RE: 22-250 for deer hunting
22-250 is too small, IMO. Yes, it *can* kill a deer. Yes, it *has* killed deer. Same with the .223. But I know people who've lost deer to them, too. And I've taken deer with a .220 swift, although I don't plan on ever doing it again, nor do I recommend it to anyone else, even though the deer I shot with it were bang-flops, dead on the spot.
IMO, the .22 rounds just don't leave any room for error. But who generally uses them? The younger,less experienced (i.e. lessproficient) hunters/riflemenwho want to start out with a smaller cartridge.
I feel we owe it to the game to use the best choice available. I just don't think the .22s are it.