Don't know if anyone has seen this yet... was surfing on the Midway web site and saw that they have an 80 grain A MAX in 22 caliber... went to the Hornady site and they verify it as a new product....

Anyone use this Baby yet???

NOt really sure if a one in 9 twist Savage in 223 will stabilize it.... but I also have a 22.250 with a one in 8 twist, on a Ruger action....That this would be a fun toy to play around with....

really getting a little nuts in my thoughts... but how bout this on a 22/284 case with a one in 8 twist for those prairie dogs WAAAAAY out there??? or

Glad to see manufacturers are still coming out with good ideas....

also wonder how this might do on an antelope or a similar sized deer???

Will have to order some of these and try them out... looks very interesting....

Also considering a one in 5.5 inch twist barrel on a Savage action, chambered in 22.250 on a long action to seat some of those 90 grain Sierra Match bullets out there... or maybe a 22/243....on that set up... things to day dream about when one has insomnia!!!

cheers
seafire

My son has a Krieger barreled Ruger No1V in 22/250 that has had about 3500 rounds through it. It is almost shot out, but with the 1:7.75 twist it has been shooting 80gr Sierra's, 80gr Berger bullets and as of late, 75gr A-max bullets. The Sierra's shoot the best, but the Bergers and A-max bullets kill the prairie dogs a bit better. We will rebarrel it in 204 Ruger after next years prairie dog shoot.

Nice concept, but a bit overbore. My Kimber Longmaster in 204 Ruger will shoot with it past 600 yards, not to mention my 6.5x55 Sweed with 95gr V-max bullets in a Blaser R93 is a better choice for the long range prairie dogs.

Have fun with it though, the fast and heavy 22's are great in the wind.

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Originally posted by f224:

Nice concept, but a bit overbore. My Kimber Longmaster in 204 Ruger will shoot with it past 600 yards, not to mention my 6.5x55 Sweed with 95gr V-max bullets in a Blaser R93 is a better choice for the long range prairie dogs.

Have fun with it though, the fast and heavy 22's are great in the wind.

Umm, I have a .220 Swift with a fast twist barrel and when it comes to shooting in the wind, nothing tops it (except a higher BC at a faster velocity). I don't see how the .204 can touch the 75 grain A Max in the wind - my ballistics program (which seems pretty accurate based on my KD shooting) has a 33 AMax .204 at 4100 fps drifing 1.3 inches per mile of wind speed at 400 yards, while the .224 75 AMax drifts a less than half of that (.6 inches) at 3200 fps.

seafire,
I don't believe you will need a 5.5 twist with those cartridges. I think a 1-6 or maybe even a 1-6.5 twist would work well.

For every 1" faster in twist you will lose 100 FPS. Also bullet jackets fly apart faster.