Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles Favorite 222 Remington loads for Tikka T3

Yeah, I prefer 40's in .222's myself, especially plastic-tips.

I used the 40 gr. Blitz King and LT-32 a bit on one of those towns last June, using a mix of new Lapua and NOS Herters cases.
I wish I had used it a bit on the "cattle pasture" the next day, but I'm glad I gunned a 204 a bit.

It worked pretty darn good for popping the dogs good inside 200 yards; but the ones inside that "sweet spot" have a tendency not to last long!

If one could shoot numbers "all day long" inside 250 yards and keep the wind under 15, one (maybe two) 222's shooting 40's would be all one needs for entertainment, IMHO.

One has to do a lot of shooting to get a 222 too hot.

When I started reloading in 1974 I quickly hit on that load, 19.5 grains 4198, with 50 grain Sierra SP's. Shot bugholes and killed woodchucks and crows at ungodly distances with my 788. I never looked back.

I've only done some preliminary testing with LT-32 in .222 Rem, three sessions with 50-grain V-Max and one session just this morning with 40-grain Ballistic Tips. Each time I have seen sub-1/2" groups. This morning I saw 23.0 grains of LT-32 deliver five 40-grain BTs into .33 inch. The stuff is freekin magic!

[color:#FF9900][/color] Finally got around to testing the LT-30 and 40 gr Ballistic tips.....no groups out of my new Tikka went over 1/2" at 100 yards. Never played with seating depth, primer..... several 3 shot groups were one hole Thanks for info on this powder.... will be buying a couple 8 lb jugs soon

My 222 load for many years was 20.0 grains of IMR 4198. Also 20.5 grains of RL7. Now I use 21.5 grains of N130. All three run around 3,200 fps. With 40 grainers I like 24.0 grains of AA 2200 for around 3,500 fps.

My rifle is a rebarreled 1950s Sako Vixen with Canjar single-set trigger. Barrel is a 23" Hart sporter weight. I have owned this rifle since the late 1980s and love it.

On another predator forum a well known shooter says he loads his with 40gn noslers, cci450s and 26-27 gns of H355 and is getting 3700+fps with superb accuracy.

Ive got some preliminary starter loads readied for testing this combination, just havent been able to get to the range yet...

In 2006 mine liked 22.5 of Win 748 50gr Nos BT. Time to clean the cobwebs out of the 22 cals.

Glad the LT-30 worked out!

I've had great luck with both LT 30 and 32 so far.

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One last bit of fiddling with LT-32 this morning...good news/bad news.

MD says LT-30 is the berries for 40-grain bullets and I have not tried that. I have been messing with LT-32 though, using both 40-grain BTs and 50-grain V-Max. I have seen some very nice results with LT-32 and 40-grainers, but I wish I had a nickel for every combination I've tried that was magic one day and dung on another.

Today my 40-grain BTs turned in an average just under 3/4" for five each, five-shot groups. Best was .49 inch, worst was 1" even. Not so hot.

Next, I shot five each five-shot groups of 50-grain V-Max powered by LT-32. Group sizes went .28, .45, .62, .37, and .43 inch for an average of .43 inch. I think I can live with that. Charge weight was 21.0 grains even, if anyone is curious.

I'll be sticking with the 50-grain V-Max since I have a ton of em.

A medium to top load of H-322 and 40 gr Blitzkings or B/tips does very well with all of my 222's.

i like the 40 grain sierra plastic tip and the 40 grain hornady v max in my Remington 700 .222.

my stuff it in any gun and get half inch groups is

21.5 grains reloader 7
Winchester case
40 v max
cci primer
2.142 on the length.

with the sierra 40 grainer I like imr 4198 at the same length as the above load and also in Winchester case

25.5 grains h335 in a Remington case with a cci br4 and a barnes 45 grain tsx will poke holes through the vitals of a whitetail from just about any angle.

I ran 40 Vmax over Lil Gun at 3700 in a BDL sporter. Very accurate.. seems like the 3's @100 yds.

My Mohawk liked 50 RP PLHP over BLC-2, 10 in a dime to nickel sized groups.

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Nosler 40 gr bt or Sierra 40gr with Re 7 has put the the hurt on thousands of prairie dogs for me.

A Tikka in .222 has got to be a real stick-in-the-eye to the short-action crowd, almost like an M70 Hornet! Sounds like it's a shooter.

Have you tried any .22LR or .22 mag equivalent loads? Those can be fun and useful.

I've found that 21.0 grains of LT32 under a 50-grain V-Max shoots *lights out.*

I shoot a similar load of H335 in my .222 with 40gr noslers. Excellent accuracy. I got the load out of the old Varmint Hunters magazine in the early to mid 90's I believe.

IMR 4198 and a 52gr Amax . Been meaning to try some new powders in it.. but it’s already nearly perfect. I really like the 52 amax in the 222.