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| I like any balistic tip or sierra thin jacked projectials. I have not tried them out on yotes, ground hogs, or parrie dogs yet but this summer is on it way to be a great one. I will finally be out of california and back on the east side of the mississippi. I have shot one coyote with a match king on my way back from the range and it did a great job.(he was hit 1/2" below the ear at 125yrds) Droped him like a rock. It is now breeding time now and I will leave them alone for everyone else to have a good summer crop of dumb young dogs to shoot at. Last oct while in ohio on leave I used winchester high velosity hallow point on some ground hogs and it worked really well but there was no red mist of blood. I can't wait to try out these 55gr smp boat tails on them out of my 223. They cut soda cans in half at 200yrds. This is my 2 cents worth.
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| Posts: 187 | Location: USMC | Registered: 28 September 2003 |
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| For dynamic effect with a 22-250 I will use a Speer 50 grn. TNT (the one you aren't supposed to shoot over 3400 fps)and load them up to as fast as they will go before they come apart in flight. I have pushed them over 3800 and had them stay together but at that speed they creat a grenade effect on just about anything smaller than a dog. To get more effect than that you need a bigger bullet. |
| Posts: 901 | Location: Denver, CO USA | Registered: 01 February 2001 |
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| I've wondered if about the little TNT at higher velocities. It's my ONLY bullet in a .222, in which it is devastatingly accurate and deadly at 3200 fps; but I've wondered how it would act in a .22-250. How's accuracy at 3800 fps? I know that little bullets can come apart when pushed beyond limits -- I once destroyed a chronograph screen with a 60 grain .257 out of a .25-284 at around 4200 fps. |
| Posts: 13263 | Location: Henly, TX, USA | Registered: 04 April 2001 |
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| Stone - To be quite honest I am not at home so as near as I can remember they were 1/2 - 5/8" groups at 100. Which for my old 22-250 was about where it was with most bullets. I actually bought the TNT's last minute before a prairie dog hunt cause my store ran out of V maxs. They were excellent and I can alternate between the two with no sight changes. I really think the twist rate of your barrel probably has more to do with how fast you can shoot them than the actually speed. Rotational force (not a subject I am prepared to debate)My rifle is a 1-14 twist........ |
| Posts: 901 | Location: Denver, CO USA | Registered: 01 February 2001 |
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