My 'Yote 'gitter is ready for this winter SPS Tac .22-250

Hungry

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It's finally put together and then sighted in.... Here she is, ready for the coming winter season hunting 'yotes... It's my Rem M700 SPS Tac in a .22-250 (many of you know that the SPS Tac comes only in .308 and .223). I just had to have this rifle in .22-250 for a little more zip. The varmints deserve them booolits nice and fast.


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This is a Remmy M700 SA RH that is sporting a .22-250 1 in 9" twist barrel. What I did was buy a .223 SPS Tac and kept the .223 barrel while selling off the .223 boltface action and Hogue stock. That barrel was rechambered by Doug at Ellwood Epps into a .22-250, then I had Sean at North Shore Barrels setup that chamber with a Brownells Stainless enhanced recoil lug (bit fatter than factory). :cool:

I bought a HS Precision LTR stock from the EE Forum and yes that desert color is from the factory. :D

This barrel loves the 50 gr Vmax boolits as well as the 68 gr Hornady HPBT's for longer ranges, very stable very accurate, always dancing around 3/4" and sometimes over an inch because my bench technique sucks. :mad: I just gotta shoot prone, that's all.

On top for glass, I'm a Leupold Mark 4 lover, they work and if I fall down (quite often) in the field, I know the internals can handle the bumps. Well it's an LR/T 4.5 x 14 x 40mm duplex with 30mm tube.

Here's the other side:

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That cheek piece is an Eagle Industries baby, and they are out of business these days, I'm told. I bought a bunch of them years ago because I love their quality and the texture! Very smooth!

The bolt knob is from Allen Gun Works and Mike over there did the install. He sold me a "seconds" version of their tactical bolt knob, but I cannot see how and / or why the quality was substandard and discounted by $ 10 but I ain't complaining. Mike passed on the savings to us! :cool:

So... share you 'yote gitter rifles while it's winter 2012 soon!

Cheers,
Barney
 
As posted in another thread my Stevens 200 in 223 Ackley, chambered by Bill Leeper.

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40 gr Ballistic Tips at over 3900 fps do the job well on coyotes, and 75 gr Amax at 3000 fps for wolves, all in one nice package for less than $800 with the 2.5-10X40 Elite, including all shipping and taxes.

I don't try shots much beyond 300 on coyotes or 450 on wolves, and for those distances this rifle is plenty.

Ted
 
Have you tried the hornady super performance ammo? They are pricey. I ordered 200. Do you use a call with coyotes?

WE got one of the FoxPro Spitfire calls, but we end up laughing too much. I have 3 crow decoys, though. I'm still learning all this fun...

:D Cheers,
Barney
 
Sounds like a real nice yote killer to me. Also like your Eagle cheek piece. Going to have to pick up one something like that if I ever get my 223.
 
Ok, I will play too. New to me this year is a Tikka T3 Varmint in .243 Win. Topped with Talley rings and a Vortex Viper 6.5-20x50. Also have a bi-pod not pictured. With ammo weighs in at just under 10lbs.

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Hungry....That's a sweet little set up that you have there!
Fast twist 22-250...Love it!

I've always loved the .22-250, but with the coming of all kinds of longer .224 boolits, I wished all .22-250 factory rifles came in 8" or 9" twists. Well, they don't so I just poached a barrel in .223 from an SPS Tac and now I'm good to go.... :D

Yeeeha... now we just need some snow.

Cheers,
Barney
 
I've always loved the .22-250, but with the coming of all kinds of longer .224 boolits, I wished all .22-250 factory rifles came in 8" or 9" twists. Well, they don't so I just poached a barrel in .223 from an SPS Tac and now I'm good to go.... :D

Yeeeha... now we just need some snow.

Cheers,
Barney

The rifle companies will figure it out that bullets are only getting longer. Nice set up as well.
 
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