What Twist and What Bullet to Use In 22-250 For Deer?
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I was wondering the same thing this am but for wolves and pigs instead of deer. I settled on either 63gr Sierra sp or nosler 60 gr partition. I know that the 63grs shoot really well out of my savage and about 3300fps but haven't tried the noslers.
The 60gr Partition comes to mind as well as the Barnes X bullets. I loaded the older version of the Win /Hornady 55gr SP with the cannalure for my dad's .222 in Ontario and he shot several deer with it along with 3 black bears .All one shot kills with no losses and range purposely kept under 100 yards.Expect the hoard of experts to criticize your choice...........Harold
With your 1-12, I'd look towards 45-53 grain monometals like the GMX by Hornady and TTSX by Barnes, or if more traditional bullets turn you crank 60 grain partitions are tops, if you find the accuracy acceptable. Myself and a few friends have found the partitions harder to find a sub 1" groups and a lot of them were disappointed by that.
But, hoyt the guy is retired and his mind is wandering and maybe partially frozen too as he is posting from Ontario someplace...
If it is legal to shoot deer in the Province one resides in with the caliber in question then maybe the regs would have the recommended bullet weight.
BC did that with the Bison LEH Season..one needed a certain energy to be considered acceptable for Bison.
Rob
I'd use the 62gr ttsx if i had to use a 22cal for deer. Manufacturer calls for a 1:9 twist though. One of our BC members used a tavor and tsx comvo to drop a black tail outside of Pemberton this year, so it's doable (i wanna say Gatehouse did it? Not sure on that though) but it's certainly not my cup of tea.
Realistically, Id much prefer a 95gr partition in 243 and would rather leave the 22cals for yotes and smaller.
Realistically, Id much prefer a 95gr partition in 243 and would rather leave the 22cals for yotes and smaller.
The guys that are not playing are stuck in the 1940s with 14 twists and blow up bullets in the 220 swift.
With modern mono-metals and quick twists, the 22's work like lightning on deer. Barnes', the 60 NP and a bunch of others. Don't look past the Hornady 55 SP, deer won't like it at all.
With modern mono-metals and quick twists, the 22's work like lightning on deer. Barnes', the 60 NP and a bunch of others. Don't look past the Hornady 55 SP, deer won't like it at all.
I to have been toying with the idea of heavier bullets in a 22-250, not legal for deer in my area but would make a nice long range coyote rifle. I had excellent results with 55 gr. bullets years ago, even played with 45 and 50 gr. bullets pushed up to the 4000fps mark. Gophers were vaporized. I'd likely try a 1:9 twist for a 22-250 and heavy bullets, a salvage with a new prechambered barrel would be the quickest route to go to try it out for me.
OP is in Ontario....... we don't have 100 pound black tails here.......
Don't know much about BC wildlife do you?
You don't have 300 pound mule deer either.
You also don't have 400 pound mule deer.
We also don't have 500 pound mule deer either!.....
I wouldn't even think about using a .243 on a 300 plus pound animal....... and yes, I am well aware BC has mule deer...... I would keep the .243 for the blacktails though.......
Two constants. First, virtually everybody talks cartridges, nobody ever talks bullets.
Second, when it comes to 22's and 24s on bigger animals, those who have never done it decry the practice while those who have just keep on doing it successfully.
If I didn't live in thick grizzly country, I could very happily use a 243 on everything else that lives in BC. Grizzlies change the calculus. But that's a different topic!
Second, when it comes to 22's and 24s on bigger animals, those who have never done it decry the practice while those who have just keep on doing it successfully.
If I didn't live in thick grizzly country, I could very happily use a 243 on everything else that lives in BC. Grizzlies change the calculus. But that's a different topic!
As always... This is getting hilarious and fast. If .22 CFs were legal for deer in AB I'd be all over it. I've done it with antelope (.22-250 63 Sierra SMP, capable bullet that will stabilize in a 14 twist). Seen .223s do antelope too. Dad just may have killed ON deer with a .222 as well. My BC buddies have rubbed it in to me how quick mature mule bucks tip over when they catch a high speed .22 slug in the air bags. Then there's the 2 bull elk, that caught 6mm slugs in the chest and died promptly. Not to forget truckloads of mature AB deer thay have been killed handily with 243 Win/6mm Rem....
I think I'll kill next years bull with a .243 just to see some CGN heads explode. Extra lectures if I use a plain jane cup n core I'm betting!!!
Bullets ( even cup n cores) are better than they were years ago.... Large calibers and heavy bullets or solid copper bullets aren't required to kill most game.
I think I'll kill next years bull with a .243 just to see some CGN heads explode. Extra lectures if I use a plain jane cup n core I'm betting!!!
Bullets ( even cup n cores) are better than they were years ago.... Large calibers and heavy bullets or solid copper bullets aren't required to kill most game.
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