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Recently got a rem lvsf with 22 " barrel . Could anyone give me any ideas on best powder for 52 grain bullet. I'm hoping to get the most velocity I can with this shorter barrel.
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Either H4895 or Varget would be my choice.
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Barrel length isn't going to matter, what's fastest at 26" will be fastest at 22".
My last .22-250 thrived on slightly excessive amounts of Varget. Its predecessor lived on H380. Both choices were made based on accuracy, not velocity. Doesn't matter how fast you miss.
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No particular powder will help with speed in a short barrel that i know of.
IMR4064, IMR or H 4895 usually gives good accuracy and good speeds.
My current favorite load for 52 and 55 grain bullets is 34.5 gr. of IMR4895
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Im getting 3573 fps out of a 20 inch barrel with a 55 grainer with IMR4895
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How many grains are you using Ingwe?
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My other 22-250 likes 4064...but Ive never clocked it.
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I recently tried 36.0 grains of IMR 4895 with hornady 55 SPs and got sub .75 MOA 5 shot groups but the bolt opened hard and the case heads had ejector marks in them.
34.5 gives me under half MOA and a little over 3600 in a 24" pipe
Goes to show that all barrels are individuals
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Yep. And I knew it was a red-line load....
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4064 has always been a go to powder for the 22-250 as far as I have been concerned but I am liking 4895 lately, or I guess I should say the 22-250 I'm using the most likes it.
One of these days I want to try some ramshot big game if it ever shows up locally again
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33.8 IMR 3031 with 55 vmax works well for mine. Getting 3500 and some change.
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222ND,
I tried a bunch of powders in the .22-250 a year or so ago, and my rifle just happens to be a Savage with a 22" barrel. CFE223 turned out to be the velocity champ with the approximate bullet weight you're interested in, with 40.0 grains getting 3951 fps with the 50-grain V-Max and 39.0 grains getting 3801 with the 53 TSX. Accuracy was good with both loads as well.
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That 50Vmax is packing the mail! I wonder what that powder would do in a Swift?
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Tried the CFE223 in the Swift and the accuracy was nothing to brag about , Rel 15 is the powder for the Swift
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Roger that. I tried RL15 with moly'd 50's a few years back and didn't get the magic speeds everyone was claiming. Speed's not everything, but it IS called the Swift. 
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I've run 3031 with 55's in several '250's. One was a 26", the others 22".
The last one clocked at 3,580 "something" with 35.5 grs 3031 (Sierra 55 BTHP) in a 22" barrel and shot great.
Had good luck with RL15 and the 52 A-Max in a 24" that clocked 3,620-40, but I don't have the exact charge in front of me.
The 3031 load shot better.
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