[FOG]

Otto,

I haven't used the partition in .22 but have used the Nosler 64 gr. bonded, 77 gr. Sierra TMK and limited use of the Barnes bullets in .223/5.56, 22-250, and .220 AI Swift on both Texas deer and hogs.

The Nosler bonded holds togther and expands nicely with good exit holes. I wouldn't go too short on the barrel length with .223 but that isn't a problem with the CZ. In the bigger .22s it is very effective. It is what both my nieces and my god daughter have used in my .220 Swift AI to kill deer and hogs.

The Sierra 77 gr. TMK seems to expand better but doesn't punch through both shoulders as well as the Nosler. I've only witnessed limited use in the bigger .22s and only on deer but it worked.

The Barnes have worked well but with caveats. They seem to be less accurate than the above bullets and more importantly is they foul more. The fouling doesn't seem to play well with other bullet fouling, it fouls faster, when the fouling gets to a point the accuracy really goes South, and it is a pain (as in both Foul out+JB and usually multiple iterations) to clean out.

When I was stationed in NC I would help cull deer up near Greenville on a couple of places. The vast majority fell to an AR using 69 gr. Sierra Mks. The caveat is all but single digits were to head/neck shots. The exceptions were classic broadside shots on smaller deer.

If you like the CZ then you might look at trading up to a 6.5 Grendel in the same rifle for a big step up in power for little increase in recoil.

Jeff Higgins,

My AI Swift is a 700 with a pinned recoil lug so I can switch barrels. I have a Pac-Nor 1-16” three groove obtained on sale for the girls to use. Most fun shooting is with 34 gr. Nosler/Midway Dogtown behind new XMR 4064 that I screwed when I ordered (didn't realize they had changed the formulation from the old good stuff).

S/F, FOG