22-250 or 222?

I Dont Care About You said:
Why? It is specifically deigned to produce 22-250 ballistics. So how would that be an improvement over 22-250?
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From what I understand, the 22 ARC will out perform the 22-250 at longer ranges because of the new design bullets that Hornady offer. The 22 ARC has a 7 twist to stabilize heavier bullets. The barrel life is much better, the recoil is milder than the 22-250 and requires less powder per charge that's if you reload.
I have had both 222 and 22-250. I find the 222 is limited to shooting at longer distance as previously mentioned but nice round to shoot. The 22-250 is limited to lighter bullet weights because of barrel twist but does the job. Just harder on barrels as well.

The 222 or 22-250 are good cartridges and have to be selected for what they can do just as many others.

My new adventure is the 22 ARC. See what this cartridge can do.
 
Shovel said:
Pros cons? Obsolete? Couple of rifles I'm thinking of. The 22-250 is a savage axis and the 222 I'm waiting to hear more about. Reloading is probably the only real option for either.
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Having owned both, hands down, the .22-250. That being said, The Savage Axis has retained a 1:12 twist rate (as do most .222s), so if you want to shoot bullets that are heaver than 55 gr, you will certainly have accuracy issues due to heavy bullets not stabalizing. Ideal for 40-55 gr bullets going screaming fast.

If you could get the rifle with a 1:7 or 8, it would be about perfect, but by the time you buy a rifle and re-barrel; maybe consider a .223 with a tighter twist (lots of ammo out there), or one of the new .22 CFs, but ammo availability is skinny also.
 
I Dont Care About You said:
Either will work fine for yotes. 22-250 would be better for longer ranges, with heavier bullets, IF the rifle has the twist rate to support such bullets. Historically 22-250 don't have fast twist barrels so that may not give it an advantage.



Specifically designed to produce 22-250 ballistics in a semi-auto ....... and we are chambering it in bolt guns. Make it make sense? :rolleyes:
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true about the ar thing, but; new kid can use heavier bullets, has less recoil, doesn’t burn the barrel as quickly as 250 (yes, for canadian shooting standard that’s not much of point😩) not as much speedy as 250 at closer ranges but as any new caliber coming out recently it retains the speed and energy better then 250 at longer ranges
so not really same as 250, nostalgia is a big selling point for many of us, in the end person investing the money will have the final say
 
I Dont Care About You said:
Either will work fine for yotes. 22-250 would be better for longer ranges, with heavier bullets, IF the rifle has the twist rate to support such bullets. Historically 22-250 don't have fast twist barrels so that may not give it an advantage.



Specifically designed to produce 22-250 ballistics in a semi-auto ....... and we are chambering it in bolt guns. Make it make sense? :rolleyes:
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Considering that we can all hunt with ARs... Oh wait! That ship has sailed for us. :(
 
I've used a 22-250 for just shy of 50 years, a Tikka LSA55 with a 1-12 twist. Probably put in excess of 4000 rounds through it. It will still hold 3/4 moa if I do my bit, used 60 or 63 gr projectiles right from the start and still do. Have shot red stags, bull tahr, chamois, fallow, wild boar, heaps of rabbits, and heaps of wallaby's out to the 400 mark. Wallaby's are similar size to 'yotes. Its only after I got in to some PRS shooting I started to think that a faster twist would be nice to be able to use the higher BC bullets available now. If you were able to match a faster twist barrel with the rifle of your choice, then a 22-250 would be like a lot of the more modern cartridges, a demon way out beyond the 400 metre mark!
I have also shot a 222 for the past 30 odd years, taken all of the above no problems. Back in the mid 90's that rifle shot more animals than all my rifles put together, so easy to carry, so easy to shoot. But it aint quite got the legs of the 250, which for me aint a problem, just get a bit closer. Its also a calibre that would be nice to try with a faster twist barrel.
 
I Dont Care About You said:
Why? It is specifically deigned to produce 22-250 ballistics. So how would that be an improvement over 22-250?
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Faster factory twist rates.

Yes I know some 22-250s with fast twists exist, but its still not the norm.

Although that begs the question, are heavy high BC bullets an advantage for coyote hunting? I can see advantages for both options but never really thought about which one is better...
 
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