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Killed em with 50 grain SP, 55 grain SP and BTSP, 60 grain Partitions and 70 grain Speers many moons ago.
The 22-250 is lightning on deer.
Funny what speed do.
We are talking a 250# animal at best, not exactly large critters.
Poke em on the airbags or the front running gear and schitt happens rather quickly. What did you switch to after? Any particular reason? 55 grain Sierra Gameking or Partition now if I use a .22 caliber. Speers were used before all of the other listed.
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Glad you are able to hit stuff with yours. Mine was not accurate enough to hunt with, and down the road it went....
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I had my doubts at first. I haven't had a chance to load for it but figured I'd try a couple factory loads. I ordered a box each of the Fusion, Fiocchi 55gr Hornady SP and Barnes 50gr TTSX. Tried the Fiocchi first and it shot baseball size groups. The Fusions eased my mind with 1" groups. Haven't even tried the Barnes yet.
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22-260 is very fast and deadly. Good shooting!
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Well done. I have killed many deer with a 22-250 and it always did a great job.
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Killed this fellow this afternoon. First with the 99C .22-250 I picked up last year. About 120 yards with Fusion 55gr. The bullet performance was perfect, as you can see. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/LsqjvDw1/DSC04914.jpg) ] Congrats!
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A guy I work with used to kill deer with a .220 Swift. Said it killed like lightning. I've killed a couple with .223 and 55 gr. Sierra handloads. But, never used .22-250. Nice deer by the way.
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I bought a new 99C in 22-250 at my local JC Penney store when I was in college in the early 80’s. Used it for shooting prairie dogs in Wyoming after graduation. Ended up marrying a farmer’s daughter and moved back to South Dakota. Needed a shotgun to hunt them on the in-laws farm but was broke and traded the 99C for a Remington 878 autoloader straight across. Worst gun deal I’ve ever made. Ouch!
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My son has droped plenty in the last few years with a Encore set up in 22-250.
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I’d love to know how that load actually chronographs. Looking at the performance (which was great), I’d bet it’s <3500fps. I'm breaking 3600 fps with a max load of Varget and any 55 gr bullet I've tried.
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Well done. I have killed many deer with a 22-250 and it always did a great job. it's a favorite with Eskimos, from head-shooting swimming seals up to and including 1,000# polar bears. They don't do windage or drop very well, nor recoil I think. It gets the job done.
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Great.....now I'm thinking of a 22-250 build. Congrats
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