People's thoughts on good fox and vermin round?

[Northern_George]

Just wondered what people are using out there for the above uses ? Have a 22-250 on my ticket but before I buy want to make sure there no better option as was thinking 204.

 

[monarman]

I've been using a 223 for my job .... 40 grain vmax hornady factory ammo and I shoot alot of crows and other vermin aswell as foxes....
I limit my shooting of foxes to 200 yards and closer and crows I shoot whenever I feel confident enough to hit them... my rifle is nicknamed "crow splitter"... as that's generally what happens when the 40 grain vmax hit.

Plus with the 223 ot can be used for legal species of deer in England with 55 grain ammo...

 

[wag]

204 for me. It's zeroed at 235m. It's bang on a 50 and 1.5 high at 150. It groups an inch at 200. Of the 50 odd foxes I've shot this year 1 has exited.

 

[splash]

.17 Fireball 25gr

sold my.22-250 for above and don’t regret it at all .

 

[Northern_George]

I'm moving jobs this week hopefully so one I see my FO when they come visit I will see if I can change with usual fees edging towards 204 ATM

 

[Sonicdmb73]

I have had a 222 for years, before that I used my 243. The 222 with a 40 grain Vmax or 52 Amax is very effective on fox and corvid alike. The 243 did the job with 58 Vmax later I used 87’s as my preferred bullet.
However a while ago I bought a 20 Tac if you are not familiar it’s a 223 based .204 calibre round. It has a 9” twist and will fire 32 to 50 grain bullets. I find the 39 grain blitz king very effective. One hole accuracy and very good BC I can reach crows out to distances beyond where they think they’re safe.
I don’t see a .204 Ruger being much different other than the maximum bullet weight.

 

[mealiejimmy]

Everyone has their own favourite, and for me it's 22-250
Main reason is that all my foxing is done using NV or thermal where range estimation is not easy.
22-250 trajectory is essentially flat out to as far as I'd ever want to shoot a fox, so it's pretty much just point and shoot, and 50 grain V max bullets buck the wind much better than the lighter bullets that are used with 17 cal and 20 cal cartridges.

Cheers

Bruce

 

[Klenchblaize]

222 Rem - 200 Yards
22 Hornet - 100 Yards

Both are superb fox culling rounds at the range mentioned IMHO and I've NEVER had a runner with the latter when hit in the engine room at said range.

K

 

[Miki]

50gr at around 4000fps, point and shoot out to over 200yds, the .22-250 is a perfect fox stopper.
Like @mealiejimmy mine has a NV attached and it's spot, identify, point, shoot ...

 

[Edinburgh Rifles]

am currently using a .308 and a 300NM...

 

[palo]

I'm using a 204 but the 22-250 is a great round as well and as you already have it on your ticket I would stick with it.

 

[Smellydog]

Over the years I've dropped down and down and now only use 22wmr and 22lr (rifle wise). Do I shoot less vermin and foxes than before? No not at all.
If I were to go back to a CF I would be more than happy with a hornet or 222.

 

[njc110381]

I love my .22-250 for foxing. Wouldn't be without it now. Never had a .204 mind and they do look good. Good enough to bother messing with a variation? Probably not!

 

[PeterH]

Everyone has their own favourite, and for me it's 22-250
Main reason is that all my foxing is done using NV or thermal where range estimation is not easy.
22-250 trajectory is essentially flat out to as far as I'd ever want to shoot a fox, so it's pretty much just point and shoot, and 50 grain V max bullets buck the wind much better than the lighter bullets that are used with 17 cal and 20 cal cartridges.

Cheers

Bruce

Bruce - if you have a look at the Accurate Shooter web page on the 20 cal you may be surprised which bucks the wind best

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[Roestalker39]

.222

 

[unicorn71]

Normally my foxing partner uses 22-250 and I use .308 , both work well, the smaller round is great when range estimation is tricky and with night vision while the big un is just savage and doesn't get affected by a stem of grass along its flight path to the fox.

 

[John Gryphon]

Ah just go for the King the .220 Swift. All of the other calibres are good too....but they are not a Swift.

 

[DavyG]

Since the arrival of my.204, the .223 has been rather neglected as of late. 1-1/4" high @ 100, bang on @ 225. I've had a few out to and past 300...."dot" on the top of the back....bang/flop.
What is there not to like...?
DG

 

[splash]

Everyone has their own favourite, and for me it's 22-250
Main reason is that all my foxing is done using NV or thermal where range estimation is not easy.
22-250 trajectory is essentially flat out to as far as I'd ever want to shoot a fox, so it's pretty much just point and shoot, and 50 grain V max bullets buck the wind much better than the lighter bullets that are used with 17 cal and 20 cal cartridges.

Cheers

Bruce

I used to love my.22-250 and would not call the round
But the fireball is quieter and drops Foxes with ease no exit and destroys the internals.

If it’s very windy I could take my.243 but haven’t in the last 6 ish years

 

[Shytalk]

I try to keep a decent foxing round for all my Centrefire rifles. .308 110gr VMAX home load on what was left of a H4895 stash or factory Hornady TAP Urban 110gr VMAX. 6.5CM does it with the SAKO 130gr TGK and the 1-8 .223 with what I have left in Black Hills 60gr VMAX. Shame that the Black Hills fell off the radar last year for UK trade sales. Working up a short barrelled .243 build that gratefully dropped in straight away with factory SAKO 70gr Blitzkings.