I have a minty 222 over 20 gauge 24V-A.
I have a minty 222 over 20 gauge 24V-A.
I took my second deer ever a long (long, long) time ago with the 222 barrel and a reduced load 50 gr bullet (as a teenager then, I theorized that a reduced load for an MV of 2300 FPS would reduce fragmentation and increase penetration). The deer might have taken three steps after hit. Later that 24V went to college in Oregon with me and took plenty of ducks, pheasant, a few geese, grouse, and a couple more deer with rifled slugs.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |