Thinking about a new....

[TCB]

Bolt gun dedicated towards varmits and pigs. Definitely will be suppressed and cut down to 16” to account for the length of the suppressor. I was thinking about a .22-250 but a .243 with a lighter bullet is intriguing as well. I don’t expect shots longer than 400 yards, so nothing extreme in shots.

Thoughts?

[okrattler]

Either one would work and with the lighter bullets in the .243 you wouldn't have much much of an advantage with one over the other. I love my 22-250 but a 58 grain v-max out of a .243 will thump a coyote. Having the ability to shoot heavier bullets for hogs out of the .243 would make me lean towards that over getting the 22-250. Other than that just whichever is cheaper to shoot.

[gatorgrizz27]

400 yds for hogs is outside the wheelhouse for most varmint guns. For 100-200 yds you want light bullets with a lot of speed, but they slow down quickly. For 300-400 yds, you want heavy bullets at more moderate speeds, as they will maintain their energy bullet due to higher BC's.

I'd look at either a fast twist .243 or a 6mm Creedmoor to be able to shoot heavy bullets for pigs and light bullets for varmints.

[Scoobyh]

Both of those cartridges will suffer a good amount of velocity with a 16" barrel. A .308 still produces a decent velocity with that short of barrel, could just shoot a 125gr bullet. Just a option

[kmon]

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=667046&highlight=howa

CZ also makes a neat little mini mauser 527 in the same caliber