what to buy 223 rem or 22-250

[Pathfinder]

A 22-250 with 50 and 55gr bullets and a 12 twist, won't run with a 223 rem with a 7 twist and 90gr bullets or even 80gr vld, with 22 250 you wouldn,t even get on paper F class shooting at 7,8,900 meters. the 223 does very good at those ranges

22-250 with 50gr at 3500 fps
Max Point blank range is 303 yds when zeroed at 262 yds.
Range
yds Path
in ComeUp
clicks Velocity
fps Energy
ft/lbs Momentum
lb ft/s ToF
sec Windage
in Windage
clicks Optimal
Game Wgt
Muzzle -1.5 Infinity 3500 1360 25.00 0.000 0.0 NaN 161
100 3.4 -13 2991 993 21.36 0.093 1.3 5 100
200 4.4 -8 2535 713 18.11 0.202 5.4 10 61
300 0.0 0 2125 501 15.18 0.331 13.0 17 36
400 -12.3 12 1755 342 12.54 0.487 25.3 24 20
500 -36.0 28 1436 229 10.26 0.676 43.6 33 11
600 -76.8 49 1189 157 8.49 0.907 69.1 44 6
700 -142.2 78 1032 118 7.37 1.180 101.9 56 4
800 -240.3 115 936 97 6.68 1.486 140.8 67 3
900 -378.0 160 865 83 6.18 1.820 184.5 78 2
1000 -562.3 215 807 72 5.76 2.180 232.7 89 2

rem 223 with 90gr bergers at 2830 fps

Range
yds Path
in ComeUp
clicks Velocity
fps Energy
ft/lbs Momentum
lb ft/s ToF
sec Windage
in Windage
clicks Optimal
Game Wgt
Muzzle -1.5 Infinity 2830 1600 36.39 0.000 0.0 NaN 275
100 4.1 -16 2665 1419 34.26 0.109 0.6 2 230
200 4.8 -9 2506 1255 32.22 0.225 2.4 4 191
300 0.0 0 2353 1107 30.26 0.349 5.4 7 158
400 -11.1 11 2207 973 28.37 0.481 10.0 10 131
500 -29.4 22 2064 851 26.54 0.621 16.1 12 107
600 -55.8 36 1927 742 24.78 0.772 23.9 15 87
700 -91.6 50 1796 645 23.10 0.933 33.6 18 70
800 -138.2 66 1672 559 21.50 1.106 45.4 22 57
900 -197.3 84 1555 483 19.99 1.292 59.5 25 46
1000 -270.8 103 1445 417 18.58 1.493 76.1 29 37

Compare apples with apples......Lets let the 22-250 have a 7" twist . Now we're talking.

 

[rig_pig69]

Compare apples with apples......Lets let the 22-250 have a 7" twist . Now we're talking.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[beaverfur]

22-250, $277 cheep (who cares if you burn out the barrel?), more horse power is always a good thing. Max 10x with 55 gr TSX my new favorite load, the coyotes aren't going to like this

 

[srt4u2nv]

I'll be using my .264wm with 129gr SST's for yotes this year I sold my .22-250 but man I miss it the .22-250 is just plain fun to shoot......

Still got 8lbs of H380 too......

runs to the EE to find a .22-250

 

[Jordan Smith]

Well. Thanks for the details. I'll have to admit, I was a bit skeptical at first, but the fact that you mentioned tactical..... I have no doubts at all that you were able to use a factory skinny barrel rifle, with a 9 powered scope to make a 942 yd shot at something with at best a 6" to 8" kill zone.

LOL, you're right. If they had called the scope the "FFII Precise erector adjust", if wouldn't be nearly as "cool".

Oh yeah, and there is a rumor that those "skinny barrelled" Tikka's can often shoot just as accurately as heavy-barrelled varmint rifles- but only on Saturdays when there's a full moon.

People always like pix...you can see the coyote laying in the snow about 3.5 MOA above the bottom post in the reticle and 3.5 MOA to the left.