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I worked up a load to shoot Antelope this year but the state decided not to give me a permit,SOOO.
What do you think of a 60 gr Nosler partition with 35.5 gr Varget out of my T/C Varmint 22" 5/r 1X14 22/250? I've shot it and have it Zeroed at 200 yards and most the time ,If I do my part, I can keep 5 shots in a nickle size group off my Stony point sticks. The speed is averaging right at 3500 fps in 90* weather and at 4000 feet elevation. With the Varget I should keep most of the speed in the winter I hope. I plan on doing a lot of hunting for wolf this year and would be very disappointed if the bullet let me down. I have a fantastic 75 and 85 gr load for my 243 but really want to use the 22/250. Am I asking to much out of a little 22 pill? Just thinking out loud...
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Should put a hole in one,Im hoping for that dream encounter during archery season where the unsuspecting wolf comes down to the water hole Im sitting on and gets a carbon shaft through the shoulder...
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What does an adult wolf weigh in at, 80 to 130 pounds? An adult mule deer buck live weight must be around 180 to 250 pounds. Maybe more and from my 22-250 the 60 grain spire point at around 3,600 fps has always put them down without even a step almost every time. Deer have a heavier skin than a wolf and deer hair has a unique quality that will usually clog a hollow point turning it into a basically full metal jacket bullet. Wolves hair doesn't have this magic quality and their hides are pretty thin and the hair won't plug up a hollow point. If I were to hunt wolves with my 22-250 I would opt for a lighter hollow point, around 52 grain or maybe 55 grain but I don't thnk I would go with the 60 grain partition although I have no doubt it would be effective.
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