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I have taken quite a few deer with the 22-250 and FWIW i think the non premium bullets kill quicker (not deader) than the premiums, especially mono metal bullets. I used the tsx for a while and though I never lost a deer I did have more run than with cup and core bullets. The bullet I have had the most luck with as far as terminal performance and sheer accuracy is hands down the 63 grain sierra smp. I have yet to keep one in a deer and they shoot lights out in every rifle I have tried them in. They also work for you 1 in 14" twist guys out there too
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WE've kept the 63s in a couple of 175ish pound bucks, by neck shots, I don't do neck, but my BIL does. Think he has 3 so far that were stopped by the neck bone.
Thats why I shoot mono... rather trail a dead deer, than wonder if the bullet never made it to vitals.
Especially with the 22-250s added speed.
When I barrel up my 788 to 22/6mm I"ll certainly run TSX for sure.
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The best terminal performance that I have seen from any .224" bullet has been from the 75gr Scirocco. If you have the twist and can get them to shoot, there is nothing better, IMO. The 60gr Partition is a close second though!
I sure wiSH Nosler would release a 75 or 80gr Accubond or Accubond LR.
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My first two WT bucks were taken with my 220 Swift. Dramatic lightning kills were the norm on any game I took with it.
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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Great deer, Greg...wow!!!!
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The 64 grain WW worked on a number of deer out of my 22-250 Imp.
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rost495, I have never killed a deer that big where I hunt with my 250 so I guess thats why they have all penetrated clear through. This past season I killed three with the 64 grain nosler and they show real promise. I shoulder bone didn't seem to slow then down a bit
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Great deer, Greg...wow!!!! No kidding. That's a beast. Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Its not a 22-250 but I have taken a nice mature doe this year with my 223 Predator rig using Barnes 55gr TSX. It was with a bonus tag and I didn't want to take out any of my big guns for a meat harvest. The doe was 130 yards in my fields. The plan was to take a neck or head shot but since I had a fresh coat of snow, I decided to take a broadside shot to see how well these bonded TSX bullets would perform. As soon as I touched off the trigger, her front shoulder when stiff and she hunched up and ran 80 yards and went down. Textbook shot. The 223 55gr TSX had a total pass through and on further examination while butchering, the bullet took her lung out, liquified the top of her heart, then made a mess of her opposite lung as it passed completely through the deer. She went down very similar to what I have seen a 243 do. I was impressed and would use it again. The only thing the little 223 lacked was that big gun knock down power but it was a very efficient killer on deer.
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Great deer, Greg...wow!!!! Thanks guys - Just didn't see a coues I wanted to shoot this year. Passed on a bunch of 80'ish deer. You should have seen the muley I was chasing with my bow in January. Type of deer that will haunt me forever. 200" typical if it was an inch and easily over 30" wide. My buddy watched him for 3 hours bedded less than 700 yards away and put him in the 210" typical range close to the archery record. Twice within 50 yards of him and couldn't make it happen. I got to 26 yards once. He was a crafty deer who switched beds quite frequently. You talk about nut chattering...
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Nothing makes me feel dumber than walking around with a bow and [bleep]' arrow.
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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Yeah - I feel the same way oftentimes. But if you have 45 days of archery season and is the only season during the coues deer and mule deer rut, you pick up your damn bow. Here's our deer last year (good bud smoked this guy and he was behind the bins on my monster this year) that was 180" on the nose with nearly 6" bases. My bud is 6'4 and 275.
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The kids have been shooting deer and hogs with the 62gr TTSX out of a 223 this year. To say I'm impressed at the results is an understatement. The 22-250 could only be better.
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I have a long time hunting buddy who deer hunts northern MO with a Ruger RSI in 22-250, shooting either 55 Sierra or Hornady softpoints. He handles the open sighted mannlicher like a normal person would a 30-30 m94.
I've never seen him lose a hit deer, although blood trails have been spotty at times. He also generally shoots for high neck or head.
The times that he hasn't gotten a passthrough, he hit the offside shoulder.
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Yeah - I feel the same way oftentimes. But if you have 45 days of archery season and is the only season during the coues deer and mule deer rut, you pick up your damn bow. Here's our deer last year (good bud smoked this guy and he was behind the bins on my monster this year) that was 180" on the nose with nearly 6" bases. My bud is 6'4 and 275. Thats a left nut deer for me! The bow does make one humble. Took me a long time to get to over 100 bow notches on a knife before I realized keeping count was kinda stupid too. But humble is good. More on here could use that. Wished I had the time these days to do more with my bows... they've sat more or less idle for a number of years but time is short.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Nothing makes me feel dumber than walking around with a bow and [bleep]' arrow.
Travis Just look at Ace..
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Entrance side. Exit side. Stuff in between 60 grain Partition. On half dozen deer, kills have been quick. Ranges have been 50-260 yards. Lonny, you are a dam good skinner. That's clean!!
Want To Buy; Form die for a 7mm Mashburn Super. .284 Hornady AMax 162gr. .224 Hornady AMax 75gr. 22-250 bushing die Bushing die that will work with the 7mm Mashburn Super A couple Glock 42 380ACP mags
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Yeah - I feel the same way oftentimes. But if you have 45 days of archery season and is the only season during the coues deer and mule deer rut, you pick up your damn bow. Here's our deer last year (good bud smoked this guy and he was behind the bins on my monster this year) that was 180" on the nose with nearly 6" bases. My bud is 6'4 and 275. Awesome. Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Ace is five feet off the road with a pair of channel locks and bow and [bleep]' arrow. That is NOT how you get it done, Ace! Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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