22-250
05-23-2005, 01:53 PM
#35
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: 22-250
FWIW... evidently lots of people had tinkered with the idea of a 22-250 or similiar varmint cartridge on Deer. Watching the TTH show(Texas Trophy Hunters) the other night they were extolling the virtues of a 224 TTH. I think it is a fine concept if that is your cup of tea and should work with lightweight deer only. Anytime you use a heavy for caliber bullet you stack the odds in your favor when it comes to penetration...bone,hide whatever it will penetrate better. So using a cartridge not really designed for medium game like a 22-250 you have the ability to kill a small deer when a heavy bullet is used and the rifling twist can accomodate that heavy bullet . Even with all that I still think a larger caliber is a better choice for hunting medium game. . Why do I think this way? Because we owe it to the quarry to put its life to an end and quickly. Our focus should be immediate death not "oh geez if I head shoot him he ought to drop like a sack of potatoes ". Remember this is not fly fishing where ultralight tackle is used and the fish lives for another day. Nothing turns my stomach anymore then wounding an animal and nothing pleases me more then a immediate end to a hunted animals life .
Thats my opinion FWIW
Thats my opinion FWIW
05-23-2005, 04:38 PM
#36
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,695
RE: 22-250
ORIGINAL: SWAMPMAN
Hmmmmmm. 2 quotes, same poster. Credibility?????????
have personaly seen the 22-250 with 55 gr hollow points blow holes in deer you could put your fist in
