Deer load recommendations

[dragonsfire311]

Friend of mine can’t bow hunt but has a Remington 700 in 22-250. I know it’s a little light but it is a legal caliber where we will be hunting at and I’ve seen people take whitetail with it. Any recommendations on a good load to use on whitetails? Heaviest load I’ve found so far is 55 grain

[grizzman]

I presume you're referring to factory ammo.

I did a Google search for 22-250 deer ammo, and found that Federal loads the 60 grain Partition.

Winchester's offering with the 64 grain Power-Point should also be considered.

I'm willing to bet that an ammo manufacturer uses a 60+ grain TSX (or a cousin of it) also.

What's your barrel's twist rate? A 50 grain TSX, or 60+ grain traditional bullet may be too long to fully stabilize. Mine's twist is something ridiculous like 1:14.

[dragonsfire311]

Not sure on his twist rate, the rifle is heavy and kind of looks almost like a bull barrel on it.

[Artos]

sounds like a VS or VSSF (similar to sendero) which will have a 1/14 twist & like the lighter bullets...that doesn't mean it won't like the ones mention which are all good. I do most of my doe taking with a swift but shoot benchrest / varmint bullets but only take neck shots.

[B Cart]

22-250 is a little light for deer, but can definitely be done. I would look at the Nosler 64 gr bonded ammo.

[m1a_scoutguy]

22-250 is a little light for deer, but can definitely be done. I would look at the Nosler 64 gr bonded ammo.

Yea if you reloaded the 64 Grn Bonded would be great. It could be a tough time even getting hunting ammo now. I would look at Barnes and see if they have any hunting bullets that would be good for Deer. I have a ton of the 64grn Bonded,if ya can find someone to load them for ya I'll send ya 50 of them !

[Esq.]

I presume you're referring to factory ammo.

I did a Google search for 22-250 deer ammo, and found that Federal loads the 60 grain Partition.

Winchester's offering with the 64 grain Power-Point should also be considered.

I'm willing to bet that an ammo manufacturer uses a 60+ grain TSX (or a cousin of it) also.

What's your barrel's twist rate? A 50 grain TSX, or 60+ grain traditional bullet may be too long to fully stabilize. Mine's twist is something ridiculous like 1:14.

I've killed a shit ton of feral hogs- generally considered tougher than deer, with the Winchester Power Point load. It's my go to, bought a case of it probably 5-6 years ago.....

[BuzzinSATX]

I had a friend many years ago (early 80’s) in Montana who hunted deer and antelope on the Eastern plains with his 22-250 with 60 grain handloads and killed every critter with one shot. Most shots were pass through and devastating to the chest cavity of the critters.

That gun had an old school Bushnell 4-12 scope and was dead on and easy to hit baseballs out to 350 yards.

Good hits matter. Deer aren’t hard to kill if you punch through both lungs at 3000+ FPS


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[jsbhike]

Haven't shot a deer with either yet, but Hornady 55gr SP(not 55gr SP SX) and their 60gr SP get good reviews.

The SP SX is a traditional thin jacket varmint bullet, but the 55/60gr SP(while listed by Hornady as varmint bullets) are not. From everything I have read the 60gr SP is the bullet used in the Hornady American Whitetail .223 Rem 60gr load they sell through Academy and a co-worker has killed several deer with those the last few years.

[ViperTwoSix]

Any standard soft point. Remington core lokt, Winchester power point, Federal power shock. If you want heavy for caliber, Winchester makes a 64gr power point. Stay away from varmint bullets for deer, they are designed to fragment and may not penetrate to damage enough of the vital organs for quick kills.