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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
Is this 22-250 load too much?
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<blockquote data-quote="Gone Ballistic" data-source="post: 847285" data-attributes="member: 26477"><p>I have been shooting varmints for over fifty years with the 22-250 Remington. My favorite load is with 37.2 grains of H-380 with a 50 grain V-MAX. After shooting litterly thousands of prarie dogs and hundreds of coyotes (some out to 768 yds,) I find that my best load for the 22-250 is made keeping the speed under 3400fps. Why I say this is that this number seems to be the most forgiving on barrel burn, which is quite prevelent in the 22-250 at higher speeds.</p><p>I totally inahiliated a new barrel in less than 1200 rounds at a prarie dog shoot years ago. At that time I figured "Why have a rifle capable of shooting 4000 plus fps without loading it to do so?" A $500 barrell job changed my mind plus three days left to shoot with over 4000 rounds of ammo and a rifle that wouldn't group 15" MOA groups at 100 yards. Keep your speed below 3400fps and your rifle will give a long life with pleasant shooting!</p><p>I have never had the V-Max ruin a pelt, as it separates after entry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gone Ballistic, post: 847285, member: 26477"] I have been shooting varmints for over fifty years with the 22-250 Remington. My favorite load is with 37.2 grains of H-380 with a 50 grain V-MAX. After shooting litterly thousands of prarie dogs and hundreds of coyotes (some out to 768 yds,) I find that my best load for the 22-250 is made keeping the speed under 3400fps. Why I say this is that this number seems to be the most forgiving on barrel burn, which is quite prevelent in the 22-250 at higher speeds. I totally inahiliated a new barrel in less than 1200 rounds at a prarie dog shoot years ago. At that time I figured "Why have a rifle capable of shooting 4000 plus fps without loading it to do so?" A $500 barrell job changed my mind plus three days left to shoot with over 4000 rounds of ammo and a rifle that wouldn't group 15" MOA groups at 100 yards. Keep your speed below 3400fps and your rifle will give a long life with pleasant shooting! I have never had the V-Max ruin a pelt, as it separates after entry. [/QUOTE]
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