There is always the old 25 Remington.
.257 Ferret - looking for this wildcat and information
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Standard velocity 22LR makes a fine small game round with or without a muffler. You also have 9mm and 45acp that are common carbine cartridges that are slow enough already.
IMO there would not be much difference between a 120grain 257 and a 180grain 308 - maybe 30 to 50 yrd on medium game. Both are too big for small game.
I prefer 200grainers myself. They will bring the mail at 1100fps. I can toss these at 1450 so I may go to a 240grn similar cast bullet and shorten the brass a little more - OAL is 1.6" and use a 10:1 twist 18" barrel. Brass and lead are pretty much free so primer and powder is around 16 cent per round.
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IMO there would not be much difference between a 120grain 257 and a 180grain 308 - maybe 30 to 50 yrd on medium game. Both are too big for small game.
I prefer 200grainers myself. They will bring the mail at 1100fps. I can toss these at 1450 so I may go to a 240grn similar cast bullet and shorten the brass a little more - OAL is 1.6" and use a 10:1 twist 18" barrel. Brass and lead are pretty much free so primer and powder is around 16 cent per round.
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