.22-250 Softpoints are devastating!

[Andi]

Try it. ;)
Downing roos so quickly with the softpoints, it's not even funny. Good damage and penetration.
Today I'm gonna test the .223 with them. I feel they got a good buff too.
Maybe all of the sp?
Anyone tried?
Have a great day y'all. :)

[VictoriaHuntress]

soft-points are effective on smaller game (1-4, maybe low weight 5's) because the body size is small enough that the bullet has a high probability of reaching a vital organ, and the
expansion does a lot of tissue damage along the way. Small animals will also bleed out from damaged blood vessels in the wound channel, and there is a high probability that they won't survive, even if a vital organ is missed.

For larger game, 5-9, the much larger body size means that a bullet has more tissue to penetrate to reach a vital organ, so polymer-tips are better. For those big animals, at least one vital organ is needed for a one shot kill and relatively fast expiry.

[MaTPlaneciak]

After last update, every weapon (not just rifles) seems to be more effective.

[Andi]

Originally posted by MaTPlaneciak:

After last update, every weapon (not just rifles) seems to be more effective.

Yup. Rather the ammo. I just finished a 3hr testing, using pretty much any caliber plus softpoints for each, on lvl 9 animals as well.
Seems like softpoints received a buff in penetration from what I can tell so far.
If that turns out to be true and consistent, it finally would give the sp a better use. ;)

[Stocky]

I havent had much luck with the 22-250 and i dont know why
After shooting around 5 goats a handful of roos (roos werent an issue) and stepping it up to some larger deer species like fallow i found the 250 underwhelming

The 223 actually performed better in every scenario besides the roos
While we are on the topic as well, why would they put kangaroos as a size 4 - it makes no sense.

I am from australia and can assure everyone that a roo is far easier to take down than a pig. Roos fold like noodles from just about any calibre
Our natives hunted them with boomerangs with ease there is absolutely no logical reason they should be a class 4
They should be 2-3

[Leadmagnet]

Originally posted by Stocky:

I havent had much luck with the 22-250 and i dont know why
After shooting around 5 goats a handful of roos (roos werent an issue) and stepping it up to some larger deer species like fallow i found the 250 underwhelming

What was the average range of the shots on the Fallow deer and how far away from 90 degrees was the shot taken? What I've found with the poly tip ammo is that it is a pretty consistent single lung hit (with proper shot placement) but you've got a tracking job more often than not. The one shot that has stood out so far was a single lung hit on a boar at 37 yards. It was at a slight angle and behind the shoulder but just didn't have the penetration I thought it'd have.

[Mr L]

308 & 338 soft points are awesome to Deer Moose

[Tuna]

I have a 356.34 metre shot on a hog deer with 0.00m tracking using the 22-250 softs. It was a 48kg buck with a Flesh, RIght Lung 100% on the first shot.

I have always used softs just because if you screw up and miss an organ they'll bleed more, often with a polymer if I do a flesh hit they'll stop bleeding before they die... Just have to get closer for bigger animals when using softs, less than 80m ideally.