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All true. So I guess my question should be, if you had to choose...22-250 or 223?
Personal choice? Or is one really better than the other. I WANT a 22-250, but 223 is more available in my gun of choice.

One is not "better" than the other. One is just more powerful and longer range than the other. Depends on what you need it to do. If you like the .22-250, change your gun of choice.

so does the 22-250 have a longer range than the 223? My 25-06 should cover long range.

Can you tell I'm a rifle novice?

Living on the coast with lots of wind, I found 22-250 inadequate for me, too much drift. The 25-06 makes a drefful bang but works best for me on crows, woodchucks, coyotes, foxes.

Hope I can help a bit- Love varmint and precision (sniper grade) rifles- I use a older Sako L579 Forrester BA 22" sporter barrel custom stock glas bedded in .243Win. with a Leupold Vari-X111 4x12x44 AO scope. This is my "main rifle" as we also get shots at both coyotes and red foxes along with woodchucks in the MI farm belt where I shoot-I use Hornady 55grain moly-tips- I also have an older M54 SuperGrade (pre-1940) in .220 Swift- 26" stainless barrel and again, same Leupold scope. I use Hornady 50 grain moly-tips also. Both are deadly out to 400 measured yards, although most of my shots in MI are 200 yards or less. I like the .22-250, almost bought a used Ruger No. 1 single shot with 12x Redfield-for some time the .223, as a military issue round in the M-16 "clones" was scarce in certain areas-now that our Armed Forces in "The Sandbox" are going back to the great M-14, that could change. I use the .243 Win also for pronghorns and other mid-sized soft skinned critters, so that's one reason I like the cal. as it is versatile-I doubt if I would do that with either the .220 Swift or the .22-250, unless I was certain of a standing headshot in profile and could put a round in the animal's ear--Are you going to reload? RWTF

They go down range.... it is a matter of trajectory, drop.

Go here, you can play with comparing factory loads
http://www.remington.com/products/ammunition/ballistics/

The 22-250 shoots flatter. The 25-06 can load a 100gr slug and thus deliver more energy down range.

Which is better? That is your choice.

Pete

Oh yeah the 06 is a BIG gun to plink hogs with. That's why I'm looking for an alternate. I like the 06 a lot but I would like less bang.

I have one rifle for groundhogs, a 222 remington, slightly less a cartridge than the 223. My scope maximum power is 12X and I shoot chucks to 250yards. The 223rem is said to be a 300 yard gun. With my outfit 100yards is a casual shot the 200+ shots get challenging due to buffeting wind on the rifle and the limits of 12X. My experience tells me and accurate rifle with a 18x or 24x scope may make 250-300yds less interesting and then the range of the 22-250 will bring back the thrill(once you get going). Some other things to consider is what you plan for your expanded setup. I use a simple folding chair and a tripod to steady my shot. If your planning on shooting from a mobile bench, my guess is that in short order your going to want to shoot longer ranges(=22-250). Actually in my area if I was buying a second gun it would be a .17hmr as I have many places with lots of hogs, but with homes in close proximity I would rather not draw much attention from. Get an accurate rifle and a good power scope and start shooting. If you have long range shooting available go long range with you outfit. I personally find making a hit at 100yards my responsibilty to the farmer, a hit at 200+ a thrill and a miss at any range very annoying. Kurt

Bet that Romanian trainer didn't look like this.
I shot more crows with this rifle filled with Eley sub-sonics than all my pure varmint cals put together.

LG, your piss ant .22LR has nothing to do with this discussion!