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Used 22-250 Advice
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she will be delighted with her new 22-250...
Aftermarket stock with AICS compatible bottom metal?
Bottom metal isn't the issue, the action of the M595 needs to be milled larger to accept the mags, there was talk of a single stack mag fitting, but I never managed to track down the make
Baldie Dave @ Valkyrie milled a nice job for the mag on a rifle he built for me.
^^^ This!^^^
My 1/14 twist R8 shoots TTSX 50g perfectly, with or, as I choose, without the tips. You'll never know until you try. Same with 53g Vmax, no problem and everyone said it wouldn't shoot them with that twist. I've always got my eye open for a part box of 60g Partitions to try.
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BigFrank
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Yes..I agree….I’ll pay the extra and buy new..less to go wrong.
Might get it done in the future, if I'm honest the three 5 round mags I have are more than adequate for my needs, can I ask which bottom metal you fitted to yours please
Ed is very straightforward. He will try his hardest to help you in your interest and not in his.
All depends how much you pay for it. If you can get it cheap enough. With rebarreling screw cutting and bedding the action you might still come out cheaper than some other rifles that you will end bedding and screw cutting anyway
Yeah I guess. Since then I have only bought new though. In fairness I even had a brand new rifle that wouldn’t group from factory. But at least that was replaced under warranty.
Also I know a few folks farmers and Gamekeepers even who can make a box of twenty rounds last all year or longer . Never go off cartridge life expectancy when buying used , go off condition and price asked .
Taking only one shot to kill each fox and keeping on-top of maintenance , its a heck of a big pile of foxes or similar a guy can get with his " barrel burner " . The other hand is the 222 that never gets cleaned , oiled or serviced and is stored in a damp old cottage for a decade or more and shot a great deal at just about anything .
Mint old guns ? They might be mint because they never shot worth a damb ( i can think of two or three i fell for over the years )
Hahahaha….. don’t buy a secondhand 22/250 as it’s a barrel burner (true) but do buy a secondhand 220 Swift which is equally as bad if not worse and has much worse ammo availability!
Another option is to buy a secondhand 22/250 but not pay much on the basis that you may have to rebarrel the thing ….
You can buy a rifle of alot of other calibres that the barrel in no good on I don't get why people worry so much with the .22-250
Very true , I also feel that many used rifles have their bores wrecked by lack of cleaning and maintenance. " next round down it cleans it " is often heard but it just is not an "accurate" statement ! A home with high humidity, poor ventilation can ruin a rifle while its doing nothing just stood in a metal box .
I bought my tikka second hand and it had been shortened to 22" and cut 1/2 unf, its never not shot but i had it shortened again to 20" recut 1/2 unf dave at valkerie did and its faultless itl shoot factory nearly into same hole so i havnt reloaded for it, recently a friend after a 22,250 asked if i would sell it and i said yes, now hes a nightmare with complaining about stuff and letting stuff stick in his mind so that was a bad call on my behalf becouse if it didnt do this or group that then it would be my fault and we havnt spoken since, so and this is only my opinion if youve any doubts or qualms buy a new one, if not get it bore scoped and see if you can shoot it, i was fortunate but i cant be the only one good luck.
dropmdead
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I hope someone can help me here - I dont understand the concept of using a 22-250 for shooting foxes and it deemed a barrel burner.
How many foxes are being shot in a night and over what time period would heat a barrel up? 10 over 3 hours? Just trying to understand...
I appreciate it may be more powder than a .223, but in the grand scheme of things, its similar or less case volume than a 6xc (I know the original parent case of the 6mmxc was the 22-250), 6mm creedmoor, 6x47 etc. The 243 has a bigger case volume again in the world of 6mm...
At the end of the day, if you are spending more time plinking, range time, testing, long range, practicing of various other forms of shooting, there are other cartridges that suit a higher round count per barrel than a 22-250.
If your intention is to shoot 5 or 10 or 15 foxes in three or four hours over the night, I would suggest its round count that will be less that a 223, but it may be the case that you have better results with a 22-250 - like I did.
My orginal choice of 223 on deer did not give confidence when I started out, but the switch to 22-250 was a game changer for the good....
My last comment would be, most rifle barrels are damaged by lack of care more than round count....
How many foxes are being shot in a night and over what time period would heat a barrel up? 10 over 3 hours? Just trying to understand...
I appreciate it may be more powder than a .223, but in the grand scheme of things, its similar or less case volume than a 6xc (I know the original parent case of the 6mmxc was the 22-250), 6mm creedmoor, 6x47 etc. The 243 has a bigger case volume again in the world of 6mm...
At the end of the day, if you are spending more time plinking, range time, testing, long range, practicing of various other forms of shooting, there are other cartridges that suit a higher round count per barrel than a 22-250.
If your intention is to shoot 5 or 10 or 15 foxes in three or four hours over the night, I would suggest its round count that will be less that a 223, but it may be the case that you have better results with a 22-250 - like I did.
My orginal choice of 223 on deer did not give confidence when I started out, but the switch to 22-250 was a game changer for the good....
My last comment would be, most rifle barrels are damaged by lack of care more than round count....
Mick9abf
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Rifles are a bit like cars, you don’t know the previous owner.
I got my 22-250 used from Ivythorn over 12 years ago at one of the Stalking shows at Kelso and it was bore scoped there by Callum Ferguson who had the stand opposite and said it had done nothing so I bought it - don’t know how much I’ve shot with it but it’s still going strong and is my go to rifle.
A neighbour going through a divorce put a Sako 85 varmint down to Edinburgh Rifles and whoever bought it got a bargain, it had fired 13 bullets from memory, I know this as I zero’d the rifle for him and he had a few practice shots then shot one deer with me before it went.
On the flip side I know a lad who has shot out two 22-250, a 6.5 Lapua and a .270 but two of them looked almost new so you won’t know hence I’d just buy from a shop or rfd where that vendors reputation is worth more to them than selling a nail for a few hundred quid.
I got my 22-250 used from Ivythorn over 12 years ago at one of the Stalking shows at Kelso and it was bore scoped there by Callum Ferguson who had the stand opposite and said it had done nothing so I bought it - don’t know how much I’ve shot with it but it’s still going strong and is my go to rifle.
A neighbour going through a divorce put a Sako 85 varmint down to Edinburgh Rifles and whoever bought it got a bargain, it had fired 13 bullets from memory, I know this as I zero’d the rifle for him and he had a few practice shots then shot one deer with me before it went.
On the flip side I know a lad who has shot out two 22-250, a 6.5 Lapua and a .270 but two of them looked almost new so you won’t know hence I’d just buy from a shop or rfd where that vendors reputation is worth more to them than selling a nail for a few hundred quid.
I wonder if the reluctance of dealers to take in used 22/250 may result in part to the time of day they are used. If you get home at 4am getting the cleaning rod out may be the last thing on your mind so they go back into the cabinet until morning or the next time. A good friend ruined his chromoly steel 22/250 this way after a damp night foxing and had a rust lined bore the following day.
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