Do I cut down the barrel on my 22-250 or buy a short 223

[Brittany boy]

I had a heavy barrel rem. 700 22-250 cut down from 24 inch to 18 inch for a similar reason , there was no noticeable difference to accuracy and gun smith chronographed it and it had only dropped about 300 fps. And with the moderator I couldn’t tell any difference but if you have an inch for a .223 then scratch it

 

[Smellydog]

a big noise sponge

I could do with one of them at home....!

 

[Sniper308]

To be fair, people opt for a 22-250 over a .223 for speed. Chopping the barrel defeats the point of this. So I’d say get another rifle.

 

[the prowler]

I've never owned a 22.250. but my mate has and it's definitely louder than my sako85 223 20" barrel.

 

[Dave_45]

I've never owned a 22.250. but my mate has and it's definitely louder than my sako85 223 20" barrel.

They are chalk and cheese as calibres.

My 22250 was very quiet when it was 26 inch long

It’s barky now it’s 22

 

[the prowler]

They are chalk and cheese as calibres.

My 22250 was very quiet when it was 26 inch long

It’s barky now it’s 22

Yip depends on where you fire the rifle. Near trees it can be loud even with jet-z moderator. Then sometimes not, especially on a close fox.

 

[Emmett&Stone]

You won’t be able to take it down meaningfully without significant sacrifices in terms of noise, ballistics and muzzle flash - a 16” .223 makes more sense, especially if you’re not a reloader

 

[swagger700]

Tikka do factory 223 in 16in be handy out of vehicle

 

[jp 7saum]

Hi guys in the end I found out that at my local gunsmith it wasn’t expensive to get it cut down so it’s currently getting cut down to 18” and I home load so should be able to recover some speed but not too worried. but if it dosent work then I’m just going to get it rebarreled in a 6mm calibre, probably 6 creed

 

[takbok]

Nice, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

 

[Dave_45]

Hi guys in the end I found out that at my local gunsmith it wasn’t expensive to get it cut down so it’s currently getting cut down to 18” and I home load so should be able to recover some speed but not too worried. but if it dosent work then I’m just going to get it rebarreled in a 6mm calibre, probably 6 creed

Should be circa £100 quid cut and re crowned.

 

[jp 7saum]

Should be circa £100 quid cut and re crowned.

aye that was exactly how much they charged

 

[Greenmist]

Hi guys in the end I found out that at my local gunsmith it wasn’t expensive to get it cut down so it’s currently getting cut down to 18” and I home load so should be able to recover some speed but not too worried. but if it dosent work then I’m just going to get it rebarreled in a 6mm calibre, probably 6 creed

Who did you use to cut it down?

 

[Neddle]

I have a 19.5" 220 Swift and find it great.

I think you'll get along well with cutting down the 22-250.

I had too,cut it back from 26" to 19" really accurate but velocities fell by 250fps

 

[jp 7saum]

Who did you use to cut it down?

Weldon Gunroom

 

[jp 7saum]

After cutting it down I and testing loads I still managed to get my 69gr tmks at 3350 which I was happy with but I did have a fall in accuracy and couldn’t manage to get any load under about 1.5” so in the end I’m just going to get Steve Kershaw to spin a 6 creed barrel on there because I think it will be a better calibre for what I need and I’m gonna get my 243 rebarreled at the same time

 

[Greenmist]

Weldon Gunroom

PM enroute

 

[Envillegc1]

I would take some advice on cutting it down, but would not go below 20inch.
It will still be flat and fast and better than 223.

Alternativly get a 243.