Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Predators and Varmints 222 remington caliber for generally everything up to deer.

As of last August, I AM Grampa.....

But is the kid old enough to go dress them for you???

Ingwe

Glad to see several people picking up this topic. To add to my previous post, isn't one of the five stages of a hunter the method stage? In the method stage, its not about how far, or how many, but, taking the right shot with the piece of equipment you feel will handle the task at hand.
Once again, I dont advocate a lifetime of using only a .222Rem, but in the right situation, it will easily handle the task of deer sized animals.
Just so you understand I am not defending my "only" gun. I also have a .223, 25-06, .270, 7mm Mag and a 30-06, in my safe to choose from as well. Maybe not a large arsenal of firearms, but enough to take care of everything North America has to offer as far as rifles are concerned.

amr7333....

WELCOME to 24hrcf!!!!

Good selection of rifles you have as well. Truly a do it all in the lower 48 collection, for sure.

Hope you enjoy it around here, mostly a fun group to yak with.

Back on topic, Ingwe, I cannot use a 224 diameter bullet here for deer but I am predicting an exit would with the TSX from the 222 if a ribcage shot is taken. Also a very dead very quick deer. Do let us know. Wish I could take my Al Biesen stocked Sako Riihimaki 222 deer hunting. THAT wold be a hoot!

I remember seeing a pic of that Rihimaki...and battled the green-eyed devil that is jealousy!

Ingwe

I would be hard put to trade my .222 rem off. It is on its second barrel and extractor, groups finally opened up to about 1". I have lost track of the amount of deer that have been taken with it by my friends family and me. I have lost count of how many times I have reloaded the same brass. My go to loads for every thing are a 50 gr sierra gk and a 52 gr berger hp in front of 22.5 gr of imr 3031 either load will shoot ragged one hole groups with less than a 1/4" point of impact between the differnt bullets. Its mainly used to take doe on managed properties now and each year account for close to 20 doe not to mention varmits and hogs. I even killed a free rangeing Elk with it, was the only gun I had with me at the time. A neck shot at 160yds put it down in its tracks. Hogs at over 200 yards are the only thing that I have ever had run off if they where shot anywhere other than in the head. In fact almost all the deer shot with it this year where head and neck shots , with the exception of one buck that my hunting partners wife shot behind the shoulder it went 30yds and piled up. I can think of no other caliber that I enjoy shooting more, cheap to load for no recoil minimal noise. I would like to think that every one had one in there arsenal. Yes, I agree that shot placement is crucial when using any of the smaller calibers and no I wouldnt take it on a hunt for trophy animals if i had a more suitable choice. But all in all it is one great little caliber.

James