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What most of the adamant "no 22 caliber users" seem to be missing is that there is a new interest in long, heavy 22 caliber bullets pushed at relatively high speed that seem to do a good job on deer. The 224 tth seems to have re-ignited this interest even though the 22 HI Power has been around a long time with it's slightly larger bullet.
My choice was a 22-250 with a 1-9 twist. Took a doe several weeks ago with the new 62 grain Triple Shok and she did run 100 or so yards with a high lung shot but there was plenty of blood trail and a 50 cent size exit hole.
The same evening I used a 416 Remington Mag with 300 grain Northern Precision polytip (don't think Northern Precision is still in business) and H4895 (60% reduced load) to take large spike. Bullet entered at left front leg and exited from the left ribs--destroying vitals inbetween. Deer still went 40 yards on three legs and escape adrenalin. Actually found the deer before we found the blood trail though the blood was quite obvious--it started further back than we expected. Wasn't trying to prove anything with the 416--it is just very accurate and deserves to be used. I'm not sure where this leaves me in the caliber controversy so next week I'm taking a 300 Weatherby and a 44 mag.
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