ORIGINAL: buckmaster61081
Someone told me the 22-250 will burn up barrels because of the high velocity & I'd be better off getting a 223 - any truth here? Looking at mostly shooting coyotes & crows etc. Biggest I'd probably want to go is a 270 just thinking of hunting out west someday. I just won a 257 weatherby mag but saw the cost of the shells - gasp! So hope to sell it and get a little smaller caliber.
Mainly, what ruins barrels fast is a lot of shooting with a hot barrel. i suppose the .223 might outlasta .22/250 if you shoot many rounds per day at ground hogs or prairie dogs, and the barrel doesn't have time to cool between shots. But for shooting five or six coyotes per day, the .22/250 will certainly do OK. It does not have as bad a rep for barrel life as the .220 Swift....