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<blockquote data-quote="19elkhunter51" data-source="post: 1676513" data-attributes="member: 14169"><p>Started varmint shooting with 125 grain spire point out my Model 70 30-06. After the bug really bit me I scraped together enough money to buy the best over the counter varmint cartridge. It was a new Ruger 77 in 22-250. I bought enough factory bullets to break in the barrel and generate some brass. Being stubborn and believing in bigger is better I only shot 55 grain bullets. That lasted about eighteen months. Then I went to the bench to reload and only had a bunch of 50 grain bullets. Okay. Load them up and go to the range. Looking through my scope (too poor to have a spotter back then) I thought the load was off the paper because I could only see one hole. Finally wen down ranch and had a rude awakening. That gun REALLY liked 50 grain bullets. Ten rounds in a little of a quarter inch. Never looked back.</p><p>Two years ago I had this Ruger rebarreled with a heavy varmint profile Broughton stainless fluted barrel, 1:8 twist, 26 inches long with a brake. So far the best five shot group at a hundred is .261 using 70 grain Berger over some RL 17. </p><p>Had a friend that had terminal cancer. He knew I always looked for new to me guns. He had a Browning 78 single shot in 22-250 with a Leupold 12X single power scope. He sold it to me for $300 with five hundred loaded rounds and another two hundred pieces of brass. I didn't need that gun but it is an octagon barrel with the old Browning bluing. I bought that gun to help him out and it is a BEAUTIFUL gun.</p><p>In my very opinionated but ever so humble opinion, the 22-250 is the best true varmint cartridge. There are others faster but at what cost? There are others that might be more accurate but I don't believe it is any practical difference. It isn't a 243 or 6mm but then it doesn't recoil like those rounds. With 70 grain bullets it will reach out there with minimal wind drift and get there with plenty of red mist capability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="19elkhunter51, post: 1676513, member: 14169"] Started varmint shooting with 125 grain spire point out my Model 70 30-06. After the bug really bit me I scraped together enough money to buy the best over the counter varmint cartridge. It was a new Ruger 77 in 22-250. I bought enough factory bullets to break in the barrel and generate some brass. Being stubborn and believing in bigger is better I only shot 55 grain bullets. That lasted about eighteen months. Then I went to the bench to reload and only had a bunch of 50 grain bullets. Okay. Load them up and go to the range. Looking through my scope (too poor to have a spotter back then) I thought the load was off the paper because I could only see one hole. Finally wen down ranch and had a rude awakening. That gun REALLY liked 50 grain bullets. Ten rounds in a little of a quarter inch. Never looked back. Two years ago I had this Ruger rebarreled with a heavy varmint profile Broughton stainless fluted barrel, 1:8 twist, 26 inches long with a brake. So far the best five shot group at a hundred is .261 using 70 grain Berger over some RL 17. Had a friend that had terminal cancer. He knew I always looked for new to me guns. He had a Browning 78 single shot in 22-250 with a Leupold 12X single power scope. He sold it to me for $300 with five hundred loaded rounds and another two hundred pieces of brass. I didn't need that gun but it is an octagon barrel with the old Browning bluing. I bought that gun to help him out and it is a BEAUTIFUL gun. In my very opinionated but ever so humble opinion, the 22-250 is the best true varmint cartridge. There are others faster but at what cost? There are others that might be more accurate but I don't believe it is any practical difference. It isn't a 243 or 6mm but then it doesn't recoil like those rounds. With 70 grain bullets it will reach out there with minimal wind drift and get there with plenty of red mist capability. [/QUOTE]
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