Impressive terminal effect from 22-250 Striker

Just went out pr. doggin' 2 days ago with buddy Mitch, and his 22-250 Striker shooting the 60 JLK LD's. His load is pushing the 60 @ 3250 from the factory barrel. This bullet has a BC of .339 and is terrific for long-range shooting, BUT i didn't know what to expect for terminal effect. Mitch got set up on a dbl. just off their mound @ about 165 yds., and when he shot we saw the head of 1 of the dogs go flying away from the rest of it about 5 ft. from the dog, and he got both of them with 1 shot. The terminal effect of that bullet was impressive to say the least--about as good as i've ever seen from a bench-style bullet, and could be just the ticket for coyotes to intermediate ranges with this rig. We're gonna find out this year.

Steve where is the best place to get the JLK bullets from?

Sweet. I wonder how far they would perform like that? I've used the 50gr VM's (3350fps MV) out to 400yds on g-hogs w/ GREAT results. At 500yds they still pop a water filled jug w/ authority.

Hey KW-- i kinda screwed up here-- i made it sound like it's still avaliable, but it's not. Jimmy Knox sold the operation to Steve Mulholland (i think that's his name) @ www.swampworks.com. Steve's not gonna make any of the LD designs right now, but he said he may in the future (unless some put some pressure on him). If u can find some tho, they'll give u the best ballsitics around for their weight/barrel twist rate--

14 twist- 52 gr.- BC=.302
12 twist- 60 gr.- BC=.339
10 twist (factory 223 WSSM's)- 65gr.- BC=.395

Dan-- that is the big ?. We hope to find out soon. Here's the 500 yd. figures for like conditions--

bullet/energy/vel/10mph W/ele.

50V-Max/285/1600/6.75MOA/9.75
60JLK/505/1950/4.5/8.25

Look at the vel. figures-- 350 fps. more velocity for a 10 gr. heavier bullet started 100 fps. slower and hits almost 2X as hard. More than 10" less wind drift and 7.5" less drop-- phenomenal performance.

IMO the LD (not VLD) bullet could very well be the bullet of choice for intermediate range varminting (out to 500-600 yds), as it has a higher BC than std. weight bullets at an even lighter weight, IF terminal ballistics is there. Can u imagine the potential of these bullets at higher velocity from the 223 WSSM case? That's the niche for that cartridge IMO in a factory configuration, that is, as THE factory intermediate range 22 cal. varmint case/bullet.

I convinced a long-range shooter once to try the 52's out of his Cooper 22-250, and he couldn't believe how well it performed over his 50 Ballistic Tips.

Steve...I completely understand that BC is king! I'm planning on slinging a bunch of 162gr A-Max's from the WSM when it arrives...and hopefully they will work on deer. That .625BC is tough to beat unless I jump to a bigger VLD, the 160AB is only .531.

Thanks Steve
Figures I just see something interesting to shoot and they discontinue them...lol