Ivan the Butcher
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WOW, revived a thread after 3 1/2 years.
Any Experience with 22-250?
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Still a good round even if it's almost 100 years old. Maybe 158Grain will see the post and give us an update!
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best one I ever had was an old Remington 788. sub 1/2 MOA at 100yds and sub MOA at 200. took a lot of coyotes and some long range pasture poodles but always thought that was too much powder just to kill a little rat. it is at the top of the list of guns I wish I had back. lee
4barrel
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I bought a Varmint 700 BDL bull barrel in the 70s. The Redfield 6 1/2 x 18 scope cost as much as the rifle. I still have it.
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model70hunter
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Lee, me too. My 788 had the tapered semi heavy bbl. It was very accurate. I took crows, coyotes, a few foxes and decimated a town dog pack that was killing livestock for fun, several farmers had seen them and the Alpha was a big yellow cur.
Folks in town back then let their dogs run loose, that pack would make circles thru farm country killing sheep, goats and young pigs for fun. My little brother went to get his horse one afternoon and the pack treed him. He ran red bones coon hunting, he knew what treed was. He said if he had not climbed the tree they would have hurt him, he was pretty small then.
After they left he climbed down and ran home telling me about it. I grabbed the Rem 788 and we ran for the back side of the next farm, got there before they did, they were in light brush. I shot 4 times, got the large mix cur Alpha with the first shot and 3 of the bigger dogs as they ran off. We never saw the rest again. The Alpha lived at the edge of town, he was surly and liked to chase kids on bicycles, horses or walking.
And that was how my brother described him, the big yellow cur mix that chased us on horses. We knew who he was.
Don't know what I was thinking when I got rid of it which was probably 1969 or 70. Other than it was not legal in Missouri for deer back then.
Some years later I had a rem 700 ADL in 22-250 and it also was very accurate. Killed one deer with it, 60 grain bullet, lungs were mush.
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The 22-250 is a great round.
It is what the .223 Remington wishes it was. With that said the idea that a fast twist barrel will not run lighter bullets well is a myth. If you have quality bullets and most factory bullets are these days the lighter bullets will run just fine out of a fast twist barrel.
IMO the faster twist barrels are the only way to go. I have a Winchester high wall in 22-250 that has been a great ground hog gun for many years. It is a one in 14 twist barrel. I use 50 grain Nosler partitions in it to great affect. It is good out to about three hundred yards and then becomes very unpredictable due to wind. At some point I will get it rebarrelled with a faster twist.
It is what the .223 Remington wishes it was. With that said the idea that a fast twist barrel will not run lighter bullets well is a myth. If you have quality bullets and most factory bullets are these days the lighter bullets will run just fine out of a fast twist barrel.
IMO the faster twist barrels are the only way to go. I have a Winchester high wall in 22-250 that has been a great ground hog gun for many years. It is a one in 14 twist barrel. I use 50 grain Nosler partitions in it to great affect. It is good out to about three hundred yards and then becomes very unpredictable due to wind. At some point I will get it rebarrelled with a faster twist.
Didn't read all the above and not sure if someone mentioned it but you can shoot it full power or hand load it to 22 hornet velocity or anywhere in between. Nice versatile cartridge, Larry
I think some members are confused on fast twist/ slow twist.
Anyway I have had a lot of 22/250s. My main target was ground
hogs. Main bullets were 50& 52 gr Varmit bullets, guns would
do well up to 55gr. Rem 700v, Custom 98/ Douglas barrel were
my main Varmit guns for several years. Had several 788s that
were good shooters. The only disappointment with 22/250 was
a Ruger Ultra Lite, pencil barrel- one of worst shooting rifles I
have ever owned. None of my rifles did well with the bullets
heavier than 55gr. While I like 22/250s, I like 220Swift better.
Anyway I have had a lot of 22/250s. My main target was ground
hogs. Main bullets were 50& 52 gr Varmit bullets, guns would
do well up to 55gr. Rem 700v, Custom 98/ Douglas barrel were
my main Varmit guns for several years. Had several 788s that
were good shooters. The only disappointment with 22/250 was
a Ruger Ultra Lite, pencil barrel- one of worst shooting rifles I
have ever owned. None of my rifles did well with the bullets
heavier than 55gr. While I like 22/250s, I like 220Swift better.
Eddie Southgate
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I have a Ruger All Weather Rifle in 22-250 that shoots everything I feed it with excellent results. It will do under 1/2" regular a clockwork with the cheap Winchester (40 pr bx ) white box 45gr varmint loads from Walmart. With 64 gr Power Points it does 1" or better. I like the lighter barrel for hunting when I am walking . The heavy barrels are an advantage if you are in a fixed position but are a pain to carry very long.
Eddie
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I would venture to say that your buddy has never played with a 220 Swift. It will eclipse the 22-250 in every area if barreled correctly.
The 22-250 is extremely popular with varmint hunters and one of those rounds that nearly always has excellent accuracy but with that being said I not sure why it is so popular. If you don't need that much power the .223 does about as well and is much cheaper and quieter but if you are going to shoot at really long range the .243 will handle wind better which seems to be more of a problem than having a less flat trajectory.
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