Thread: What 22-250 in a 1-8 twist.

Originally Posted by TLB

A .243 in 1-8" or 7" would cover pretty much every current caliber you have.
You can get 58gr vmaxs through to 108gr elds. Still projectiles for less than 50 cents each. I use mine for culling and have shot deer out over 600 yards easy enough so make the 6.5x55 and 25.06 redundant. Then use a smaller projectile for goats and peacocks if you wanted cheap and faster. I use 70gr speer TNT's downloaded for smaller things and at $40 for 100 can't complain.
Some projectiles punch well above their weight and kill extremely well, 105gr targex absolutely hammers deer.
If you wanted something a little different that does nearly the same job, get a 6mm arc in mini action.

Only thing is I have plenty of 22-250 brass and associated reloading gear.
Will use 25-06 for dedicated thermal and my 6.5x55 is part of my soul!
I have never owned anything in 6mm but never say never!

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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

Only thing is I have plenty of 22-250 brass and associated reloading gear.
Will use 25-06 for dedicated thermal and my 6.5x55 is part of my soul!
I have never owned anything in 6mm but never say never!

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Yeah I was in the same boat as you last year.
223 just wasn't cutting it for night work on deer and everything else I owned had too much recoil and is a pain losing sight of the animal at night.
Was going to go the same route re 22.250 you are contemplating but punched the numbers and it didn't have any benefits whatsoever.
Had no reloading stuff for a .243 either but after talking to a couple of guys on here I thought I would give it a go. Price of re barrelling wasn't super cheap and I didn't want to wreck one of my current rifles if I didn't like it. So I bought the cheapest 1-8" I could find, a Ruger American for $950. Absolutely love it, kills unbelievably well but only with certain projectiles. Many of the cheap 100gr soft points really lacked any kind of authority compared to the .308 or .270 so after some advice on here I tried those targex, exceptional.
Ended up buying a heap of brass off here for a good price and dies aren't all that expensive. Sold on it now, going to upgrade to something a bit nicer in the next 12 months.