.224 Texas Trophy Hunter
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I built one years ago, but decided the .22/250 did everything I needed to do... it is a spiffy cartridge, I still shoot 6mm Rem... but my .22 cal centerfire volume shooting is with .223 and my distance coyote rig is .22/250. I will never use a .22 centerfire on deer, so the TTH was not of particular use to me.
I've got a 22 Middlestead that is sort of in the same category. With the 1-8 twist it shoots 80 grain Bergers very well and blows up some 90 grain SMKs in the air. Had a 1-14 fireforming barrel that shot 52s so well that it hung around long after the fireforming was done. With 52 grain Bergers it killed coyotes quite a bit deader than they needed to be.
If you would be interested in some secondhand intel, a friend of ours killed a trainload of deer for the game department for testing using 63 grain Sierra soft points. No problems there, but the ranges were long.
If you would be interested in some secondhand intel, a friend of ours killed a trainload of deer for the game department for testing using 63 grain Sierra soft points. No problems there, but the ranges were long.
.22 Creedmoor with 1-7 twist, wow! Enough energy at 1000 metres to kill deer, out performs 220 Swift. That maybe my next custom barrel.
https://customrifles.com/22-creedmoor-not-grandads-22/
https://customrifles.com/22-creedmoor-not-grandads-22/
I've looked into one a couple times, as I have plenty of 6mm Rem, Brass
75-80 gr A-max at 3400-3500, make a very good long range rig, for smaller goats and deer (fallow deer) quite a lot of across gulley shoots, on slips, and faces on other side of creek, down hear in Taranaki, New Zealand,
I have often wondered how long barrel life would be 1000 rounds or so, at a guess,
Trouble is there is also, pigs, red deer and the odd scrub bull, round here, so I feel much better off, with the 7x57 or .260.
75-80 gr A-max at 3400-3500, make a very good long range rig, for smaller goats and deer (fallow deer) quite a lot of across gulley shoots, on slips, and faces on other side of creek, down hear in Taranaki, New Zealand,
I have often wondered how long barrel life would be 1000 rounds or so, at a guess,
Trouble is there is also, pigs, red deer and the odd scrub bull, round here, so I feel much better off, with the 7x57 or .260.
I have a 22-243 Middlested, 22-250 AI, 220 Swift, 224 Clarke. Used to have a couple CHeetahs, Mk1 and 2. They are all very similar. Run whatever interests you most. - dan
