Varget for another rifle and it didn't work out, so I tried it with the 22-250 and some 40 BT's and started immediately printing little bitty overlapping holes. A little pressure on the fore end of the stock and it is as good as it is ever going to get ..... the load of 39.5 grains came right off the powder canister and registered exactly what the label said it would over my Chrono- 4180 fps right on the money... really launches the chucks into orbit....

Bob

Tikkanut: I have been using Rifles in both 220 Swift and 22-250 Remington calibers, IN "Prairie Dog fields", VERY successfully for more than half a century now!
In fact right at 55 years - again, VERY successfully!
For you to say publicly something as ignorant and uninformed as you just did, damn near takes my breath away!
Do you have ANY idea how stupid you make yourself sound?
For Pete's sake man delete you bizarre and uninformed post before anymore people see it.
Sheesh - no, DOUBLE SHEESH.
Sad.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Lol varmint guy thinks someone other than himself is making themself look stupid.

Um, ok.

No less than our own John barsness himself has stated many times that recoil is cumulative and a 22-250 can feel uncomfortable after a while.

As usual varmint douche has missed the point in his clueless old man rambling and still doesn't know that most of think he is a dumbass (dumbass).

Sheesh. (Sheesh)

If you've been on a good p-dog hunt, you know the feeling at the end of the day. Headache from eye squint as well as from the muzzle blast. You're also getting bombarded by the sun and the wind usually. I'm talking a full day here. This is where the .223s and smaller shine. When you get into large bolt face stuff, it's going to wear you down. No, a .22-250 doesn't have much recoil. However, the cumulative effect of fatigue will take you off of your game.

It has been awhile since I’ve shot the prairie dog towns in Kansas, but 200-300 rounds of 22-250 (main gun), 100-200 rounds of 222 (secondary) and both 25-06 and 7mm rem mag for 40-50 a day were common. I never remember having recoil fatigue issues.

But you don't remember seeing your hits thru the scope , except for the 222, either....

read the other posts......field weight 22-250 or a Swift in an infested p/dog patch ?

Barrel will be as hot as the gates of hell.....

Experienced dog shooters know that....

Along with the noise & recoil....much better choices for 2-300 rd mornings in a p/dog patch