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Posted by fuzzy (Member # 758) on December 25, 2005, 11:08 AM:
As with anything in life we all have choices to make when it comes to our selection of guns and calbers.
I will be in the market for a new noise maker soon and my primary use for it will be punchin holes in paper.
With that said there is the once a year speed goat hunt in Wyoming with a day or two of dog town shootin(while the meats proceccing don't you know).
My hunting partner is trying to convince me to go with the .223WSSM.I tell him I dont need a magnum(no matter how short) for shooting paper targets.Ballistics is his only defense.I say a day of two hundred rounds at the range will be more enjoyable with a 22-250.
HELP.Am I missing something?
Posted by Lonny (Member # 19) on December 25, 2005, 12:48 PM:
For just punching paper and p-dogs I would look at the .204 Ruger. Unless your meaning you want a caliber that can be used as a antelope/paper puncher/p-dog killer?? If thats the case, the 22/250 would get my vote.
Posted by onecoyote (Member # 129) on December 25, 2005, 07:09 PM:
I have a 223WSSM and I am not real happy with it, not because it don't kill coyotes it does. I use the 64 gr bullet and the coyotes don't know what hit them.
The problem is I can't get it to shoot the way I want. I have already had fouling problems with it and I'm shooting Winchester factory ammo.
I would do as Lonny said go with the 22-250. It does it all and it's one of the all time most popular varmint calibers ever made. Good Luck
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 25, 2005, 10:22 PM:
Sorry to hear about your issues, Danny. Maybe you might want to invest in one of those Tubbs/ final finish bullet kits? I bet that would help?
Good hunting. LB
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on December 26, 2005, 08:18 AM:
I don't know if Danny's rifle is one with a chrome lined bore or not. But if it is, I sure wouldn't be firelapping it.
- DAA
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 26, 2005, 12:22 PM:
Didn't think of that, Dave? No, that wouldn't work, too good.
Now, a public service message.
Has anybody ever had good luck with nickle plated rifle brass? Same principle as above, if you ever turn your necks, or just in the resizing operation, they weren't made for reloading. The plating, which is very hard, chips and dulls your cutting head.
Hard to explain, but if you lived on a seagoing vessel, and had special bullets you wanted to handload and not recover the cases, you might love nickle brass for long term storage. That's the only application I can see where it is justified to buy it? And, if you have that type of application, corrosive atmosphere, etc, the good thing is that it is available on sale pretty cheap. yes, I tried it once. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Pistol cartridges, different story.
Danny, if the rifle shoots okay, and your bore is chromed, I guess you have to live with it. But, if I had a bore that loaded up like that and was just okay in the accuracy department, I think I'd get rid of it? There are times when I am not able to clean the bore every fifteen shots on a hunting rifle. Okay, I'm "able" I just don't want to, after hunting all night.
In any case, don't you wish you still had your trusty 220 Swift?
Good hunting. LB
Posted by onecoyote (Member # 129) on December 26, 2005, 01:44 PM:
Loved that 220 swift. Had hard times after my last wife left, the rifle had to go. This 223WSSM is a Win mod 70 Stealth, I knew better when I bought the darn thing. It's killing the coyotes, but it well be for sale after Feb.
Posted by varmit hunter (Member # 37) on December 26, 2005, 05:01 PM:
Danny, Before you ditch that rifle try running a patch soaked in Coca-Cola down the barrel. Then wrap a jag with aluminum foil, and run down the barrel several times. Make sure the barrel stays wet with the Coke. Then finish cleaning as usual. Try this three are four times before you give up on it. let us know what happens.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 26, 2005, 06:06 PM:
Yes, be sure to let us know if that works. That is the strangest solution I have ever heard? Who thought that one up, Ronnie?
Good hunting. LB
Posted by varmit hunter (Member # 37) on December 26, 2005, 06:15 PM:
I thought it up Leonard. Living in South East Texas were even diamonds rust, We have found out that the chemical reaction between Coke and aluminum foil will remove rust from chrome bumpers.
I found out that doing the same to a chrome lined barrel has the same effect as lapping a normal barrel. It will smooth out the rough spots causing the rapid fouling. Us swamp rat's aint plum dumb.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 26, 2005, 06:28 PM:
That's amazing
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