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Art Eatman · November 16, 2005, 10:30 AM

If you're doing a lot of varminting at ranges inside of 300 yards (at a prairie dog town, for instance), the .223 is more practical. If you're shooting rather infrequently (say, on woodchucks or coyotes), and at longer ranges, the .22-250 is the better performer.

Basically, a "standard" load for the .223 is a 50- to 55-grain bullet at around 3,000 to 3,200 ft/sec. The same bullets from a .22-250 are at some 3,800 ft/sec. Roughly; I'm too lazy to go to the book.

, Art

November 16, 2005, 10:30 AM	#10
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	If you're doing a lot of varminting at ranges inside of 300 yards (at a prairie dog town, for instance), the .223 is more practical. If you're shooting rather infrequently (say, on woodchucks or coyotes), and at longer ranges, the .22-250 is the better performer. Basically, a "standard" load for the .223 is a 50- to 55-grain bullet at around 3,000 to 3,200 ft/sec. The same bullets from a .22-250 are at some 3,800 ft/sec. Roughly; I'm too lazy to go to the book. , Art