hey im looking to buy a 22-250 maybe a 223. I want it for coyote. Im not shure on what gun i want yet havnt been looking till now but i was thinking maybe a savage 10 woodstock .does anybody have any info on thus gun or advice on what to buy?
22-250
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i just bought a savage model 11 in 22-250 with a bushnell 3-9 in on it for 439.99$. It has the steel clip and is the non accutrigger. The trigger is a hard pull, but i plan on replacing it with a timney trigger in the future which out of the box has reports of 1.5lb pull. The big seller to me was the steel clip, not the hunk of junk plastic clip that every dealer claims wont break. I have a cz527 in .204 and absolutely love it to death, but with my pet load being a 32g bullet, i felt like i wouldnt be able to get a coyote at 300+ yards in the cold humid windy winter that we are having here in saskatchewan. I havent even had the chance to sight it in yet as it was -25c yesterday and -32c today 
I understand you are also looking at the .223 as well, and i feel the only thing it has on the 22-250 is that it can be slightly cheaper to shoot, but it stops there and the rest of the points go to the 22-250. Where i bought my rifle, they sell hornady superformance 50g vmax for 24$/20 rounds and are suppose to have a 4000fps at the muzzle. When you purchase a rifle you get 10%off in ammo as well, so it worked out to be 96$ taxes in (10%) for 80 rounds and 480$ taxes in (10%) for the rifle. That is as inexpensive as i have ever seen for a well setup coyote killer. Take this advise as an opinion.
I understand you are also looking at the .223 as well, and i feel the only thing it has on the 22-250 is that it can be slightly cheaper to shoot, but it stops there and the rest of the points go to the 22-250. Where i bought my rifle, they sell hornady superformance 50g vmax for 24$/20 rounds and are suppose to have a 4000fps at the muzzle. When you purchase a rifle you get 10%off in ammo as well, so it worked out to be 96$ taxes in (10%) for 80 rounds and 480$ taxes in (10%) for the rifle. That is as inexpensive as i have ever seen for a well setup coyote killer. Take this advise as an opinion.I bought a savage model 10 predator with detachable magazine, heavy barrel. It is really accurate. The .223 has one other advantage over the 22-250, that is the twist rate. The Savage 223 has a 1in 9 twist, most 22-250s have a 1 in 12 or 1 in 14 twist rate in the barrel rifling.
The tighter twist in the 22 will stabilize a heavier bullet,even up to a 75 gr. The 22.50 s usually limited to a 55-60gr.
Just google 223 or 22-250 twist rates and bullet weights.
Put some Hornady Super Performance in your 223 and you will be close to a 22-250 and you can still use cheaper ammo for targets and plinking.
The savage Model 10 precision carbine is also accurate.
The tighter twist in the 22 will stabilize a heavier bullet,even up to a 75 gr. The 22.50 s usually limited to a 55-60gr.
Just google 223 or 22-250 twist rates and bullet weights.
Put some Hornady Super Performance in your 223 and you will be close to a 22-250 and you can still use cheaper ammo for targets and plinking.
The savage Model 10 precision carbine is also accurate.
The .22/250 has a larger case than .223 and they both use .224" bullets, so there is an obvious speed/trajectory advantage... BUT there are other factors involved... ballistic stability is a major one... our 1:9 .223's may drop quicker than our .22/250's but when loaded with 68 grain BTHP's they are more accurate... we range our targets 90% of the time and/or have preranged to objects around our stand... this negates or minimizes the trajectory advantage of the .22/250... for us, we grab the .223's about 9 times out of ten.
Got two Savages, a Predator Brush in .243 and a Predator Max1 in 22-250.
Both are extremely accurate out of the box shooting 75Gr & 55Gr pills respectively (Hornadys' Custom line). Neither are on the light side (approx 8-8.5lbs w/out a Scope), but that isn't an issue on my end. The 22-250 is probably the most common predator cartridge going (although the 204R is coming up fast). Quick, flat and has sufficient punch at range, it will easily dispatch Fox, Coyote or Wolf with correct shot placement.
The .223 will be cheaper to reload overall if your considering that in the future, but may be harder to find factory ammunition in the near future with all the goings-on currently Stateside. The added bonus is if you ever were considering an AR, the Yote Rig in .223 could theoretically feed that from saving the brass & reloading for that also.
As for the Superformance? My experience is only using the 58Gr version in the above .243Win. It didn't like it at all, opening up my groups well over 1.25" @ 100yrds out of a Cadwell Lead Sled.
Good luck with your choice of caliber
Both are extremely accurate out of the box shooting 75Gr & 55Gr pills respectively (Hornadys' Custom line). Neither are on the light side (approx 8-8.5lbs w/out a Scope), but that isn't an issue on my end. The 22-250 is probably the most common predator cartridge going (although the 204R is coming up fast). Quick, flat and has sufficient punch at range, it will easily dispatch Fox, Coyote or Wolf with correct shot placement.
The .223 will be cheaper to reload overall if your considering that in the future, but may be harder to find factory ammunition in the near future with all the goings-on currently Stateside. The added bonus is if you ever were considering an AR, the Yote Rig in .223 could theoretically feed that from saving the brass & reloading for that also.
As for the Superformance? My experience is only using the 58Gr version in the above .243Win. It didn't like it at all, opening up my groups well over 1.25" @ 100yrds out of a Cadwell Lead Sled.
Good luck with your choice of caliber
