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<blockquote data-quote="lloydsmale" data-source="post: 852158" data-attributes="member: 41442"><p>your buddys 22250 has about the same power or less then a 22 hornet at a 100 yards and not to many would grab a 22 hornet to hunt antelope. Same goes for your 250ai. I hunt with a 257 roberts which is about the same and woudnt even consider a shot past 400 and would think hard on a shot past 300. Youve about got yourself a 2535 at a 100 yards there. Guys think there out with a powerful round and dont take into account how much velocity is shed when your out at 500 plus yards. Even the magnums power levels are getting a bit lame at 600 yards. Dont want to stir you up but in my opinion shooting something like an antelope at 530 yards with a 22250 is stunt hunting. Why would you even do it when theres better rounds for the job. taking varmit gun out for long range deer shooting is about like taking a 257 wby on a 500 yard cape buffalo hunt. Just because you get away with it doesnt mean its enough gun to insure humane kills a 100 percent of the time.</p><p></p><p>A good many hunters dont believe the 22250 isnt adequate for big game at any range. Personaly ive seen it used and in the hands of a good shot and loaded with the right bullet i think its a legitimate 250 maybe 300 yard deer rifle but absolutely no more. that little bullet just loses to much steam after that. I shoot alot of deer and have seen deer suffer and dont like it. I think i owe it to the animal im shoting to use a gun powerful enough to ensure a humane kill. I have no need to prove to anyone that i can kill something with the smallest gun in the safe. Id bet someone here has killed a deer at 200 yards with a 22lr too. Does that make it right? Im going to bow out of this one now as its going to lean toward ethics and thats a personal thing. I dont care if you want to kill a deer with your slingshot. Just dont ask me to pat you on the back.</p><p>Ill add one last thing before i go. I did some looking at the ballistic charts and came up with this. </p><p>22250 shooting a 60 grain bullet at 3400</p><p>sighted in at 250 yards</p><p>drop at 500 35inch velocity 1820, energy 441 ftlbs</p><p>drop at 600 65inches velocity 1579, energy 332 ftlbs</p><p>Your basicaly shooting deer with 38 special levels of power hardly deer medicine</p><p></p><p>Now for the 250ai</p><p>I used a 100 at 3000 which is about right give or take a 100 fps</p><p>at 500 yards velocity is 1807 energy 725 drop 38 inches</p><p>at 600 velocity is 1615 energy 579 drop 72 inches. </p><p>so your basicaly looking at 50 yard 357 mag ballistics at 50 yards. </p><p>I sure dont consider that elk medicine</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lloydsmale, post: 852158, member: 41442"] your buddys 22250 has about the same power or less then a 22 hornet at a 100 yards and not to many would grab a 22 hornet to hunt antelope. Same goes for your 250ai. I hunt with a 257 roberts which is about the same and woudnt even consider a shot past 400 and would think hard on a shot past 300. Youve about got yourself a 2535 at a 100 yards there. Guys think there out with a powerful round and dont take into account how much velocity is shed when your out at 500 plus yards. Even the magnums power levels are getting a bit lame at 600 yards. Dont want to stir you up but in my opinion shooting something like an antelope at 530 yards with a 22250 is stunt hunting. Why would you even do it when theres better rounds for the job. taking varmit gun out for long range deer shooting is about like taking a 257 wby on a 500 yard cape buffalo hunt. Just because you get away with it doesnt mean its enough gun to insure humane kills a 100 percent of the time. A good many hunters dont believe the 22250 isnt adequate for big game at any range. Personaly ive seen it used and in the hands of a good shot and loaded with the right bullet i think its a legitimate 250 maybe 300 yard deer rifle but absolutely no more. that little bullet just loses to much steam after that. I shoot alot of deer and have seen deer suffer and dont like it. I think i owe it to the animal im shoting to use a gun powerful enough to ensure a humane kill. I have no need to prove to anyone that i can kill something with the smallest gun in the safe. Id bet someone here has killed a deer at 200 yards with a 22lr too. Does that make it right? Im going to bow out of this one now as its going to lean toward ethics and thats a personal thing. I dont care if you want to kill a deer with your slingshot. Just dont ask me to pat you on the back. Ill add one last thing before i go. I did some looking at the ballistic charts and came up with this. 22250 shooting a 60 grain bullet at 3400 sighted in at 250 yards drop at 500 35inch velocity 1820, energy 441 ftlbs drop at 600 65inches velocity 1579, energy 332 ftlbs Your basicaly shooting deer with 38 special levels of power hardly deer medicine Now for the 250ai I used a 100 at 3000 which is about right give or take a 100 fps at 500 yards velocity is 1807 energy 725 drop 38 inches at 600 velocity is 1615 energy 579 drop 72 inches. so your basicaly looking at 50 yard 357 mag ballistics at 50 yards. I sure dont consider that elk medicine [/QUOTE]
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