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I knew this would happen once I started looking at guns for my son. My grandpa always told me to always get the best gear you could afford and whatever you spent on yourself you should spend on your kids or wife with their gear.

So I decided to get a 6.5 savage 10 ba stealth for my son. We tried it out and I think it will work for the what we have planned. But the more I thought about it I knew he needed a true varmit gun since most of our shooting will be rabbits, coyotes and cats so now I am on to rifle two. I just like guns and try to stay away before things follow me home.

So now gun two will be a 223 or 22-250 savage weather warrior. I think I can get a really good deal and a $100 rebate. This will be the gun that gets a lot of work and will have the same scope as his 6.5. 4.5-14 Burris mtac. I was saving them for a couple of my builds but I am going to have to wait another summer for the 20 practical and 264mag.
So I know the pros and cons of each one just can't lean one direction
223- good brass, 1-9 twist, accurate, lots of bullets, slower so it should not tear cats and coyotes up to much
Cons- not as cool as the 22-250, slower, really 200-300 yard coyote gun

22-250- I like fast, good brass, accurate
Cons- 1-12 twist, going to do some damage to pelts

Well I have until Tuesday to make up my mind and then off to spend some money. I told him he has a shotgun and a pistol coming sometime down the road and other than that he is on his own for guns. So much for the side job I picked up for some extra money.

I have 4 other kids coming up. Lucky for me they are right handed and I can just pass them down some really good guns that are just sitting in the safe
Thanks for listening
 
I say 22-250. Good brass is available more horsepower. My 1:12 savage I shot sieria 65g game kings and it stabilized them.
 
Just personal preference, but never could get a warm and fuzzy
feeling for the .223 round. I liked playing with the M16 in
basic training, but was not impressed with the round when we
practiced at the 300 meter range, waaaay more drop and drift
with the wind than what I was used to with the .22-250.
 
Both are good. However I have over the years settled on one caliber for both hunting and target. It is the .223. I only hunt Yotes and varmint so a bigger cal is a waste of energy. As far as target, I have shot it to 1,000 when the wind wasn't blowing, but almost always stay at 600 or below. For most Varmint shots, it's going to be 300 or under, despite what the "I only shoot yotes at 400 or more" folks have to say. For that matter, about 90% of my varmints have been under 150 yards. Bullet selection is the key. Long range 600 to 1,000 stay in the 80 grain and above. Of course that takes a 8 twist or better. Up to 600 any good bullet in 68 gr to 75 grain will do in a 9 twist gun. Of course those 50 to 60 grain with the plastic tips do a good job for hunting at any range you can hit the animal. Just my thoughts
 
For a bolt action i would deff do a .22-250. I just put another one together and love it. Shooting 53gr Nosler Varmageddons in a 22" 12 Twist.
 
Really leaning towards the 223. I don't think we will be shooting any animals much past 300 yards. The 223 with its lower velocity should recoil less and do less pelt damage. But that little voice keeps saying 22-250 is cool and its not that hard to sew up a hole if we even keep a pelt which I don't see us doing much.

Thanks
 
You will not notice the recoil of the .22-250. What you need to do is ask around and see if anyone you know has the weapons you are interested in and hook up with them and go shoot and see which one you like the best. Either one is hard to beat but I would still pick the 250....
 
decided on the 223. After talking to Barnes for what we are trying to do the 22-250 velocity was a little much. The 1-9 twist of the 223 will give us a little more choices in non lead bullets
 


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