I find it interesting, I've always not liked the 22-250 (as much, that is) because of the slow barrel twist rates since you couldn't shoot the heavier 22 cal bullets, like even the 68/69 grain or 75/77 grain. I always thought the round was handicapped because of this reason. I have always thought a 22-250 would be ideal with an 8" or 7" twist barrel. Others think going to a faster twist is a crazy idea. I find that interesting.

It's a near perfect round for loading the heavy bullets. The cartridge is short enough to fit and feed out of any standard 308 magazine, even when seating the 80-90 grain bullets out long. There's no feeding issues with magazine room to deal with. The only lacking was the barrel twist. Sure a 55 grain is fast and flat, and I'm sure will kill a yote dead. But beyond 200-300 yards, it will lose too much speed and have an insane amount of wind drift. Stepping up to the heavier bullets will greatly improve the performance of the round for longer shots, and still work perfectly on varmints, and even deer. Just my

And, to this day guys want to shoot prairie dogs with something that blows them to smithereens, not poke a hole in em.

And, to this day guys want to shoot prairie dogs with something that blows them to smithereens, not poke a hole in em.

And, to this day guys want to shoot prairie dogs with something that blows them to smithereens, not poke a hole in em.

Thread isn’t derailed at all. Great discussion!!

New option on the table would be a 7.5 Muller or 7.7 bartlein- the 7 twist sold out.

If you went to a light weight varmint bullet, like a 40 grain V-max or SP, the fast twist can vaporize the bullet in flight. Basically, spin the bullet so fast that the jacket comes apart and destroys the bullet in flight.

What does the 22-250 AI gain over the standard 22-250?

220swift speeds basically.

Not to derail the OP thread but what reason would there ever be to put a slow twist barrel on a gun if you have the choice not to? My 8 twist 22-250 shoots 77s great and shoots 52 Bergers as good as my 14" twist Savage did. Assuming some day I decided to shoot small bullets out of it what am I giving up with an 8 vs a 12 or 14?

Yup.

Mo fasta!

I may be showing my ignorance but I think this can be accomplished pretty reasonably by a gunsmith with the factory Tikka I have?

I want to cut it to 18-20” anyway so great. Any idea what this costs?

Re-chamber and thread, I'm aware of a guy that's $300-ish. Machined to .0005"