Thread: 222 vs Fallow

Originally Posted by Tahr

Fed. It was a wonderful camera. I bought it my first year out of school. 1966. Always been a camera guy.

You must have shot a few deer with your .222 - what do you think?

Not nearly as many as others, only a handful, I came to the .222 late. I have had two .222's over the years, a Winchester 70 and a Sako Vixen. The damage the bullet does is way out of proportion. I think Tussock said it once, you open up the chest and pour most of it on the ground.
I decided against the TSX's in the end, as they didn't seem to kill any better than an el cheapo Hornady 55 grain softpoint,

As for there "not being much of a margin with a .222"..."" I dunno. I have shot them in the shoulder and one I got with a liver shot, and he didn't go anywhere either. But I didnt do any rear end shots; but then I hardly do with any rifle. I think truly I was more careful though, more aware. I never did shoot a big stag with one, all young stuff.

Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway

The damage the bullet does is way out of proportion.

I'm intrigued to know why.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

I'm intrigued to know why.

Well we must keep it in proportion - a .243 does more damage than a .222.
But I am sure it is just sheer velocity and a soft bullet. But I am not a .222 expert like others on this thread.

The smallest amount of damage I see is from my black powder .44-40 - it just punches a .44 calibre hole through everything - its only going 1200 fps at the muzzle and less than the speed of sound when it hits the animal. Actually a soft point .22LR will often do more internal damage to a rabbit for example, than that slow lead slug. The other side of the coin is that I doubt I will ever catch a .44 bullet from it, ten water jugs wouldn't catch one, and that's more than enough to hold a .270. It will always exit a deer, but you may have trouble finding the off side hole.
Theres no such considerations with the fast ones, the .222 and .223 and the .243's. So it's velocity. With the .222 the exit hole would sometimes be hard to find, you would skin it out and find it, but the entrance area and internals would be all bloodshot to hell.

Apart from iron-sights, my fox looks identical to Kudus .222..