22-250

slimjim · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: 22-250

Shot a coyote with a 77 SMK at 225 yards last month (24" barrel). No expansion with keyhole exit wounds on the offside hide.

Elvis · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:15 pm Post subject: Re: 22-250

so Im picking you didnt hit bone at all?????
Scratch

how far/how long till it fell over dead????
Very Happy

it obviously died as you recovered it Very Happy

Aloysius · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 12:30 am Post subject: Re: 22-250

Why is nobody mentioning the .222 Remington Magnum? Is it already that obsolete? I don't have one, but reading about the .222-class, what's wrong with a little bit more power than the .223 and not eating barrels so quickly as the 22-250 or the .222 Swift?
Sometimes history is difficult to understand...

Elvis · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 2:16 am Post subject: Re: 22-250

people use it all the time mate....they just have it necked down to .204

AKA .204 ruger

my good hunting mate uses same case sized UP to .264-----6.5mm
the funny thing is he now using 80grn sierra hp pills for varmits/varmints so pretty much right back where it started.
he also has a .204/22 which really makes me scratch my head as it is in effect your .222 magnum

custom dies as no way to buy factory amunition mean its a bit of a dog,makes me laugh.

slimjim · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 5:45 am Post subject: Re: 22-250

Aloysius wrote:

Why is nobody mentioning the .222 Remington Magnum? Is it already that obsolete?

The what? I bet its been 20 years since I heart that round spoken of.

slimjim · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 5:51 am Post subject: Re: 22-250

Elvis wrote:

:scratch: so Im picking you didnt hit bone at all?????

Only ribs if you call that bone on a coyote. OTM rarely expand. The yaw then break in the middle to fragment. I always recover the tip ("hollow point"). The only OTM that has expanded is the .277 115gr SMK.

Elvis wrote:

scratch: how far/how long till it fell over dead????

Ran 100 yards, maybe 200 yards if you count the multiple spins/loop-d-loops he did.

Elvis · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:36 pm Post subject: Re: 22-250

so it probably wouldv'e done the same if you had hit it with even say a .30/06 fmj round in same place........
a good thing to have better rounds at your disposal for "next time".