What calilber for my SA build?

[yobuck]

Do you reload? If you don't then you'd probably be wasting time on a .260, 6.5 Creedmoor, or .22-250 for any kind of longer range work. .260 and 6.5 CM just aren't cartridges you'll find everyday unless your shopping online, and the .22-250 just doesn't use bullets heavier than 55 grains which aren't the best for longer range shooting. So if you don't reload I'd really look at the .308 or .243 as the best options for ammunition availability, but only because you don't want the .223. Although my daughter (10 years old) had been using the .223 and 55 grain TSX to hammer whitetail for the last two

b.s. i rechambered my savage 223 with a 9 twist to a 22x250ai.
no problem with 69 gr bullets at all. never tried heavier but they might work also.

[taylorce1]

b.s. i rechambered my savage 223 with a 9 twist to a 22x250ai.
no problem with 69 gr bullets at all. never tried heavier but they might work also.

What part of my statement was BS? I simply stated that if the OP doesn't reload, then the .22-250 is a waste of time. There is very little factory ammunition out there for the .22-250 heavier than 55 grains, and what there is runs a flat based semi-spitzer bullet that doesn't have any better BC than a 55 grain bullet.

Sure the 55 grain .22-250 will reach 600 yards, but there are better long range ammunition options for the .223 if you have the right twist. I'd stick to the .223 before going with a .22-250 and being stuck with factory ammunition. If the OP does reload then everything I said was moot.

[yobuck]

What part of my statement was BS? I simply stated that if the OP doesn't reload, then the .22-250 is a waste of time. There is very little factory ammunition out there for the .22-250 heavier than 55 grains, and what there is runs a flat based semi-spitzer bullet that doesn't have any better BC than a 55 grain bullet.

Sure the 55 grain .22-250 will reach 600 yards, but there are better long range ammunition options for the .223 if you have the right twist. I'd stick to the .223 before going with a .22-250 and being stuck with factory ammunition. If the OP does reload then everything I said was moot.

well if you take the time to read the op and look at the pictures you might see why i said that.
at least to my old eyes that looks like a loading press attached to a very nice loading bench
and he did mention 22x250?