.22-250 Remington VS .224 Weatherby Magnum

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.22-250 Remington

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MSRP:

$18.58

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$18.58

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$20.64

MSRP:

$20.06

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$20.06

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$22.29

Gun Specifications

Specifications

.22-250 Remington

.224 Weatherby Magnum

Height

1.91

1.92

Average FPS

3787

3650

Average Grain

Average Energy

1624

1627

Recoil

0.90

Ballistic Coefficient

224.44

235.00

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Gun Descriptions

.22-250 Remington

The Remington 22-250 has been around since the 1960s, when it was initially manufactured. It is a very popular long-range calibre because it produces significantly more energy than previous generations. It has a quick, high-velocity motion. 22 calibre rifle cartridge used mostly for varmint and small game hunting. At 4,450 feet per second, it is now the fastest production cartridge in the world, surpassing the .204 Ruger. Arthur Savage popularized the 22-250 Remington in 1915. The 22-250 was a wildcat cartridge produced from a.250-3000 Savage case necked down to receive a.224 caliber bullet when it was first introduced. The .22-250 cartridge is comparable to the.220 Swift cartridge, although it is far more popular and offers a greater range of commercially available factory ammunition than the Swift. One of the observations about this calibre is that if you need to reach a couple of hundred yards and are looking for something completely flat shooting, this is the calibre for you. Standard factory-installed. 22-250 With 1,654 ftlbf (2,243 J) of energy, Remington can propel a 55 grain (3.56 g) spitzer bullet at 3,680 ft/s (1122 m/s). These bullets have excellent downrange performance on both varmints and targets, but the 1:12 twist rate prevents them from being adequately stabilized. You'll need a.22-250 with a 1:8 twist and a modified barrel to use these heavy-for-caliber rounds. Many outdoorsmen keep a.22-250 Remington in their safe, which they frequently use to hunt coyotes with after the deer season has over. There are numerous alternatives if you're looking for a serious coyote rifle, but you can't go wrong with a.22-250 Remington.

.224 Weatherby Magnum

After roughly ten years of development, Roy Weatherby launched the 224 Weatherby Magnum in 1963 as a sports cartridge. The 224 Weatherby Magnum was a scaled-down variant of the 300 Weatherby Magnum, with nearly comparable ballistics to the 22-250. To get the most power out of the 224, the chambers were lengthened to allow for a longer peak pressure to build up bullet speed (a necessity of the RUM cartridges also). The 224 was phased out of the market when Remington launched the 22-250 in 1965. The 224 Weatherby Magnum is a proprietary cartridge, with no other major firearms manufacturers chambering rifles for it. When it was first released alongside the Weatherby Varmintmaster rifle, it was called the 224 Weatherby Varmintmaster, but the rifle was decommissioned in 1994, and the cartridge was renamed. The 224 Weatherby Magnum's performance was comparable to the popular 22-250 and the less common 225 Winchester, putting it somewhere between the 220 Swift and 223 Remington rounds. The 224, like other ultra-high-velocity 22 centerfire cartridges, is best suited to a game weighing up to 40kg (90lb), with a safe maximum of 60kg (130lb), while heavier game weighing up to 80kg (180lb) necessitates extremely precise shot placement. Because the 224 loses velocity quickly, wounding at 50 yards and injuring at 250 yards are considerably different. The ultra velocity 22's are great at long range as varmint cartridges, but their best performance as medium game cartridges is inside 125 yards. 3750fps with 50-grain bullets, 3700fps with the 53 grain Barnes TSX, and 3650fps with 55-grain bullets are all safe working velocities from the 26" barreled Weatherby. Many states in the US currently allow 22 caliber rifles to be used on big game, however, the bulk of them need a minimum of 6mm.