Phil9 Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) Sorry guys to many ignorant people on that post ,, who talk down to you,not got time for fools like that,, I made a mistake ok but they all jump on the band wagon,, not all the replys just a few. Edited March 31, 2015 by Phil9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 are you saying the 22/250 is less powerfull than the .223 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 22-250 is more powerful than 223 but both are good fox rounds personally I'd get a 22-250 out to 300 but either will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil9 Posted March 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 are you saying the 22/250 is less powerfull than the .223 ?sorry mate worded that wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggiegun Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Think you need to more homework on your C/F rifles before applying for anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) I don't think you realize what shooting at 200 yrds at night is really like , let alone 300 yrds I think a 22/250 will struggle at 300 yrds even in he right hands , forgot to add ..I mean stuggle as in hitting your target at 300 yrds , the 22/250 is a great calibre but it can be a bit flighty at long range , and at 300 yrds a foxes vitals are NOT very big . Edited March 31, 2015 by stevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 sorry mate worded that wrong Yep, so what did you mean to say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 The 22-250 is a great calibre. Just what do you expect from a 22-250 that a .223 won't deliver? The difference is a few fps and a few pennies a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazed Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I don't think you realize what shooting at 200 yrds at night is really like , let alone 300 yrds I think a 22/250 will struggle at 300 yrds even in he right hands ,[/quote 200 yards is a fair old lick in the dark lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 ,[/quote 200 yards is a fair old lick in the dark lol. knuckle bump to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Its a good 200 yds in daylight as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I've shot a 22/250 for night foxing for more years than I care to remember. Tikka T3 Hunter. Lovely gun and I wouldn't swap it. At night off the top of the truck up to 200 yds should be OK if the conditions are right. Beyond about 220 you go into the unknown unless it is absolutely calm and you have time. However, you don't usually have time with a lamp. With NV it is all a bit calmer but you usually can't see the animal so well. 300 is stretching it a bit. My longest ever was 280. Now I know I'm not the hottest shot on the block by a long way but I've been at it for a long time. Stick to 200- and you'll be OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 As has been said by everyone there is ****** all real difference between the 3 at normal ranges. I'd have a look round ur local gunshops or online to see wot is the most popular locally, i think (and i may be wrong, been a while since i looked for a rifle) that 223 tend to be a popular lowland scottish rifle while 222's seem more popular in Eng (well N eng) and ur 22.250's are more a highland hill keepers rifle. Dunno why but sometimes u do find a certain calibre more common in some areas The single most important thing u will ever learn about lamping foxes is DO NOT MISS, ur far better off leaving it for another nite if something not quite right (distance, firing position) not shooting at a fox does no harm,missing 1 on the lamp is the worst thing u can do. Forget all ur fancy head shots or long distances all u want is a dead fox, give me 50-100m chest shots all day long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 The single most important thing u will ever learn about lamping foxes is DO NOT MISS, ur far better off leaving it for another nite if something not quite right (distance, firing position) not shooting at a fox does no harm,missing 1 on the lamp is the worst thing u can do. Forget all ur fancy head shots or long distances all u want is a dead fox, give me 50-100m chest shots all day long Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Yep. I agree with all of grandalfs comments. 99% of all the foxes I have shot have been a good square on chest /heart/lung shots. I shoot a. 220 swift which is about the punchyest. 22 CF you can get ( think it still is) and I would say 250 ish yards is about the Max I can reliably kill them at. Though like most others would much rather take a shot under 100 yards anyday of the week. I shot one last week's at 226 yards. But those kinds of shots are in reality so few and far between. But I wish you all the best with what ever you go for mucker. when my rifle is shot out. It will be replaced with a. 222 Atb Edited April 1, 2015 by stevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 As has been said by everyone there is ****** all real difference between the 3 at normal ranges. The single most important thing u will ever learn about lamping foxes is DO NOT MISS, ur far better off leaving it for another nite if something not quite right (distance, firing position) not shooting at a fox does no harm,missing 1 on the lamp is the worst thing u can do. Forget all ur fancy head shots or long distances all u want is a dead fox, give me 50-100m chest shots all day long Oh how I wish people would take this advice. I very rearly came across a lamp shy fox years ago but since fox shooting has become a sport we seem to get more and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Oh how I wish people would take this advice. I very rearly came across a lamp shy fox years ago but since fox shooting has become a sport we seem to get more and more. Couldn't agree more Charlie. art form and field craft has been replaced to a degree with gizmos / gadgets and to much long range usa varmit style shooting. For years all I had was a. 22lr a shotgun. A mate with a lamp and three home made calls. And anything over 100 yards was considered a stupid shot buy most. Now sometimes I can that many lamps scouting across the field it's like a Jean Michael jare concert haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 A bit like keyboards Yes indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Couldn't agree more Charlie. art form and field craft has been replaced to a degree with gizmos / gadgets and to much long range usa varmit style shooting. For years all I had was a. 22lr a shotgun. A mate with a lamp and three home made calls. And anything over 100 yards was considered a stupid shot buy most. Now sometimes I can that many lamps scouting across the field it's like a Jean Michael jare concert haha How true. I'd hate to think how many 100's I shot with a little .22rf and shotgun, now all we hear is how using one is not upto the job, shows no respect for your quarry, prone to rickosheys, and goodness knows whatelse. Talking of lamps, for years all we had was a motorbike battery wired to a headlamp !!!, how things have changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Haha yes we did the same. At one point we even Used.to paint the lens on the lamp in red for A filter. Crude but done the job.I can Also remember one night me and my mate went out in the feild not to shoot but to try out our new lamp with our custom ( bogged up) handle anyways he was giving it a good road testing then passed it our to me. At which point the lamp fell off our custom handle. In an attempt not to drop the lamp I just grabbed it....... Sweet jesus the lamp glass was so bloody hot I could smell the skin on my hands burning haha. And so for the next 30 seconds there's me and my mate throwing this bloody head lamp back and forth till we finally put it down. Turn out all glue we had used to stick it all together had melted with the heat... Ahhhh yes the good old days. Edited April 1, 2015 by stevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 My first lamp was a 'yacht deck searchlight' - Well that's what it said on the side of it. I found it behind the seat of my 'new' series 2 landy. B***** useless thing but it was the best we had and it found foxes. When the bulb went I couldn't find a replacement and purchased a Lightforce lamp. That was useless too by modern standards but we could see for miles and miles and miles by comparison. Now I use NV - How times have changed. Still got the same 22/250 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Talking of lamps, for years all we had was a motorbike battery wired to a headlamp !!!, how things have changed. Doesn't that bring back memories... First filter was the orange cellophane wrapping paper off a lucozade bottle..yep, how things have changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose man Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Oh the days of motorbike batteries & headlamps , our first one was about a foot across , the handle was copper pipe my pal braised on & luxury of luxury a rubber grip of an old motorbike ,'battery weighed enough , the lamp was as heavy & lit up most of Essex when you switched it on , can't think of how many coats and trousers fell to bits due to the battery acid leaking ..the good old days ...NOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadWasp Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Back in those heady days lamping, to the local lads in Cornwall, meant a bike headlamp and battery in a plywood box.....'nightmaster' probably meant their gran's heated blanket ...or worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 meant a bike headlamp and battery in a plywood box. Is that the same as hiding your lamp under a bushel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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