Thread: 222 vs 22-250

Originally Posted by Tahr

Its probably been covered, but most 22-250 are 1/14 twist which limits them in bullet weight. I had one and it wouldn't stabilise 60 grn. I shot the barrel out using 55 grn at 3,500fps on hares, goats and deer.

A 22-250 and 55 grn projectiles is no better on deer than a .223 and 55 grn.

A fast twist .223 shooting 75/80 grn bullets at 2,800/2,900 fps eats a 22.250 with 55 grn bullets at 3,500 fps on deer.

A fast twist 22.250 shooting 75/80 grn bullets at 3,300 fps eats a 223 with anything. But a fast twist 22.250 is rare. You are using twice as much powder, increasing the bang, and might just as well step up to a 243 or something bigger.

@Tahr and that is sort of where i was going. Mind you if you had a fast twist 22-250 you can always go back down to the 55s if you want. That gets a bit tough with the 243

you will need to be careful with fast twist 22-250 if dropping down to 55grns,you could end up with them not reaching target as the G forses will be extreme. a 40grn in slow twist is explosive to say the least.... a 55grn at 3500 fps and twist of 1-9 would be really hard on projectile to keep together.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

@Tahr and that is sort of where i was going. Mind you if you had a fast twist 22-250 you can always go back down to the 55s if you want. That gets a bit tough with the 243

You can (could) get 6mm 58 gn vmaxes