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Picher · April 5, 2014, 05:39 AM

The trouble I've found with hot .22-250 and other cartridges using .224 bullets at ranges beyond 300 yards is not trajectory, but wind deflection.

A couple of us chose the .22-250 Rem for several uses, including killing lots of critters under 300 yards and for informal target matches. We really liked the accuracy and flat trajectory. It even killed a couple of deer for me, using solid-based bullets. However, hunting rolling grassy terrain for woodchucks, misses weren't as visible as the larger/heavier bullets from the deer rifles we started out with...mostly .30-06s.

I switched to 6mm Rem and .243 Win, using 85-90 grain bullets to hold better in spring winds here in Central Maine. Results were good and bullets more frangible than those we used in the '06, reducing chance for ricochets. Misses were somewhat more visible than those from the .22-250.

April 5, 2014, 05:39 AM	#10
Picher Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2004 Location: Maine Posts: 3,694	The trouble I've found with hot .22-250 and other cartridges using .224 bullets at ranges beyond 300 yards is not trajectory, but wind deflection. A couple of us chose the .22-250 Rem for several uses, including killing lots of critters under 300 yards and for informal target matches. We really liked the accuracy and flat trajectory. It even killed a couple of deer for me, using solid-based bullets. However, hunting rolling grassy terrain for woodchucks, misses weren't as visible as the larger/heavier bullets from the deer rifles we started out with...mostly .30-06s. I switched to 6mm Rem and .243 Win, using 85-90 grain bullets to hold better in spring winds here in Central Maine. Results were good and bullets more frangible than those we used in the '06, reducing chance for ricochets. Misses were somewhat more visible than those from the .22-250.