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🦞 Crawfishing Asshat 🦞
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Anyone use this caliber for deer?
We Just Know What Works For Us
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Gary's Fluffer
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It’s hell on one through the ear at 40 yards
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Poppa Jon
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Probably about a dozen over the years
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8 Point
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8 Point
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Both my daughters killed their first with a Savage .22-250. They both shoot very well and 99% of the time hit just where they are aiming. They never failed to kill what they were shooting at. From my experience its moving so fast upon entry the bullet shreds and its almost like buck shot on the inside. I would find fragments everywhere. Usually on cleaning the animal I would only find the boat tail under the skin of the off side. Lots of internal damage, the deer wont live if you hit it in the bread basket, it is devastating. However there is little to no blood because there is usually not an exit wound. I say "usually" because when my youngest killed her first with it (when she was 9), I had told my partner I may need him to help track if she shoots. She heart shot on a hard angle and blew its brisket open. Blood everywhere!!!! He got there but she had already tracked it herself. He said good gosh did what did she shoot it with a howitzer?
It would not be my choice but believe me it will kill. My girls killed several with it but the next year I would bump them up to a .243 or 30-30
Its not the will to win but the will to prepare to win!
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14 point
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14 point
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A prepared shooter should do well, although I would only use it on Does.
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Booner
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Booner
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I’ve killed several deer and hogs with that cartridge
When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself
The older I get the better I used to be
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Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Great round for long range turkey hunting.
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Pope of Aldeer and Expert
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Pope of Aldeer and Expert
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DP with the master troll!!!
Skinny is my EX.Alcohol was involved.
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Booner
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Booner
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Never killed one with it but there's a ton of folks in TX that swear by it. I would use a hard bullet. A barnes, partition or bonded.
Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank
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12 point
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12 point
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Really wish a faster twist than the std 1-12 was more common. I’d love to shoot the 55 gr TTSX from mine, but I think it requires either 1-8 or 1-9 to stabilize.
I know there are some newer rifles with a faster twist but if I need to re-barrel or buy new I’d probably choose a different cartridge
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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Really wish a faster twist than the std 1-12 was more common. I’d love to shoot the 55 gr TTSX from mine, but I think it requires either 1-8 or 1-9 to stabilize.
I know there are some newer rifles with a faster twist but if I need to re-barrel or buy new I’d probably choose a different cartridge Tikka made them with a 1/9 twist but they’re hard to find
When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself
The older I get the better I used to be
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10 point
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10 point
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55 grain will stabilize fine with the older 12 and 14 twist barrels, at least in the ones I have shot. Would not move up to any of the heavier bullets without a fast twist, though.
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We Just Know What Works For Us
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10 point
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10 point
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Killed several with one. Bang flop.
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4 point
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4 point
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Piled up more than a few with one. 55 grain soft point behind the shoulder. Always done a good job. That was my pasture rifle a few years, then I found I could buy .270 and .30-06 ammo cheaper.
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Pope of Aldeer and Expert
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Pope of Aldeer and Expert
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Keep thinking whild I'm thinking you should switch to a Rat L Trap and spyderwire. The Nosler solid base is a deer killer...IF you can find them.
Skinny is my EX.Alcohol was involved.
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8 point
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8 point
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.243 A BETTER "HOT" Choice!!
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12 point
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12 point
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Really wish a faster twist than the std 1-12 was more common. I’d love to shoot the 55 gr TTSX from mine, but I think it requires either 1-8 or 1-9 to stabilize.
I know there are some newer rifles with a faster twist but if I need to re-barrel or buy new I’d probably choose a different cartridge Tikka made them with a 1/9 twist but they’re hard to find Pretty sure the Ruger Americans are 1-9 also.
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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Freak of Nature
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A prepared shooter should do well, although I would only use it on Does.
That's right. Tell the kid that they can't shoot the 8 point because they only have a 22 250 and see how that goes over.  All about shot placement. Hit them in the wheelhouse and it will do the job.
Lord, please help us get our nation straightened out.
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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dont know much about a 22-250 but a 25-06 works pretty good that ive seen .
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