Originally Posted By: GreatCanadianP.S
In all you have stated above, 2 great points stand out. Firstly, when moving to heavier bullet, you will give up some trajectory (everything else being equal of course). The move to a larger cartridge often is the better decision. Secondly, a 55 grain bullet will be just as deadly as a 75 grain bullet at NORMAL hunting distances. Absolutely correct. Along with shot placement. It's why I use a 165 grain bullet in my .308 instead of 180 grain (well that and my .308 just shoots much more accurately with 165 grain in my gun). Always. It's just as deadly at distances I will shoot, and maintains a better trajectory. My 9-twist .223 will handle bullets larger than 55 grain, but it's as heavy as I hunt with. I do use cheap steel cartridge 62 grain for plinking, but not for hunting. And why don't I use a .243? Illegal here outside of big game season.
My only disagreement with your post is that the OP should have stated his hunting requirements. Nah, no need to provide all information. Answer the question posed, and if you want to suggest a caliber outside what is mentioned in the opening post, do so with reasoning, not just stating that "If you had any common sense you'd get a .243". Cheers man, and happy hunting.
GC
Its the internet where anyone can say whatever they want. Hence my response to you. Besides, as someone stated, a 10" twist barrel in a 22-250 is kind of a thing of the past in today's world. The OP posed his comments in 2013, IIRC.
I just noticed that I defined slower twist barrels as being "(2" and 14")" in my post and I also mis-stated barrel twist slower versus faster comparisons. I changed it there and wanted to note it here.
"I could easily live with only slower twist rifles (12" and 14") in 223 and 22-250 but I have each in faster twist barrels that do nothing special or magical for me. Others no doubt will disagree.........."