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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
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<blockquote data-quote="Danco411" data-source="post: 876363" data-attributes="member: 71129"><p>I have a Savage with a 8 twist 22-250 barrel. I shoot the heavy 80g Amax's to 3200 FPS (hand loads). I've run them all the way to 1K yards with sub MOA accuracy. Awesome in the wind too. Granted you won't get an 8 twist in a factory rifle so you'll have to replace the barrel. The stock Savage LVP is a 12 twist I belive. They are great for shooting the 55's. I also load the 50g Vmax and they run 3900 in my rifle. (26" barrel). Overall it's a killer rifle that will take everything from ground hogs all the way to whitetail at any distance. If your limited to factory ammo and a factory rifle then I would probably go 243. You can get good factory rounds with both light and heavy bullets for each application. In 22-250 you'll be limited to light weight bullets which will really hurt you in the wind past 300 yards, no matter how fast.</p><p> </p><p>If you hand load then you can make the 22-250 do whatever the 243 does and some things better. You just need to get the fast twist barrel. If you go Savage it's easy. Buy an LRP or any other rifle with a .473 bolt face (.308 parent) and swap the barrels. It's simple to do. A smith will do it for cheap or you can do it yourself. My barrel is a McGowen which ran me $300 but it's a shooter. Don't worry about barrel life shooting the heavies at slower speeds. It's the 4000 fps rounds that erode chamber throats. Here is mine.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i353.photobucket.com/albums/r389/danco411/image_zpsfcd00c2f.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Danco411, post: 876363, member: 71129"] I have a Savage with a 8 twist 22-250 barrel. I shoot the heavy 80g Amax's to 3200 FPS (hand loads). I've run them all the way to 1K yards with sub MOA accuracy. Awesome in the wind too. Granted you won't get an 8 twist in a factory rifle so you'll have to replace the barrel. The stock Savage LVP is a 12 twist I belive. They are great for shooting the 55's. I also load the 50g Vmax and they run 3900 in my rifle. (26" barrel). Overall it's a killer rifle that will take everything from ground hogs all the way to whitetail at any distance. If your limited to factory ammo and a factory rifle then I would probably go 243. You can get good factory rounds with both light and heavy bullets for each application. In 22-250 you'll be limited to light weight bullets which will really hurt you in the wind past 300 yards, no matter how fast. If you hand load then you can make the 22-250 do whatever the 243 does and some things better. You just need to get the fast twist barrel. If you go Savage it's easy. Buy an LRP or any other rifle with a .473 bolt face (.308 parent) and swap the barrels. It's simple to do. A smith will do it for cheap or you can do it yourself. My barrel is a McGowen which ran me $300 but it's a shooter. Don't worry about barrel life shooting the heavies at slower speeds. It's the 4000 fps rounds that erode chamber throats. Here is mine. [IMG]http://i353.photobucket.com/albums/r389/danco411/image_zpsfcd00c2f.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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