[htredneck]

What a way to end a year!
Have choice of two rifles - matched set - Browning A-Bolt II Varmint, bull barrel, BOSS, one is .22-250 and one is .223. I can't decide whether to get one or both. Both have been safe queens, grand total of 25 rounds fired out of each one. They look just like the picture and are priced to low to turn down. It is late and it hurts to think, so help me decide which way to go...

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[rangerdvr]

Get both and sell me the .22-250 perfect deal

 

[Mailman]

That 22-250 is sure calling out my name.....that is if I had your choices.

 

[rangerdvr]

Maybe we could work a trade, I do have the 308 posted for sale? Food for thought....

 

[Chairman]

I can definitely see why you'd have such a hard time deciding...IF you had to choose only one.

Eeny, meeny, miney, moe...

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[Big John]

22-250 no question!

 

[Ghost Hunter]

[rquote=1513589&tid=105558&author=Big John]22-250 no question![/rquote]

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:woot:

 

[Meller]

[rquote=1513589&tid=105558&author=Big John]22-250 no question![/rquote]
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The 22-250 outperforms the 223 in all catergories. I really dont know why so many people like the 223. Its great in an AR, but thats about it.

 

[67Firebird]

If possible get both, but for only one it depends what else you have and what you want to use it for, if you reload etc.
If you have an AR and already reload for it, you're set up to work up good loads for the new rifle, or if you have no .223 and just want a good hunting rifle I think you'd be better off with the 22-250. :wave:

 

[glennasher1]

[rquote=1513623&tid=105558&author=MellerAM][rquote=1513589&tid=105558&author=Big John]22-250 no question![/rquote]
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The 22-250 outperforms the 223 in all catergories. I really dont know why so many people like the 223. Its great in an AR, but thats about it.[/rquote]

Doooooooooood, if you've ever burned out the barrel of a .22/250 when shooting prairie dogs, you'd know why folks like .223s..... double, or more, the barrel life of a .22/250, especially when shooting rats.

 

[Big John]

[rquote=1514620&tid=105558&author=glennasher1][rquote=1513623&tid=105558&author=MellerAM][rquote=1513589&tid=105558&author=Big John]22-250 no question![/rquote]
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The 22-250 outperforms the 223 in all catergories. I really dont know why so many people like the 223. Its great in an AR, but thats about it.[/rquote]Glen if you start with a good barrel to begin with and control your rate of fire there isn't any problem. I have put well over 6000 rounds through my 110 Savage before it began to show evidence of getting bad not to mention the better range, flatter shooting and more loads aspects of the 22-250. I have owned both calibers and would have put my 22-250 up against any .223.

Doooooooooood, if you've ever burned out the barrel of a .22/250 when shooting prairie dogs, you'd know why folks like .223s..... double, or more, the barrel life of a .22/250, especially when shooting rats.[/rquote]

 

[JimH]

[rquote=1513705&tid=105558&author=curtism1234]You might as well go for the 22-250 unless you're volume shooting.

The 223 with a muzzlebrake is too loud for practical use. A 22-250 can't be much worse - might as well go with that :shrug:[/rquote]

i would swap out the ported muzzle brake and go with the non ported boss. you still get to tune the barrel to your given load but you don't have the loud blast coming from that rascal.

lets face it niether round is that big of a thumper although i know some guys like to see thier bullet hit their target and the red mist float in the air.

[Edited on 12/19/2009 by JimH]

[Edited on 12/19/2009 by JimH]

 

[Big John]

[rquote=1516631&tid=105558&author=JimH][rquote=1513705&tid=105558&author=curtism1234]You might as well go for the 22-250 unless you're volume shooting.

The 223 with a muzzlebrake is too loud for practical use. A 22-250 can't be much worse - might as well go with that :shrug:[/rquote]

i would swap out the ported muzzle brake and go with the non ported boss. you still get to tune the barrel to your given load but you don't have the loud blast coming from that rascal.

lets face it niether round is that big of a thumper although i know some guys like to see thier bullet hit their target and the red mist float in the air.

[Edited on 12/19/2009 by JimH]

[Edited on 12/19/2009 by JimH][/rquote]You know for about half the price of the Browning he could get a savage long action and a barrel from SSS that would easily deal with any recoil and shoot just as straight.

 

[JimH]

yep but that would not be any walk around carry gun, it would only be a sit and shoot gun. so it depends on what/how he wants to hunt with it.

 

[Big John]

Oh I don't know last years season I carried my cannon around 35 acres lol and got that 7 point with the .308.....
http://www.missouriwhitetails.com/forums/viewthread.php?tid=66255#pid1010764

[Edited on 12/19/2009 by Big John]

 

[Gakic24]

Get both and give one to me for Christmas!

 

[yankee]

what we talking in price???? im looking for a new varmiteer rifle, was thinking winchester coyote light but 1 of these guns will kill em just as dead

 

[htredneck]

I have decided to lay claim to the 22-250. The .223 is still available, but I won't be able to get either one until the beginning of January. Made in '97 or '98, they not been out of the safe since they were purchased new by a friend's dad. He bought them to go dogging, but never went. He is bringing them here when he comes to visit his son for New Year's.

The .223 can be had for $650.00. When they show up on GunBroker, they are selling for over $1,000.00 plus. I have seen a couple go for a few hundred more. If someone is serious about wanting it, I can commit to both, but I will only have the money for one...

 

[glennasher1]

[rquote=1516614&tid=105558&author=Big John][rquote=1514620&tid=105558&author=glennasher1][rquote=1513623&tid=105558&author=MellerAM][rquote=1513589&tid=105558&author=Big John]22-250 no question![/rquote]
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The 22-250 outperforms the 223 in all catergories. I really dont know why so many people like the 223. Its great in an AR, but thats about it.[/rquote]Glen if you start with a good barrel to begin with and control your rate of fire there isn't any problem. I have put well over 6000 rounds through my 110 Savage before it began to show evidence of getting bad not to mention the better range, flatter shooting and more loads aspects of the 22-250. I have owned both calibers and would have put my 22-250 up against any .223.

Doooooooooood, if you've ever burned out the barrel of a .22/250 when shooting prairie dogs, you'd know why folks like .223s..... double, or more, the barrel life of a .22/250, especially when shooting rats.[/rquote][/rquote]

Self control when shooting prairie dogs, no such thing, John. You see them out there, AND YOU JUST GOTTA SHOOT 'EM, and there's no waiting around for a barrel to cool off, either:cool3:. That doesn't happen (and it's why I carry several rifles out there, I swap them out, so the barrels have a CHANCE at cooling off). Prairie doggin' on a good patch is something to conjure to.

On my first PD shoot, I ruined a Winchester Heavy Varmint barrel, I didn't overwork it, either, it just crapped out on me. At the same time, I used a Savage HB rifle that never quit, and I used the Savage a heckuva lot more than the Winchester that day, probably shot 4X the ammo thru the Savage that I did the Winchester. I've never figured that out, why a barrel would die so quick, but afterwards, I've switched to the .223s and never looked back (sideways, with the .204s, but never back).

Moot point anyhow, the OP has already made his choice. It's probably different than mine, but it's his money.

 

[htredneck]

That's cuz I don't go doggin'.
I'ma going 'yotin'!

And I already have enough .223s...

[Edited on 12-19-2009 by htredneck]