Thread: 223 on deer

Originally Posted by caberslash

Nothing about the chambering/cartridge, all about the bullet it fires.

Stick a fast twist barrel on and long mag box and the .222 can use any .224 cal bullet and enjoy the performance benefits.

A .22-250 and .222 shooting the same 50 grain bullet offers little benefit (maybe a few inches less drop and drift in trajectory out to 300m). The 220 Swift even less unless barrel and brass wear is somehow a benefit...

The only advantage that the recent .22 centre fire cases offer is correct case design and barrel/throat dimensions for the modern bullets.

Beg to differ. The Fatbum [22-250] and triple deuce are a world apart in performance. The 222 is good to 2 hundy and the Fatbum can sting to 4 hundy. Jon Williams used the Fatbum in the veniuson era and for that reason . He could not guarantee meat on the ground.