Resurrecting an old thread.
I recently purchased a a Rem 700 BDL- DOM is Feb 1967.
It came with 100 rounds of old hand loads dated back to the late 70's and early 80's. Not sure of I want to trust in someone else's old hand loads.
Currently I have 100 new Lapua .222 Rem Match cases.
The rifle has a 1:14 twist.
My stock of bullets for this rate of twist is:
36g Barnes Varmint Grenades
40g Nosler BT's
50g Nosler BT's
55g Nosler BT's
52g HPBT Matchkings
52g Berger FB Varmint
52g Hrnady Amax
55g Hornady Vmax
Although I have never loaded them, Dennisinaz tell's me that the flat base bullets are a pain in the arse to load due to problems trying to seat them.
Any of you .222 shooters have any recommendations ?
I currently have the following rifle powders on hand hta may be suitable for this cartridge. I really don't want to buy more powder if I don't need to.
H4198
H322
IMR8028
Tac
IMR4395
IMR4064
CFE223
H380
Shooters World Tactical
Shooters World Match
So, what has worked best for you ?
I'm not so much concerned about milking out every FPS of velocity as I am about getting the very best accuracy. My thoughts are, if I can accurately hit what I'm aiming at that the bullet will do it's intended job.
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