22-250 14" twist game bullet
06-07-2011, 08:24 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hayes, Va.
Posts: 2,332
My way of reading this post, you can't use a 224 cal in va, so you never have, correct? how do you know its not suitable?
its within about 100 ft/lbs of the 30/30 at 100 yards, is the 30/30 suitable?
use a good bullet and it works, as does the 223, I've killed alot of deer with both.
RR
its within about 100 ft/lbs of the 30/30 at 100 yards, is the 30/30 suitable?
use a good bullet and it works, as does the 223, I've killed alot of deer with both.
RR
And as far as experience, how about 55 + years in the shooting business. Also, a ballistics expert in law enforcement for more then 15 years.
06-08-2011, 10:59 AM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 260
I have killed at least a dozen deer with a .22-250. It can be done.
That said, I prefer more power, so I use a .30-06. I've had a few long tracking jobs with the .22-250. Tracking a deer is great fun, but it probably isn't the most humane way to do things, so now I use a bigger stick.
For those who are patient, careful about shot angle, don't overdo it on range, and don't shoot at running deer, a .22-250 is perfectly fine for deer.
I prefer larger caliber because I don't want to worry about shot angle, sometimes hunt at long range, and sometimes shoot at running deer.
I don't understand why some people think that because they do things a certain way, everyone else should too.
That said, I prefer more power, so I use a .30-06. I've had a few long tracking jobs with the .22-250. Tracking a deer is great fun, but it probably isn't the most humane way to do things, so now I use a bigger stick.
For those who are patient, careful about shot angle, don't overdo it on range, and don't shoot at running deer, a .22-250 is perfectly fine for deer.
I prefer larger caliber because I don't want to worry about shot angle, sometimes hunt at long range, and sometimes shoot at running deer.
I don't understand why some people think that because they do things a certain way, everyone else should too.
06-08-2011, 03:49 PM
#14
Spike
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: SE QLD Australia
Posts: 11
I have killed at least a dozen deer with a .22-250. It can be done.
That said, I prefer more power, so I use a .30-06. I've had a few long tracking jobs with the .22-250. Tracking a deer is great fun, but it probably isn't the most humane way to do things, so now I use a bigger stick.
For those who are patient, careful about shot angle, don't overdo it on range, and don't shoot at running deer, a .22-250 is perfectly fine for deer.
I prefer larger caliber because I don't want to worry about shot angle, sometimes hunt at long range, and sometimes shoot at running deer.
I don't understand why some people think that because they do things a certain way, everyone else should too.
That said, I prefer more power, so I use a .30-06. I've had a few long tracking jobs with the .22-250. Tracking a deer is great fun, but it probably isn't the most humane way to do things, so now I use a bigger stick.
For those who are patient, careful about shot angle, don't overdo it on range, and don't shoot at running deer, a .22-250 is perfectly fine for deer.
I prefer larger caliber because I don't want to worry about shot angle, sometimes hunt at long range, and sometimes shoot at running deer.
I don't understand why some people think that because they do things a certain way, everyone else should too.
06-08-2011, 07:22 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hayes, Va.
Posts: 2,332
Cudos to you deerndingo. Finally a man with some integrity. 
I play this same game. I lost one once and it bothered me for quite a while.
A lot of people forget why the army went to the 5.56/.223, it's wounding power. It was light to care and you could carry more. Recoil was very manageable and it would wound an enemy and them it would then take more enemy soldiers to carry him off the battle field. But when hunting we don't want to wound, we want to get as clean a kill as possible.
I play this same game. I lost one once and it bothered me for quite a while.
A lot of people forget why the army went to the 5.56/.223, it's wounding power. It was light to care and you could carry more. Recoil was very manageable and it would wound an enemy and them it would then take more enemy soldiers to carry him off the battle field. But when hunting we don't want to wound, we want to get as clean a kill as possible.
06-09-2011, 01:33 PM
#16
Spike
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: SE QLD Australia
Posts: 11
I think there are a lot of new hunters who do read these posts so I think we need to set an example for those newbies. We should be showing them how to do it the right way first up. If they want to go do something else later then so be it, but a 7mm08 and such is a better deer calibre than a 22-250 under varying circumstances.
06-09-2011, 02:24 PM
#17
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Wide open Nevada
Posts: 515
It's funny,why does the OP want to usee the 22-250 for deer ? Is this his only rifle ? Maybe there is some real valid reason for his choice. Times are tight id say since he sighted the least FMJ/varmiter like bullets around that he's an ethical hunter.
06-09-2011, 04:35 PM
#18
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 260
At ranges less than 100 yards, I don't think there will be any difference in the amount of the amount of time the deer stays alive. A .22-250 has less energy, but it will dump that energy right where it is needed with little wasted. At least it does with a varmint bullet. The problem with a .22-250 is not with the chip shots, it is when you have to penetrate to get to the vitals.
If you are concerned about being humane, a 7mm08 isn't exactly the biggest gun out there either.
06-09-2011, 06:46 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hayes, Va.
Posts: 2,332
I gotta ask you RR,is your ass as big as your confrentational mouth? I always say talk or in this case write as if the guy is standing in front of you. I guess you missed that class.