why .223 over 22-250

sharp shooter said:
Why is it that so many people that choose to purchase a new .223 with faster twist than traditional, to shoot heavy for calibre bullets, than to buy a 22-250 with same twist? Wouldn't you get better results? Or is it about brass and less powder? Just curious as my thoughts would be to get a 22-250 with more case capacity.
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doesn't burn the barrel out in 1800 rounds
 
KodiakHntr said:
You'll possibly be hamstrung right out of the gate with the length of the loading port and the magazine length when it comes to loading the heavies for it.... Might want to check that before you get to involved in the project.
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Another good point for the heavies in both 223 and 22-250 - to achieve the accuracy desired, you will need to be very close to the lands when reloading, which most rifles do not allow. In my 223 the length required would not feed in a BDL, I used AICS mags and still had to grind a little away to clear the bullet tips.
 
Unless your shooting a barrel hot, your not gonna burn a .22-250 out in 1800 shots. I think alot of 'facts' get regurgitated here without any actual experience. I have yet to see an actual .223 (AI not included) get much more than 2700fps with a 75gr amax, safely. Getting those 75's to fit in a mag with the .223 can be problematic also. If I was building my .22-250 over Id have built it around the 53gr vmax or maybe even the 65gr sierra gameking to make things more of a hold on fur proposition. I went the 75 amax more so for the wind cheating with its .435 bc. It really does knife through at 3200fps and hits hard.
 
Gotta agree With Hoytcannon. For dedicated wolf rifle go .243 or bigger.


I still like the .22-250 over .223 for shooting coyotes. I own both and have experimented with them quite a bit. I keep going back to the .22-250 and 55g v-max. Heres one I got two days ago at about 75 yard broadside right in the shoulder. He ran about 20 yards but he was dead, double lunged him and no exit hole. Rarely get runners at that range...Mostly bang flops.

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mister308 said:
so i've gathered that most 223 shooters here use the 1/8 twist to stabilize the heavier bullets. I've been finding it difficult to find a rifle with this twist rate. The Tikka T3 Lite is offered with these specs, but I'd prefer a heavier barrel. What about the Savage Model 10? It has a 1/9 twist but would that make much of a difference? I would like to get this thing out to 500m+.
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My 10 FCP-K 1/9 223 will do Hornady 75 bthp fine, but won't stabilize the 75 AMAX at all (get keyholing at 200 yds) all using Varget for reference.
 
22-250 is much preferred for Coyotes in my circles of friends. Much better in the wind at any distance as well. I had an old Rem 700 HB 22 250 that was used when I bought it. I put over 6K rounds thru it before I sold it. Towards the end I had to turn out the seating stem 1/2 turn every 500 rds. It still shot 5 shot groups around an inch when I sold it, and is still in use.
 
DVXDUDE said:
Gotta agree With Hoytcannon. For dedicated wolf rifle go .243 or bigger.


I still like the .22-250 over .223 for shooting coyotes. I own both and have experimented with them quite a bit. I keep going back to the .22-250 and 55g v-max. Heres one I got two days ago at about 75 yard broadside right in the shoulder. He ran about 20 yards but he was dead, double lunged him and no exit hole. Rarely get runners at that range...Mostly bang flops.

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Beautiful rifle , forgive my noob-ness , sake or tikka?
 
I have a savage axis in stainless. Im wishing that I went with the 223 just for the fact that every one has ammo and for cheap. The Canadian tire shows a listing for the 22-250 with good prices but if the person in charge of ordering is a retard then the shelf is bare. Like in lloydminster..
 
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