Federal Premium Sierra Blitzking Ammo

[kenbev]

What are the pros and cons of this ammo?

[BBF]

What ??
Well, you can't hunt dangerous game with it

[cwlongshot]

IIRC, its very fragile/fragment-able bullet. Designed for varmints.

CW

[kenbev]

Wonder what it would do on Whitetails?

[ctk1981]

If the shot is placed well it will kill deer without a problem.  Strike something hard with those bullets and they disintegrate on impact.

[j104wd]

the blitzkings are for vamints do not use them on deer. you need the gameking or prohunters from sierra for deer hunting.That being said what caliber and what are your intentions with it. Sierra makes excellent bullets but each gun is different.

[cwlongshot]

the blitzkings are for varmints do not use them on deer. you need the gameking or prohunters from sierra for deer hunting.That being said what caliber and what are your intentions with it. Sierra makes excellent bullets but each gun is different.

 I couldn't agree more.

 Will it kill a Whitetail, sure it will so will a Ball-peen hammer.....

 Its each of our responsibility to be a responsible hunter, when you kill, do so quickly and humanely.

CW

[kenbev]

As most of you fellows know, I am a Handi Holic. I have 38 different calibers in the Handi Rifle. I want to take a whitetail deer with each caliber. This particular caliber will probably be fired one time at a whitetail and then go back to varmits or into the safe. I have found some of this ammo at a real reasonable price. I don't want to spend $30+ dollars for a box of ammo when I will only need one round. (If I can hit what I shoot at) I will probably buy this ammo, take one neck shot and retire this rifle from deer hunting....If you really need to know the caliber, it is a 220 Swift....

[chutesnreloads]

IF you make a neck shot it'll most certainly drop the deer.Don't be suprised if there's no exit wound.I shot one and only one deer with a .223 using 55 grain Nosler Balistic tips.He went right down for the count but there was no exit.The neck bone was like pea gravel.I'd especially advise against using these bullets on a large whitetail even with a neck shot.These are NOT bullets to kill deer with.I've taken several deer with a .223 and it will kill deer with one shot.Please pick a different bullet.Winchester makes a load with their 64 grain bullet and you can probably find a load with a 60 grain  Nosler Partition or Barnes tsx if you must kill a deer with it.Just my 2 cents.

[j104wd]

x2 on the nosler partion I know they load it for the 223 so they probably offer it in the swift as well

[jeepmann1948]

Out here in the wild west of Texas , 22 centerfire rifles are very popular. Over the last 30 years I have hunted whitetails with various 22 caliber bullets with great success. Shot placement is critical to clean one shot kills, but a properly place shot in the Texas whitetail will drop them as if they were hit by the hammer of Thor! In addation to my personal experience I have been associated with a youth hunting group. Children are brought in from Childrens homes and allowed to go hunting. "Small" caliber firearms are the rule not the exception.The camp owns 42 centerfire rifles, of which half of them are 222 rem  over the past 40 plus years they have accounted for over 16,000 animals. The 222's kill just as quick as the 243's.
  Again shot placement is important, however the hydrostatic shock  of a small fast bullet kills faster than a larger slow moving bullet. I personally have shot the Texas whitetail with 17 to 45 caliber firearms and have found the 22's to be much more effective that a slow moving 357 or 44 mag . ( bet this gets lots of replies)

[quickdtoo]

Please note that Ken is inquiring about loaded ammo, not bullets for handloading, he doesn't handload so please limit your suggestions to appropriate over the counter ammo. 

thanks,

Tim

[jeepmann1948]

I made my remarks based on the effects of factory ammo as it is all that is used at the kids camp.They use Federal or Remington that is donated by  different folks. The 222 is 50 grain and the 243 is 85 grain. I have used both factory and reloaded ammo for my personal use though . Factory 22-250,220 Swift,223 all kill just as fast and humanely as my top of the list reloads. A 50 gr 223 factory load drops a deer just as fast as my custom 22Cheetah 60 gr traveling at 4060 fps (or for that matter my 338 win mag with 200 grain bullets)

[cwlongshot]

Personally I would not have even posted if I had known this was another 22 for deer question. 

My personal opinion is its too small, doesn't off any room for error and should only be used in extreme circumstances or by the most responsible and experienced hunters. If you are one that is qualified is not for me to say. But if there is a question in your head about it. I'll offer that you are likely not so qualified.

 Will it work ADSOLUTELY YES it will, is it the best, absolutely not. Sierra and all other bullet manufactures make bullets for most all situations. If it didn't matter they wouldn't offer different bullets.

Again, this is just my personal opinion.

CW

[kevinsmith5]

Wouldn't this be a little like tryiing to use a premium 22 mag to kill a deer?  In some states anything under .25 cal is not legal on deer.

[kenbev]

All that I asked was your opinion on this type ammo.

[ctk1981]

As P.O. Ackley put it, there are some spectacular kills with the .220 swift on large game....and there are also some spectacular failures with the .220 swift.  For what its worth, in his first book he stated he had taken mule deer, large burro's at long ranges, and other game and did autopsies to inspect wound channel etc.  They were all clean kills.  However, bullet selection is key......a varmint bullet is not ideal.  Alot comes into play, including velocity at impact, what is struck, type of bullet, etc.....it can be done, but it is not recommended.  A partition bullet or controlled expansion would be more ideal (and what the author of the article had used).  Unsure what there is available in .220 swift factory as it is commonly loaded for varmints.

I know a local guy who has taken several deer with a .223 loaded with 50 grain v-maxes...in all cases they were one shot kills. 

[quickdtoo]

Here ya go Ken, 60gr Partitions, 55gr TBBC and 53gr TSX. 

Tim

http://www.cpcartridge.com/220swift-V.htm