
01-06-2011, 07:39 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Posts: 888
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For starters, I would not recommend hunting deer with a .22-250. It's a great varmint cartridge, but awfully light for deer (it will kill them with a very properly placed shot and a heavier/non-fragmenting bullet, but there's very little margin for error). As for your accuracy issues, since you don't reload, I would pick up different brands/bullet weights/bullet styles and see what shoots best in your rifle. Then you'll have plenty of brass for reloading! :-) For smaller varmints, you generally want a lighter, fragmenting bullet. For bigger stuff you'll want a heavier bullet that holds together well for deeper penetration. Some manufacturers offer a fairly wide range of bullet styles/weights, and sometimes even premium bullets.
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