One word of caution, insulation tape cannot be used to protect the muzzle of.
Male hogs also have very thick skin at the neck once mature. On male deer during the rut or roar, the neck becomes too swollen for the. This cartridge can indeed be used for neck shooting heavier animals up to 120kg (260lb) but only female animals. 222 is best utilized on game weighing less than 40kg (90lb) and up to 60kg (130lb) as a maximum. Stout projectiles tend to produce a narrow, slow bleeding wound which makes exact shot placement just as important as the accuracy required when using explosive projectiles. Whether the hunter utilizes explosive varmint type projectiles or stout premium projectiles is purely personal choice. Because of this, beyond 200 yards, kills can be very slow and wind drift can make exact shot placement difficult. 222 projectiles are not very aerodynamic and lose around 100fps per 25 yards of flight. With conventional projectiles the hunter should expect bullet blow up resulting in a broad but shallow wound and utilize this accordingly. This style of hunting is more akin to bow hunting, a bow hunter who moves immediately after making a hit may lose his or her deer. The meat saver shot should be placed as close to the rear line of the foreleg as possible.
Hunters are cautioned not to aim too far behind the shoulder due to over-compensation. The calmer the animal is at the shot, the less likely it is to move too far. Deer shot with the rear lung/meat saver shot usually move off a little way. The more this shot is angled into the forward chest cavity, the faster the kill. The meat saver is taken behind the foreleg, allowing the bullet to enter without blowing up on the shoulder or ruining the meat. The third point of aim is often referred to as the meat saver shot.
A second point of aim once popular with professional hunters in NZ was the junction between the neck and chest, this is a soft area where the major blood vessels pass through. 222 and leaves at least some room for error. This is the fastest killing shot for the. 222 on medium game the most effective point of aim is the neck or the axis, the junction where the spine meets the skull. 222 on medium game, it is very important to try to avoid major shoulder bones so that the broad and shallow wound occurs almost exclusively within vitals. Beyond this depth the wound channel tends to be very narrow. 222 at close to moderate ranges produces a broad wound channel however the broad wound quickly tapers off as energy is lost, within about 5 to 6” of penetration. With conventional projectiles including all factory ammunition, the. 22 center fires when used on medium game. 222 suffers the same limitations as other. 222 is mostly enjoyed as it was originally intended - as a varmint cartridge. 222 is used similarly by the Inuit peoples of the Arctic. 222 for neck or head shooting Red deer and feral goat.
A few NZ meat hunters continue to use the. 222 is occasionally used in Europe for hunting the lightly built Roe deer. As Red deer numbers diminished in New Zealand, so to did the use of the less than forgiving. This practice was in vogue when game numbers were at an epidemic. Many hundreds of Red deer were taken in NZ with the. 222 was offered to professional deer cullers and meat hunters, again promoted as the ideal medium game cartridge.
Ultimately a long list of unqualified assumptions resulted in a great many wounded game animals.
222 was touted as being an ideal medium game cartridge for women and youths. 222 for many hunters lay in the fact that rifles of this caliber were light and accuracy was easy to obtain with such low recoil. The combination of high velocity and just the right bullet weight were sighted as reasons why this cartridge was perfect for medium game. 222 was surrounded in mystique regarding its suitability for use on medium game. 220 Russian, which is in turn based on the 7.62x39.įor many years the. 22 PPC firing a 52 grain bullet at 3500fps. 22-250 officially introduced in 1965 and then in 1975 with the introduction of the. This success continued and in competition shooting, the. By 1951, when the National Benchrest Shooters Association was officially formed, the. Both benchrest and varminting demanded accurate, light recoiling, high velocity cartridges and the. At the same time the sport of benchrest shooting was newly emerging. 222 Remington was designed primarily as a varmint cartridge. First introduced by Remington in 1950, the.