Predator Rifle
12-21-2010, 11:33 AM
#12
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Winchester, KY
Posts: 17
R-15 223
i like the 22-250 but id raher use my remington r-15 223. i love it and it is a great shooting gun. i keep 3" patterns at 200 yards and with the free floating barrel, it will fire quite a few rounds without warming up and slinging them.
12-21-2010, 11:40 AM
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Posts: 5,130
.22-250 is a classic varmint/predator cartridge...........can't go wrong with that.
I use a .204 40gr V-max or my .243 with 75gr V-max for predators, if I expect long shots on windy days.
I reserve my .17 HMR for varmints only, as a rule.
............not that a well placed shot behind the ear would drop them.
I use a .204 40gr V-max or my .243 with 75gr V-max for predators, if I expect long shots on windy days.
I reserve my .17 HMR for varmints only, as a rule.
............not that a well placed shot behind the ear would drop them.
Last edited by Sheridan; 12-21-2010 at 11:42 AM.
12-21-2010, 12:10 PM
#14
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 32
.17 fireball and .17 rem. are very cool guns. I wouldn't shoot them at a predator over 200 yards, but they are super fun to shoot. The wind does play hobb with them though. I noticed shooting prairie dogs with a friend that either of those two guns would blow off course very easily if there was even a little change in breeze, but they were a lot of fun to shoot!
12-21-2010, 12:47 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Elizabeth Colo. USA
Posts: 4,413
I use my 17 Fireball for prairie dogs only, but I wouldn't hesitate to use it for any of the fox species and probably bobcat since they are thinned skinned critters. I'm sure it would work on a coyote too, but it wouldn't be any where in my top 10 cartridges for coyote hunting.
12-21-2010, 02:12 PM
#16
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Peoa, UT
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LOL
12-21-2010, 02:19 PM
#17
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Peoa, UT
Posts: 422
Another Question:
I've heard the 22-250 is a very flat, accurate,and long range shooting rifle but has noticeably more expensive bullets than the .223 which is not as long range but is still a good predator rifle, but other people disagree and say that its the other way around. So my question is: which gun is more or less cheaper to shoot?
Any thoughts?
I've heard the 22-250 is a very flat, accurate,and long range shooting rifle but has noticeably more expensive bullets than the .223 which is not as long range but is still a good predator rifle, but other people disagree and say that its the other way around. So my question is: which gun is more or less cheaper to shoot?
Any thoughts?
12-21-2010, 04:01 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,834
Another Question:
I've heard the 22-250 is a very flat, accurate,and long range shooting rifle but has noticeably more expensive bullets than the .223 which is not as long range but is still a good predator rifle, but other people disagree and say that its the other way around. So my question is: which gun is more or less cheaper to shoot?
Any thoughts?
I've heard the 22-250 is a very flat, accurate,and long range shooting rifle but has noticeably more expensive bullets than the .223 which is not as long range but is still a good predator rifle, but other people disagree and say that its the other way around. So my question is: which gun is more or less cheaper to shoot?
Any thoughts?
12-21-2010, 06:37 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Elizabeth Colo. USA
Posts: 4,413
[QUOTE][That and the weight of bullets for the 223 are limited to the rather lighter weight bullets as where the 250 or 220 shoot heavier bullets as a whole for better wind bucking results./QUOTE] beings how the 22-250, the .220 swift and the .223 are all 22 calibers, I've got to ask: do you not realize any bullet than can be shot through a 22-250 or swift can also be shot through a .223?