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11-04-2006, 10:43 PM

youngbuck013

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22-250's

What are 22-250's? what are there caliber?

11-05-2006, 08:16 AM

KonaBoy

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RE: 22-250's

.22-250's are one of the standard varmint calibres. Works great on coyote's and such.I'm thinkingthe calibre is .22. Will you ever hear me saying to use it for deer, not on your life. Not many, if any, bullets made for the 22-250 are deer appropriate.

11-05-2006, 04:46 PM

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RE: 22-250's

i dont know about that i know peaple who hunt with a 22-250 and evan a 222 it will drop a deer if u shoot it right it is a good acaliber just dont go mutch bigger than whitetail deer

11-05-2006, 05:06 PM

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RE: 22-250's

I shot my first deer with a 22-250 .. it dropped to its knees twice then ran off.. We never found a spec of blood or anything. Then me and a friend found it a month or so later laying in the creek bottoms.

11-05-2006, 08:07 PM

KonaBoy

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RE: 22-250's

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ORIGINAL: terbzz

i dont know about that i know peaple who hunt with a 22-250 and evan a 222 it will drop a deer if u shoot it right it is a good acaliber just dont go mutch bigger than whitetail deer

I'm not saying it won't kill a deer, I'm just not reccomending it

11-05-2006, 08:20 PM

Matt/TN

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RE: 22-250's

Tennessee jus this year passed a law saying that all centerfires may be used for whitetails.I personally think its stupid but thats just me

11-05-2006, 08:21 PM

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RE: 22-250's

They are a .22 centerfire. Their bullets are .224" in diameter, same as the .223 or 220swift. Usually weight between 45-55grains. Think of them as a souped up 223. They are excellent for Coyotes, crows, prairie dogs and such. There are those you will say it will do deer. But very few of the .22 caliber bullets are designed with anything other than varmints in mind. This means they expand rapidly at the cost of nearly all penetration. I know, because I have foolishly tried. There is two factory offering I know of that uses a 'penetrating' bullet. Federal Trophy Bonded Bear Claw and Winchester makes a 60gr powerpoint CXP2 offering. ANOTHER problem is that the factory guns don't generally like bullets wieghts above 55gr. (especially remingtons, they have a slower twist)

All that is too discourage you from purchasing it as a deer cartridge. If you want it for something like coyotes/foxes/prairie dogs it's one of the finest choices out there.