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Nice range day + first (persistent) chuck of the season
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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 101637" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>Congrats on the small group and your first chuck of the season.</p><p></p><p> [ QUOTE ]</p><p> As I'm sure you're all aware, a .22-250 with 52 gr. bullets is the ideal 500 yard caliber on a windy day. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>For shooting chucks at long distance on a windy day there are more suitable cartridges than the 22-250. Don't get me wrong, I've shot thousands of chucks with my 40x in 22-250 and it is a capable varmint cartridge. However, in windy conditions there are better choices.</p><p></p><p>The 22-250 using a 52gr bullet @ 3,700 ft/sec drops 38" and has 29" of wind @ 10mph @ 500yds.</p><p></p><p>The .243 using a 55gr bullet @ 4,000 ft/sec drops <strong>29"</strong> and has <strong>23"</strong> of wind @ 10 mph @ 500yds.</p><p></p><p>The .243 would resist the wind even better with heavier bullets like the 87gr V-Max, which is devasting on groundhogs and a prefered longrange varmint bullet by many shooters.</p><p></p><p>I also shot 52gr match bullets for many years while hunting groundhogs. They were quite lethal at 22-250 velocities. However, they rarely display the terminal performance that todays varmint bullets do. I'd suggest trying 50-55gr V-Max or Ballistic Tips for some fast and dramatic kills.</p><p></p><p>Good shootin' /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 101637, member: 313"] Congrats on the small group and your first chuck of the season. [ QUOTE ] As I'm sure you're all aware, a .22-250 with 52 gr. bullets is the ideal 500 yard caliber on a windy day. [/ QUOTE ] For shooting chucks at long distance on a windy day there are more suitable cartridges than the 22-250. Don't get me wrong, I've shot thousands of chucks with my 40x in 22-250 and it is a capable varmint cartridge. However, in windy conditions there are better choices. The 22-250 using a 52gr bullet @ 3,700 ft/sec drops 38" and has 29" of wind @ 10mph @ 500yds. The .243 using a 55gr bullet @ 4,000 ft/sec drops [b]29"[/b] and has [b]23"[/b] of wind @ 10 mph @ 500yds. The .243 would resist the wind even better with heavier bullets like the 87gr V-Max, which is devasting on groundhogs and a prefered longrange varmint bullet by many shooters. I also shot 52gr match bullets for many years while hunting groundhogs. They were quite lethal at 22-250 velocities. However, they rarely display the terminal performance that todays varmint bullets do. I'd suggest trying 50-55gr V-Max or Ballistic Tips for some fast and dramatic kills. Good shootin' [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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