Not a 22 250
- Thread starter sealhunter
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- Back in the Peace Country
I may get eaten alive but i got a win coyote laminate heavy barrel in 223 wssm. Couldn't help it, she was calling out to me!
- Location
- Back in the Peace Country
it is new, SHOOTING RANGE THIS WEEEND,WILL POST RESULTS.
- Location
- South Cariboo, BC
Sounds like a fun gun. Hope you can afford to feed it. 
Simple enough. Use the hunting rifle you shoot the best. I'm not sure where this whole .22 caliber for varmints came from, but if you shoot your .270, .375 H&H or .225 Winchester the best, use it. I've used the 30-30 on many things. Ditto for a 12 gauge shotgun and .300 Win Mag. The difference between a .22 caliber and a .30 caliber is .08 of an inch. Look at it this way, a .17 is a tiny bullet right? See where I'm going? you can use whatever you want, out to whatever distance your comfortable with. A .223 rem will heat up the barrel just as quick as a .243 or a .308. So repeat shots are not a good example. A .22 LR will kill a dog at ranges you can call them to, so I dismiss that argument as well. I've heard guys say a coyote can stop way out there, but from my limited experiance, I've had them almost run me over, chasing the sound of food. The trick isn't to having a rifle that will deliver a shot like a cruise missle, rather it's when and where you set up. A caller in the trees will get a coyote closer than a caller in the open field. Or a caller sihouetted on a hill top will be less likely to get a dog in close than a caller in front of a bush.
Put a bullet through a hole in a barrel less than a quarter inch at 3500 fps. Then put a bullet through a barrel almost a third of an inch at about 500 fps less. They botyh create heat and friction. I never saw my .223 staying cooler than my other rifles given normal shooting, on any given day. Both would warm up, and would take as long to cool between strings. I should add, five shots would be the limit for standard cartidges, three for magnums.
a 223 burns 25 gr of powder. A 308 burns twice that. Twice the energy contained, twice the heat potential.
Plus, assuming you have two sporter rifles with an OD of .6; the small bore barrel will have a lot more metal than the larger bore. More metal = more hat capacity = more shots before the barrel heats up.
Plus, assuming you have two sporter rifles with an OD of .6; the small bore barrel will have a lot more metal than the larger bore. More metal = more hat capacity = more shots before the barrel heats up.
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- Back in the Peace Country
223 wssm. who has shot it? killed with it? results?
etc?
etc?
non expanding illegal in BC and some other provinces too. check local regs before
fwiw I found the 223 to not heat barrels up too bad at all. my 223 was a light varmint 700 which has a normal barrel contour. 55s @ 3250 over 25 grains of powder would let me shoot 5-8 shots in a short period (2 minutes) before getting overly "warm"
my 221 fireball with a light-medium contour barely heats up at all. 40 grainer going 3350 fps over 16 grains of powder. I can shoot 10 shots in a row and its just getting warm.
fwiw I found the 223 to not heat barrels up too bad at all. my 223 was a light varmint 700 which has a normal barrel contour. 55s @ 3250 over 25 grains of powder would let me shoot 5-8 shots in a short period (2 minutes) before getting overly "warm"
my 221 fireball with a light-medium contour barely heats up at all. 40 grainer going 3350 fps over 16 grains of powder. I can shoot 10 shots in a row and its just getting warm.
- Location
- South Cariboo, BC
sunray said:
FMJ on game is illegal in many places including BC.
sealhunter said:
Be sure to give us a review on the new rifle, especially how it feeds. I'd keep an eye on the bore as well. Those WSSM are reputed to be real barrel burners.
Have to ask, why did you discount the .22-250? I'm assuming that you're posting from Newfoundland? The .223 & .22-250 are the most popular and available centerfire .22s on the Island between sealers and now coyote hunters. Factory ammo is cheap compared to other calibers, while some of the more "esoteric" calibers like the .223 WSSM are hard to find, with the exception of our few gun shops and places like Coastal Marine. No slamming the gun choice, just wondering?
