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The 50gr Federal is an excellent load. Very accurate, deep penetrating and kind on edible flesh. It is probably the load I take to the field most often when I am running a .22 Magnum. But in my experience it really isn’t an expanding bullet at least not often enough to count on for such.

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I had an opportunity yesterday to buy a couple of boxes of the CCI 40 grain load. I have several boxes of the 30 grain load from CCI. Now to get a coyote to volunteer for ballistic testing.
Thanks for all the input and keep it coming,
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Originally Posted by RickinTN
I had an opportunity yesterday to buy a couple of boxes of the CCI 40 grain load. I have several boxes of the 30 grain load from CCI. Now to get a coyote to volunteer for ballistic testing.
Thanks for all the input and keep it coming,
Rick

I am kinda surprised that nobody mentioned the Maxi Mag 40 grain. It hits a sweet spot in accuracy, expansion and penetration. It have been available of late too. Academy has had it in stock. I don't have any experience with the Game Point 40 or 35 grain on animals.

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So has anyone found a "lead-free" ctg. that their .22 WMR likes? I haven't yet and have had to return to the .22 Hornet to hunt legally in CA.... My Miroku-made "Winchester" 1885 WMR doesn't like "green" ammo a bit. and my WMr barrel on a Savage Model 24D doesn't either.

My only .22 Magnum that shoots it well is an 8 3/8" S&W Model 48-2 revolver! Not exactly what I'd choose for 'yotes unless I was a lot better pistolier than I am....


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Originally Posted by Mesa
So has anyone found a "lead-free" ctg. that their .22 WMR likes? I haven't yet and have had to return to the .22 Hornet to hunt legally in CA.... My Miroku-made "Winchester" 1885 WMR doesn't like "green" ammo a bit. and my WMr barrel on a Savage Model 24D doesn't either.

My only .22 Magnum that shoots it well is an 8 3/8" S&W Model 48-2 revolver! Not exactly what I'd choose for 'yotes unless I was a lot better pistolier than I am....


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I've got a Marlin in 22 Win Mag, that I bought back in MN around 1980 for $99 at Holiday Village.

That thing has pretty much been fed the old CCI 40 gr FMJs and SP. It rode for years in my 4 Runner, behind the front seats on the floor, in my travels. Having it that long, I have killed 20 plus deer with it. NOT out hunting with it, just came across deer that had been hit by cars, on the rural back roads of America. each time has been right after it had happened, and for some reason, most of the time the vehicle that hit them were being driven by women....

slap in that 7 round clip, use the front hood for a rest... the cheap Tasco on top, put the crosshairs at the deer's ear or between its eyes, depending on where it is standing in the field besides the road with its broken shoulder or hip. Pull the trigger out to 125 yds, and down the deer would go... DRT.

several times there have been several deer hit by the same vehicle... women in a Suburban are talented that way.

That Marlin has never failed to drop one in those scenarios.... when 22 Win Mag was cheap, it sure has taken a lot of Oregon Ground Squirrels/ Sage Rats also....that was before I started loading 223s, down to 22 Mag equivalents with shot gun powder....


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