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Looking for a rifle thats 1moa accurate out to 300-350 meters.
Not sure between 22-250 or .223.

For some reason I really have a thing for the bigger bang and higher velocity of the 22-250.

I was thinking a Tikka T3 would be a good choice. But Savage seems like they can be just as accurate and cost far less.

I would really like to keep rifle cost around $1000. Would be willing to buy used too if its a good option.

But I also would love to get the SL8-4, but thats considerable more, just not sure if its worth it.
 
Which rifle is the most accurate for the least cost? like is the 800 dollar savage as accurate as the 1100 dollar Tikka? or the 1000 dollar CZ550? Or would the rem 700 be best? what rem 700 though? Howa?

There are just so many, makes it tough. I'll be shooting factory loads for at least 2 years.

I'll still 22-250 if it really doesnt make much difference for the simple fact that I like it, lol.
 
Depending on how much shooting of targets and varmints you will be doing, barrel life will play into the cost as well.

.223 = 4000-6000 accurate rounds of barrel life
22-250 = 1000-1500 accurate rounds of barrel life

If you are planning on shooting the factory barrel and getting as much trigger time on it as possible, your best bet would be the .223.
 
What kind of varmints my .22-250 was a blast in the gopher fields but heated up real quick and resulted in lots of down time. Might be better with the .223 specially with the barrel life if offers.
 
Just picked up a .223 tikka varmint yesterday and had it out today for the first time. Rifle is fricken awesome. With the big barrel on it it doesnt heat up very fast and has a very light recoil with next to nothing for recoil. Ammo is pretty common right now too.
 
My Tikka T3 22-250 shoots 0.5" groups with Walmart ammo. Some guys here are easily getting clover leafs with handloads. These rifles can be very accurate out to 300 yards with little bullet drop. Can't comment on the others
 
Jeff000,
I am sure we are rehashing this same discussion you started a couple years ago.

A .223 with a fast twist barrel, shooting heavy bullets will be accurate (1 MOA or better)out to 1000 yards. A .22-250 with light bullets (55gr) will work out to about 600 if you can read the wind. At short range 300-350 yards either will do the job on varmints with the same results. Barrel life on the .223 will be about 4 to 5 times what you will get out of a .22-250.
 
A 223 shooting light bullets is an excellent choice. Tikkas are the most consistently very-accurate factory guns out there. There are other excellent choices as well and each choice has advantages and disadvantages.

If you plan to buy your ammo as opposed to roll it yourself, that is a no-brainer. Buy a 223
 
maynard said:
Jeff000,
I am sure we are rehashing this same discussion you started a couple years ago.
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More looking for brand right now.

bradtothebone said:
but i do believe you had a cz550 in .22-250 varminter awhile back
??? Or am i mistaken???
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I did, and wish I didnt sell it.

Obtunded said:
If you plan to buy your ammo as opposed to roll it yourself, that is a no-brainer. Buy a 223
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Both, 22-250 and .223, costs are damn near identical when shooting compairable ammo and not surplus.
 
maynard said:
A .223 with a fast twist barrel, shooting heavy bullets will be accurate (1 MOA or better)out to 1000 yards. A .22-250 with light bullets (55gr) will work out to about 600 if you can read the wind.
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Im curious if you can elaborate on this. Why do you short change the .22-250?
 
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CyaN1de said:
Depending on how much shooting of targets and varmints you will be doing, barrel life will play into the cost as well.

.223 = 4000-6000 accurate rounds of barrel life
22-250 = 1000-1500 accurate rounds of barrel life

If you are planning on shooting the factory barrel and getting as much trigger time on it as possible, your best bet would be the .223.
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iroc22
Heavier bullets(80-90grn) out of a 223 will do better in the wind and because of their higher BC will retain energy better than light bullets (55grn),even though starting out faster in the 22-250. I don't think the cartridge is being knocked as much as the combination of twist rate/cartridge/bullet selection.
If you can do at a 1,000 with a .223 then why have the extra horsepower
unless you go with a custom barrel and chambering to take advantage of the little extra that the 22-250 offers.
The 223 is also more inherently accurate than the 22-250 even though there are a lot of very accurate 22-250s. And to stress what has already been said,more life out of a 223.
 
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Who makes the heavier bullets in the .223 in factory loads?

All I can find for .223's is 62-64gr match bullets which have almost half the energy of 55gr .22-250's at 500 yards
 
dryfire, right on thanks for answering iroc22's first question. It is true I am not knocking the .22-250 cartridge accuracy wise, just the lack of factory barrels with a fast enough twist to shoot heavy bullets in that caliber. However even if factory barrels were offered in 1:8 or 1:7 twist in .22-250 the barrel life would be nowhere near what you could get out of a .223 as CyaN1de has already pointed out.
iroc22, 69 gr factory match ammo in .223 is available, but if you want to shoot the 75 or 80 gr bullets you will need to reload and you will need a 1:9 twist for 75's and a 1:8 or faster twist to shoot 80's.
 
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