Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles Best 221 Fireball Bullet?

The most accurate 50 gr bullet in my M-700 Fireball turned out to be the old-fashioned Sierra Mid-Velocity Blitz soft-point, #1340.

It's best load is H-4198, 18.4 grs, with a Fed 205-M primer, loaded .010" off the lands at 1.900 OAL. Velocity is 3050 fps, which is 50 fps faster than the Remington 50 gr. factory load.

It is not as explosive on squirrels as the 40 gr. bullets, or the plastic-tipped 50 gr. bullets, so I think it might do a good job on the bigger varmints like coyote.

It is easy to have fun with the 221 Fireball.