Fairly new to reloading and finding to much info on the web.

Have a CZ 550 and will be shooting 40 to 55gr bullets at 100 to 600 yards. Was looking at the IMR3031 but a buddy says it leaves residue and to go with the Varget. Any input?

36 grains of varget and 50 gr bullet.

Try what you got.

H380 is bueno.

TAC is good too.



Travis

I like Big Game powder with 50 - 55 gr bullets.

H380 is the only one that'll get you the whole way out to 600 yards....

Travis got the H-380 for the 22.250 right this time without editing. Holy sheep dip, surprises all around. Musta took away from his hispanic fudge pounding.

38 grs H-380. Start at max COAL and work in .005 increments to find the sweet spot . After ya find seating depth, work up on charge.

Swifty

Varget is a good powder no doubt. Doesn't do very well with a powder measure. Reloader 15 is another powder that is right in line with Varget. Seems like I can get a little more velocity out of Reloader 15. The powder I am taking a liking to is IMR 8208XBR. Shoots really good in my 250.

H380 is a good powder for the 250 and its really easy to find a load with. But I tend to stay away from in the summer. Other good powders to mention are Ramshot Big Game, Accurate 2700, IMR 4064, IMR 4007SSC.

REALLY !!!!! let's hear some kind of reasoning with some basis in fact.....or ficton.

Can you say 'tongue in cheek'?


Geez, the joke loses something when you have to explain it....

I've gone to RL-15 for 22-150. H380 would be another powder to try...I'll pass on the Varget.

You're starting a day early to be a Turkey rockchuck

I use H380. It was the first powder I tried in my 22-250, I dumped 38 grs. into a few cases and seated a 55 gr. ballistic tip to kiss the lands then shot them, the first group went into one hole. I figured load workup was done and haven't seen a reason to change it since. It meters very well through the powder measure so I just set it and start throwing, makes it easy when loading 500 rounds for a prairie dog hunt. 38 grs. is a mild load (41 max from hodgdon) but still gives me over 3600 fps out of my rifle. I don't like throwing charges from a powder measure near max loads, but at 3 grs. under max I just throw them and go, it won't hurt anything if the measure throws a little heavy from time to time.

My favorite powder in the 22-250 is IMR 4320

I use RL 7 and IMR 4895 more than anything else.. but AR Comp is doing good things for accuracy also...

I have used IMR3031 in my 22-250 for years. Sure doesn't leave any residue in mine. Better accuracy with 3031 than any other powder i have tried.

IMR 3031 is one of the most unrated and overlooked powder on the market. Hard to beat in the 22-250 and 308 Win

Had good luck with W-W 748 and mag. primers, with a 50 grain bullet in my old 22-250 back in the early 70's

Shot the barrel out after many years of this load.

Virgil B.

had a 22/250 in a 40x that never shothe way i thought it should,until i read an article by warren page stating that 32 to 34 grs of imr 3031 was what early benchresters used. it made my 40x a one holer.

Ed

While Hodgdon is calling it CFE 223, I'm really liking it for my 22-250. With 50gr bullets, 37gr of CFE 223 will sling them out at better than 100 fps more than 38g of 380 with equal accuracy. Speeds running 3,850-3,900 fps depending on the bullet used from a 26" heavy varmint contour with 1x14 twist.

I'm just using the minimum load from the Hodgdon website at 37gr. I did move it up to just 38gr and got better than 4,000 fps, but didn't really need any more speed than what 37gr gave me. Clean up is easier too.

I couldn't get the velocity they published with CFE 223 in 204 Ruger or 223 Rem, but accuracy was okay. Shoots pretty well in 243 Win as well with the lighter bullets.

Just my experience yours may be different of course.

When I had my 22-250, my favored load was 35.5-36.0gr Varget under a Sierra 55gr bthp, Win cases. Very accurate in my rifle[Savage 112]MV avg around 3600-3650.

Max speed with good accuracy will be with Win 760, in a vssf I got 3850 out of the 55g Win/nosler combined tech bullets with 40.5g and win primer, can't even come close with the naked 55's.
This load shot 1 1/2" at 400 yds on a calm day.

ZACP
Do you have the laminate or the Kevlar stock. I have both tho I haven't had the chance to wring out the Kevlar one yet.
50gr Nosler BT 35 gr Varget Winch case and WLR primer got me 3750 fps and will shoot 5 shot 1/2 " all day long
40 gr BT 37.0 gr IMR 4064 got 4060 fps and the Pdogs do not like it a bit.
You need to try Accurate 2520
40 gr BT on top of 37 gr got me 4080 and 1/2 " groups with no heat problems and shoots very clean. Runs thru a measure like water.

I would agree if we were talking .222, but putting the 50 as the suffix means RL15...

50 vmax over 37gr of R15 shoots awesome in my Kimber 22-250

RL 7 will run them easily at about 3750 fps.. despite what others think....

no one looks at Rl 7 anymore.. because it has been around so long... same thing with IMR 3031...

You guys that are using RL15 powder, any of you try it with 40gr Nosler BT's? I got both on hand and will be the first combo I try once my new 22-250 shows up.

no but factory book loads will run them at 4130 fps predicted.. and up that a grain, and it will run them 300 fps faster...

convert that over to a 35 NTX lead free and you are way over 4500 fps...

ackley33806,
Its the wood stock, very nice gun. I have been shooting the factorys until I get the brass stock up and it is really accurate. Still so many choices.... Bagged an 8pnt yesterday so I can get back to loads and targets.

+1 for IMR 3031 with a 55 grn V-Max. My Rem 788 will consistently shoot .5-.75 groups all day. While its not the under .25 groups often discussed here, for any hunting I do its plenty.

36.1 Varget (work up)Fed 210 and 55 Sierra Blitzking does it for me. 5 shot groups measure .481"

H-380 w/ 52 gr A-Maxes.

Gunner

After a lot of testing my most accurate load is 36.0 grs Varget/53Gr.Sierra HPM set .025" off the lands.

I have the Kevlar Varmint version. 50gr V-Max, W-W case, BR-2 primer and 34.8gr of H-4895. For the 40gr Blitzking its 36.9gr of Varget. Those are the two thats working best for me.

Seafire,

Where are you finding RL-7 data for the .22-250?

JB:

1. experience of loading it a long time
2. Hodgdon Manual # 26, page 128
3. Lyman Manual # 47, pages 208 to 211...

oh and Steve Riccardelli's excellent web site..

have you tried RL10x

As you can see, your .22/250 will probably work with many medium burn rate powder.

I have owned 2 rifles so chambered, an ADL from 1972-1985, and a M70 with a Shilen barrel since 1985.

I have mostly used 55 and 60 grain bullets with IMR 4320, 4895, 3031, H414, IMR 4064, IMR 4350 powders. With both rifles the accuracy difference was negligible despite what powder was used.

So, as the man said try what you have on hand.

If your starting fresh pick one of the listed choices and you should get great results.

Since no one's mentioned it my Remington does quite well with benchmark

ok, well, does anyone have any experience with the new CFE 223 for use in .22-250 and .308?

its a fairly interesting powder, from what i have read, but nobody seems to have any actual experience with it.

I'm shooting CFE 223 in a 22-250 using 50gr bullets (vmax, , zmax,varmint extreme, etc.) Really love this powder in the 250. It shoots with excellent accuracy and is fast. 37gr is giving me 3,900 fps with a 26" 1x14. Haven't even tried to go past the minimum loading recommendation. Gives good ES and cleans up easily after a lot of shooting.

Just picked up the 2013 Hornady Load Manual, the Magazine style...

it has load data for CF223 and also for the new 17 Hornet..

actually one of the better ones I have looked at over the years here... so I picked it up after looking at while at Barnes and Noble last night...

CFE223 worked well in my two 22-250's as well... AR Comp is maybe even slightly better.

My 22.250s like AR Comp alot also... as does the 243s.. and the 260 Rems...

My. 22-250 really likes H380. Friends like TAC also but I have had such good results with H380 why try something else.If it ain't broke don' t fix it. Good Luck on your load search.

IMR4064 & 50gr nosler bt gives me under 1/2" 100yd groups with book oal.

52 A-Max and 8208 XBR

4064 used to be a favorite..but for many years h4895 has been my favorite..bought a bunch before retiring...also picked up 10 pounds of 3031 cheap..it is a winner also..use these with 50 grain bullets and IMR4350 with 60 grain Part. and 63 grain Serria and 70 gr. Speer...

I think what this post is showing is that the .22-250 isn't fussy

Took to the middle of 4th page before someone mentioned BENCHMARK! As far as being fussy, I've never found the 22-250 to be fussy! Before the coming of VARGET, IMR 3031 was the powder that I thought would never be surpassed for usability across a wide range of chamberings.......222-375H&H. Then VARGET showed up and it works so well thru a measure and also that extreme range of capacity different cases. H380 got its name for 38.0 grains and 55 grain projectiles in the 22-250. 40 grains of WW 760 and tbe 52's works splendid also. The new releases, CFE and 8208 have given good test results also. But for now my go to powder for my own 22-250 (Ruger Target Gray) and a friends VSSF 22-250 is 33.5 grains of BENCHMARK. My rifle likes SIERRA 55BK and his shoots Nosler 55BT. .GHD

Charlie,

in each of my 22.250s Benchmark didn't do so well at the max listed for it with each bullet weight...

however, when I used the starting loads, they each were shooting little bitty groups... don't know if others have experienced that... but it held true in the 5 rifles in that chambering, plus a couple of buddys' rigs...