Thread: Tikka 22-250 and a V Bomb

The Tikka 284 had a good trip down Wapiti Country. It showed good restraint on some smaller bulls, and covered some decent kms so back home it was time for the 22-250 to have a turn. After 3-4 days of heavy rain a fine day was looming and I thought the goats would be out in the open getting some sun.

I had promised someone some goat meat so a forestry trip was planned and I put 20 rounds in the gun bag. 8 PPU 55gr soft points and 12 50gr Vmax. An hour in and we had only seen two small pigs briefly as they ran off the road. Stalking into the normal goat hot spot yielded nothing. 1hr before dark and my mate finally spotted a black goat lying down in some gorse covered faces so I loaded up a PPU and got a good rest at about 180 yards. Boom, flop and the hill came alive with more goats. I dropped another 6 before they disappeared. Excellent results with the cheap PPUs.

I had saved one PPU as we changed location to where I’d seen a decent pig before, but no luck until 3 more Billy goats appeared and my mate dropped 2. The third (biggest one) reappeared and got a VMAX in the shoulder and simply ran off as if nothing happened. My mate looked over a bank and shot it in the neck. I helped him drag the heavy bugger up to the track and it was clear the first shot had disintegrated on the shoulder. Just a free lesson about the VMAX - dynamite behind the shoulder and on smaller goats but some care needed on bigger animals.

Just on dark we found another mob with some Billy’s harassing a nanny on heat. They were so distracted as I shot a few the last two Billy’s just keep chasing the nanny and finally paid the price…..the Vixen 3-12 scope was pretty good as I couldn’t see the black goats very well with my naked eye but they were fine through the scope.

Plenty of meat from the younger ones and a late trip home. The 22-250 is a fun gun, I think my next loads might be 55grn Ballistic Tips to get a little more penetration.