Heard many glowing reports - of fast kills - like to hear from others who use them on deer/hogs, what bullets, ranges, rifle, etc.

Thanks.

Oh, Boy!

I like TSXs or TTSXs, ranges 300 yds and under Works like a charm

Haven't gotten one with my 22-250 yet but I intend to. Got one with my 220 Swift, which is almost the same ballistics wise. 175yds with a factory Rem 50gr PSP. That doe never took a step.

I've got several different bullets I intend to load during this off season including Barnes, NPT, and the new Nosler 64gr Bonded.

For small southern whitetails, I think a hot 22CF is a fine rifle. I have no experience with larger bodied game so I can't comment on those.

We hunt as a club in WV and put on large scale deer drives. Some of our senior most members have been slaying deer for decades with sako forester 22-250s. Most of our shots are inside of 150 yards as a rule of thumb. If I ever had a chance to do deer management I would have a 22-250 built. Neck shots are like you hit em with a stihl farm boss.

Had a girl in one of my MBA classes, all she hunts with, shoots head and heart shots, says they usually never go anywhere but straight down. She has her shot placement down!

Seems the Barnes are popular and even others. Chatted with a fellow years back, seems he shot all his deer w/ 55 Sierra soft points, all behind shoulder, said they go less than 40 yds. I know if you slip a bullet like that 'tween ribs it'll do nasty things on the inside, can't go far with lung soup. He was shooting to near 300 and possibly 400 yds as I recall.

I know alot of guys here use a 223, granted the 22/250 has perhaps 50-100 yd of speed.

60 Nosler Partitions. If they even move after a rear shoulder/forward lung shot it is usually less than 50 yards. Have even shot through both scapulas of a large Midwest buck and he traveled around 60 yards. Had an exit on that deer at 20 yards. They are a good little killer.

IF you pick your shots like you should....put a barnes x in the chest cavity dead deer...that simple . Shoot 1-8 twist with a 75 amax and again its a death ray ...out to way further than most should b shooting at a deer.......its not magic.......and not a 243...but its very very good in the hands of a skilled rifleman

My son and I both shot deer this past year with his new Ruger American rifle in 22-250 with a 1-10 twist.
I loaded up a few dozen rounds of Barnes 53gr tsx bullets to about 3300fps (pretty mild) and they worked just dandy.
I am going to try and see if it will stabilize the tsx 62gr this summer.

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60 grain Partition. On half dozen deer, kills have been quick. Ranges have been 50-260 yards.

I've taken 3 deer with a .22-250 and several hogs up to 200 pounds and out to 350 yards. My favorite load is the 55gr. Ballistic Silver Tip by Winchester.

Killed this small hog right around 300 yards.

Nice stuff guys, Justin - is that a Kimber? Nice shooting!

62 gr TTSX .22-250AI puts the smack down on deer

DRT shot out towards far tree line 250 yd shot




This one made it 30 yds 100yd shot




This one again death run of 30 yds 200yd shot

Don't have any photos I can use from those days, but I suppose my .22-250, .22-250 Imp. and Swift have killed 50 deer.. Many were shot with the old 55 grain Sierra HPBT.. I don't believe I ever shot one more than 200 yards however.. Also used the 50 grain Blitzking, 50 gr. Nosler BTBT,55 gr. Speer, 63 gr. Sierra, & 60 gr. Nosler Part. These .22's will kill deer no question.. But hunting conditions are far more important to their success than with larger calibers..

From a 22-250ai I have used the 62 ttsx on 1 antelope, and 3 deer to date. From 426 yards on in. Used the 53 tsx on an antelope. No complaints from me at all.

50ish yds on a whitetail buck. 55gr. TTSX. 1-8".

150ish yds on mule deer buck. Same bullet.

330yds on mule deer doe. 75gr. A-Max.


Travis

I have a Remington model 788 with a 1-14" twist, anyone know of a good bulet to use for deer with this setup?
I think they make a 50gr Barnes but not sure.

before barnes was around... 63 grain sierra semi point dinged a lot of pigs and deer.

Barnes came and I could not get barnes to shoot in the gun at all. And by the time they came out with tsx, I"d had it barreled to 308.

I'd use one in a heartbeat again though. Or a swift. But I have so many 223s they do just fine.

55 grain Winchester soft points should work okay.




I'm wondering how far the 223/22-250 deer make it after being shot?


Lung shots seem like the usual 50-100 yard is the norm. Anyone have a runner?

Cannot remember how far but it was over 350 I think.

Bang flop southern AZ coues deer.

.22-250 Ackley 80 Berger. Great deer bullet.

Good stuff gang, nice photos, thanks.

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

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.

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.

Great deer, Greg...wow!!!!

The 64 grain WW worked on a number of deer out of my 22-250 Imp.

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

No kidding. That's a beast.


Travis

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.

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...

Nothing makes me feel dumber than walking around with a bow and [bleep]' arrow.



Travis

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.

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.

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.

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.

Just look at Ace..

Lonny, you are a dam good skinner. That's clean!!

Awesome.



Travis

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

Nice bow kill/skill

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