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Did he have an axe with him for the through hike of the Median?

Yes, along with a spatula and 4 whole chicken breasts.

A can of Yuban, full size wood benches and a camp stove with full cas iron cookware.

Sonofabitch!

And a fire ring the size of a fuggin' Wal-Mart!



Travis

As others have said, deer I've shot with any .224 has been DRT, even three with the lowly .222 Rem. 22-250 is like electrocution.

BUT-
Worst I ever had though was a .222 mag 50 gr Nosler BT, 400 yard steep downhill run by a boiler shot 4x4 blacktail. He was wired for sound because we'd been playing cat and mouse around his hilltop for an hour. The shot was 20'! He came out of his skin at the shot, I don't think a mortar would have stopped him any quicker. Pure adrenalin and slope carried him that far.

Oh but to hear some.. 257 wtby would have stopped him there....

The 22-250 pushing 60 gr. Hornady soft or hollow points has been a consistant killer for me. If a deer stops those bullets it is because the bullet hit the bone of the far shoulder. They work for head shots on hogs too.

Nice reports guys. Always had great results w/222, much easier to bughole for the guns I have owned, a 788, BDL Deluxe, and a custom SG&Y I found 2nd hand. Wondered about a "Deuce' fast twist, though its capacity is surely best for 40-52s.

Palidun, I assume those 60s work fine in a 14 factory twist?

Haven't shot one myself, but have dressed a couple shot by a friend with a push-feed Model 70 loaded with 55gr. Hornady softpoints. One was behind the ear at about 100 yards, so nothing to be learned there, but the other was a frontal shot on a nice doe at about 150. Found the bullet in the hip, pretty much in one piece. I gotta think it is at least adequate if not ideal.

I popped a fat doe this past season with the 55gr federal fusion load out of a 22-250. She was quartering to me at 80 yds. The little bullet exploded the shoulder on a path to the heart. The front lobes of the lungs were mutilated but it didn't make it to the heart. 5"-6" of penetration after thoroughly destroying the shoulder bone. She dropped at the hit.

It does for some. Of course, some have a hard time dropping them with a 338 mag