Tikka 22-250 8 twist - 80 grain bullets and up?

[270quest]

For those that have played with them - did you have much success shooting bullets heavier than 75 grains? I am thinking of buying one and making whatever tweaks I may need to the bolt stop and magazine to load and shoot 80 grain bullets - assuming they will stabilize and shoot.

I want to take a T3X stainless - cut it to 20", thread it, 5" suppressor, and setup a dedicated winter wolf/coyote rifle.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

quite a few dudes using 8 twist 22/250's or 22 creeds to shoot 88 eldm - it'll kill stuff way bigger than a wolf.

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[270quest]

Oh I know all about that 223 thread, and fully understand what a 22-250 will kill, but beyond that I am not on board with just hunting with a 223 - not against or disputing the results for the guys that do - just not my thing.

I'll keep my 6.5s and 7's for the deer, elk, etc.

But for a long range wolf/coyote gun, an 8 twist 22-250 slinging 80s or 88s if they stabilize, would be pretty good stuff.

 

[willfrye027]

I had a tikka 1:8 22-250 rechambered into 22cm. Stabilizes the 88 eldm just fine and I’m near sea level.

 

[270quest]

I had a tikka 1:8 22-250 rechambered into 22cm. Stabilizes the 88 eldm just fine and I’m near sea level.

Did you have to make any adjustments with the bolt stop? Longer magazines?

 

[Wrench]

Oh I know all about that 223 thread, and fully understand what a 22-250 will kill, but beyond that I am not on board with just hunting with a 223 - not against or disputing the results for the guys that do - just not my thing.

I'll keep my 6.5s and 7's for the deer, elk, etc.

But for a long range wolf/coyote gun, an 8 twist 22-250 slinging 80s or 88s if they stabilize, would be pretty good stuff.

My 8tw 223ai has killed yotes in the 700's with 70 and 80 gr noslers.

 

[SouthPaw]

Hornady's new 62g eld-VT bullet might be worth trying for that use case.

 

[amassi]

Did you have to make any adjustments with the bolt stop? Longer magazines?

No you won’t need to adjust the bolt stop or magazines


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[Castle Rock]

80 ELDM , rifle is standard at 100 m

 

[willfrye027]

Did you have to make any adjustments with the bolt stop? Longer magazines?

No. Regular M short action mags. This is with a standard 22cm reamer. Ideally it would have longer freebore for the 88eld but it’s working fine as is.

 

[TimberHunter]

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80 ELDM , rifle is standard at 100 m

When you say rifle is standard do you mean a tikka 22-250 1:8 twist?

 

[Castle Rock]

Yes

 

[kkp005]

My tikka 22-250 shoots 80gr eldx in like 4” groups but stacks em on top of each other with 77gr tmks

 

[Tanner]

my 22-250 T3x hammers 88 ELDMs at 2900, cut to 19”….

Couple of 205y groups.

Perhaps my favorite rifle and by far the most fun to shoot that I own.

 

[CBB1]

my 22-250 T3x hammers 88 ELDMs at 2900, cut to 19”….

Couple of 205y groups.

Perhaps my favorite rifle and by far the most fun to shoot that I own.

Is that a stock 22-250? The case shoulders look improved or a 22cm.


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[Kaleb]

Just going by his powder charge compared to my 22-250AI id say standard 22-250. Darn good shooting rifle looks like.

 

[Tanner]

Is that a stock 22-250? The case shoulders look improved or a 22cm.


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Vanilla 250. When it’s shot out it’ll be an AI or a 22 Creed but this works just fine in a factory barrel for now.

 

[cq0302]

What are guys doing for the 88eldms for powder and charge weight here? Running the 85.5 Berger at 2950 with 38.5hr n560 but have a box of 88s and 80s I’d like to try. Shoots very well .015 off the lands with the bergers, just under .75 5shot at 100