Hope I can help a bit- Love varmint and precision (sniper grade) rifles- I use a older Sako L579 Forrester BA 22" sporter barrel custom stock glas bedded in .243Win. with a Leupold Vari-X111 4x12x44 AO scope. This is my "main rifle" as we also get shots at both coyotes and red foxes along with woodchucks in the MI farm belt where I shoot-I use Hornady 55grain moly-tips- I also have an older M54 SuperGrade (pre-1940) in .220 Swift- 26" stainless barrel and again, same Leupold scope. I use Hornady 50 grain moly-tips also. Both are deadly out to 400 measured yards, although most of my shots in MI are 200 yards or less. I like the .22-250, almost bought a used Ruger No. 1 single shot with 12x Redfield-for some time the .223, as a military issue round in the M-16 "clones" was scarce in certain areas-now that our Armed Forces in "The Sandbox" are going back to the great M-14, that could change. I use the .243 Win also for pronghorns and other mid-sized soft skinned critters, so that's one reason I like the cal. as it is versatile-I doubt if I would do that with either the .220 Swift or the .22-250, unless I was certain of a standing headshot in profile and could put a round in the animal's ear--Are you going to reload? RWTF
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 09/09/08 11:12 AM.
