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22-250

  • 21-10-2010 10:59pm
    #1
    hawke eye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭


    im just wondering if there goin to ban this gun from deer shooting all together next year:mad::mad:...or wil you just have to use the 64g bullet again??:confused:


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  • #2
    Tackleberrywho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    hawke eye wrote: »
    im just wondering if there goin to ban this gun from deer shooting all together next year:mad::mad:...or wil you just have to use the 64g bullet again??:confused:

    just use the 64grain, the cal is going out of fashion anyway for deer
    I'm not sure about the north though.

    Of the 108 people who shoot deer who answered a pole I posted recently, only 2 used .22/250


  • #3
    hawke eye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭hawke eye


    iv shot a good few with mine and nocks them dead..


  • #4
    Tackleberrywho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    hawke eye wrote: »
    iv shot a good few with mine and nocks them dead..

    Be that as it may, poor ammo availability high ammo costs and lack of knock down power for Big reds in the shoulder was it's hurdle.

    I shot loads of deer with the 6.5, however i prefer a 125grain .308 these days as it is flatter shooting, very similar to a .223.

    just like the way the .222 has almost disappeared so too will the .22/250


  • #5
    hawke eye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭hawke eye


    ya any ideas of good site to advertise a gun on for sale??


  • #6
    declan1980
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭declan1980


    hawke eye wrote: »
    ya any ideas of good site to advertise a gun on for sale??

    you could try this one:D


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  • #7
    Half-cocked
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Half-cocked


    hawke eye wrote: »
    or wil you just have to use the 64g bullet again??:confused:

    60g is allowed. I was told when my license application was rejected that 64g or 67g were the only permissable weights. When I queried NPWS they said 60g was OK too. Apparently whoever rejected my application because I had put down 55g had checked the new computerized system and only seen 64 and 67 listed on a pull down menu. But you could scroll up and 60g was there too!

    Most .22/250 rifles won't shoot anything over 60g with any degree of accuracy and I had to bed my action to get the 60g bullets to group well. I'm going to keep using my .22/250 until they ban it, it works fine for me - No big Reds on my patch, all shots within 100 metres and taken from high seats with firm rests.


  • #8
    hawke eye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭hawke eye


    all my shots with the gun are between 100-200 yards or maybe 250 but it nocks them dead..

    im not goin to sell mine till i have to aswel there a great gun:)..


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