22-250 Range?
Got to talking to a guy in Walmart last evening and he was purchasing "500 yard Coyote bullits" I asked how many 500 yard shots he had made with the 22-250 and he said none, just got the gun but his neighbor makes em all the time, ever further. Made me go hummmmmm. Seems like a long way for a light grain bullet.
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It all depends on a lot of things. The weather conditions, and the capability of the rifle/scope combination, and the capability of the shooter. Just because his neighbor does it, does not mean he will be a rifle he has not taken the time to familiarize himself with and duplicating the feat. I have learned that when it gets past 200 yards things change in a hurry. It takes a lot of time, patience, practice, and observance to become consistantly proficient at it. 0 -
I have shot my 22-250 at targets at 400 yards. I was shooting 55 gr. Remington Core-Lokt factory rounds. The backstop was 3/4" boards and the bullet did not penetrate a board. I could pull the bullets out with my pliers. 0 -
I've killed one coyote and several prairie dogs at 450 yards. The coyote with a soft-tip, 60-grainer (Winchester, off the shelf ammo). The prairie dogs with 55-grain BT/BT's
That coyote was dead before she hit the ground. The bullet entered just behind her shoulder and exited at the hip, taking a lot of bone and other internal tissue with it.
The gun? Savage, of course. 112J with a Canjar trigger.0 -
I've seen a lot of deer killed in the 350-400yd range, with a 22-250AI, so why not a yote at 500?
Bullet construction and how well it groups at those ranges is a bigger concern than energy, and how well the shooter can judge range is critical.
That said, a lot of guys "overestamate/overstate" the range, at least when their telling others about their prowess with a rifle.0
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