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Hi, i friend of mine just bought a .22-250AI Menke rifle! McMillan stock, Shilen barrel, jewell trigger and some more goodies! He likes to shoot crows and other Varmints with it! He needs a bullets that fragments directly when bullet hits the target! What bullets are good for this task! Thanks David | ||
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Any of the thin jacketed varmint bullets are designed to fragment quickly and easily. No guarantees though so watch your backstop. | |||
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The best luck that I've had is the Hornady 50 grain V Max pushed to full velocity. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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i use the 50-55 gr.v-max and have not had and problems and they explode.i have a 1-7 twist barrel | |||
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Barnes varmint grenades pretty much vaporize on impact. They were designed for the military for this purpose. But as Rollins said be sure of backstop. | |||
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I have had good luck with V-Max and Berger MEF. | |||
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Depending on rate of twist....a 50 gr. TNT will run right on the vurge of coming apart in flight if launched from a 22-250AI. | |||
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Thanks so far, i think we go with the Sierra Varminter in 50grs or the Barnes Varmint Grenade! Just another wuestion regarding the .22-250 AI, how is barrel life?? Regards David | |||
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Is the 22-250ai a fast twist? I am one gun away from being happy | |||
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Speer 55 grain TNT... Life Member: The American Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Jan 20, 2009.. Prisoner in Dumocrat 'Occupied America', Partisan in the 'Save America' Underground Beavis..... James Beavis..... Of Her Majesty's Secret Service..... Spell Check Division "Posterity — you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." John Quincy Adams A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him "Why do you carry a 45?" The Ranger responded, "Because they don't make a 46." Duhboy....Nuttier than Squirrel Poop... | |||
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 The 34 gr. HP from Mid South pushed at 4000fps.  rogerOld age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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Sierra matchking | |||
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I'd go with the Barnes varmint grenades also. They are made out of a powder material to start with and blow up on a grape. I'm not sure how fast they can be pushed. | |||
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In Answer to your second question; your 22/250AI is approaching 220Swift especially if it is a fast twist. If you clean it regularly and carefully, avoid copper build-up and don't permit it to overheat you should have a long happy relationship. Fast rifles are like women, you must "cater" to them. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!HAPPY NEW YEAR!! GOOD LUCK and GOOD SHOOTING!! IF YOU'RE GONNA GET OLD,YOU BETTER BE TOUGH!! GETTIN' OLD AIN'T FOR SISSIES!! | |||
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I have less then 600 rounds fired in my 22-250AI fast twist . Gun smith has recently ran a bore scope down it and said I have significant throat erosion.Current load I'm shooting is 80 gr Berger VLDs 39.2 grs of IMR 4007. Regardless of throat erosion rifle is shooting very well. I'll keep it clean and fire it slowly other that I don't give a ------ How does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but looses his soul | |||
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Fly Agaric wrote: "Sierra matchking" --- Actually, that is one of the bullets MOST likely to produce a ricochet. The other bullets mentioned are all good candidates. At 22-250 AI velocities, two more that I will add to the list include the Remington 50 grain PLHP and the Speer 52 grain HP (NOT the match version). Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | |||
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