what does 250 mean in the 22-250, and comments on ruger m77 mark II?
The Jackal
I'm a newbie on this group though have been interested in shooting for
a number of years. I have recently bought a Ruger M77 mark II in
22-250 calibre. I was wondering what the 250 means, and any comments
about the rifle.
It also has a 6 - 24 x 42 Tasco scope on it. I use it predominantly
for shooting Foxes and Kangaroos at ~ 300 - 400 yards.
Cheers.
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# 22-250 calibre. I was wondering what the 250 means,
It's a necked down 250 Savage.
Frank
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# In the 1930's a number of experimenters worked to develop a 22 caliber centerfire cartridge based on the efficient 250 Savage case.
# <SNIP> .. and called the cartridge the 22-250.
On 11 Dec 2001 11:29:18 -0500, jdro...@aussiemail.com.au (The Jackal) wrote:
#I have recently bought a Ruger M77 mark II in
#22-250 calibre. I was wondering what the 250 means, and any comments
#about the rifle.
|]}1822 (No point in letting anybody else get the blame... :->)
Rick Cortese
http://www.reloadbench.com/cartridges/22250.html
It was because it started out with a 250-3000 Savage cartridge.
I seem to recall you may have been the one that asked the 'sniper rifle' or
'suppressor's questions. If so, thanks for your post clearing up what you
actually were doing.
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# Hello all,
#
# I'm a newbie on this group though have been interested in shooting for
# a number of years. I have recently bought a Ruger M77 mark II in
# 22-250 calibre. I was wondering what the 250 means, and any comments
# about the rifle.
# It also has a 6 - 24 x 42 Tasco scope on it. I use it predominantly
# for shooting Foxes and Kangaroos at ~ 300 - 400 yards.
Briar
cartridge. The .250 Savage is also known as the .250-3000 because with the
87gr. bullet you got 3000fps. from factory loads when it first came out.
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Larry L. Taylor
(The Jackal) wrote:
# Hello all,
#
# I'm a newbie on this group though have been interested in shooting for
# a number of years. I have recently bought a Ruger M77 mark II in
# 22-250 calibre. I was wondering what the 250 means, and any comments
# about the rifle.
# It also has a 6 - 24 x 42 Tasco scope on it. I use it predominantly
# for shooting Foxes and Kangaroos at ~ 300 - 400 yards.
#
Believe it has to do with the 'parent' case size. There used to be some
calibers that were referred to as 250 Savage and / or 300 Savage. Both
are now pretty much 'extinct' firearms, although I know personally of two
of them (300 Savage) in lever action. I believe the .22-250 comes from
the 250 Savage moniker, 'specially since I have some resized .22-250 brass
with 250 Savage headstamping. Same sort of thing where .270 Winchester
brass is necked down from .30-'06, and .243 Winchester brass can be made
from .308Win (military round).
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KEVIN BAKER
#I have recently bought a Ruger M77 mark II in
# 22-250 calibre. I was wondering what the 250 means, and any comments
# about the rifle.
It is a commercial cartridge based on a "wildcat" where some plucky
adventurer took the .250-3000 Savage and necked it down to .22 caliber, thus
".22-250". It dates back to the 1930's. It's a good long-range varmit
cartridge, and the Ruger should serve you well.
ephraim
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Kenneth Hough
early 1930s a number of people began experimenting with the 250 Savage
necked down to .22. J.E. Gebby and J. Bushnell Smith called their version
the .22 Varminter and copyrighted the name. Most gunsmiths, when chambering
for the .22 version of the 250 simply called it the 22-250 to avoid
copyright troubles.. Ken
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Soujurn
250-3000 Savage.
The bullet diameter is .224, thus the 22 and the case comes from the
250-3000, thus the 250.
http://www.hornady.com/loadnotes/22250.html
Mag7stw
22 Varminter and copywrighted the name. In order to make rifles or ammo without
paying copywright fees others called it the 22-250.
Bruce Braaksma
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Dan Koozer
the 22-250 is necked down to 22 caliber.
Dan Koozer
Fall Creek, Oregon
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KCOM
# Hello all,
#
# I'm a newbie on this group though have been interested in shooting for
# a number of years. I have recently bought a Ruger M77 mark II in
# 22-250 calibre. I was wondering what the 250 means, and any comments
# about the rifle.
# for shooting Foxes and Kangaroos at ~ 300 - 400 yards.
#
# Cheers.
#
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The .22-250 Remington is the .250 Savage necked down to .22 caliber,
thus the .22-250. It first started out as an Wildcat. HTH
Steve