Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles 222 Remington factory loads

I started testing factory loads today. No alibis. Shoot groups and measure.

I am using three rifles - Rem Model 788, Tikka T3 Lite and T3 Varmint

I have 4 boxes of factory x 8 different manufacturers. Shoot, average them, and display the best of the four 5 shot groups.

I started today. I fired my T3 Lite and my Rem 788. Like the elections, it's too early to predict any winners, but with the little testing I've managed, it should be said that cost does not determine how well, or poorly they group. For example, Here are some inexpensive Winchester 50 gr. PSPs. My T3 Lite hates them. The 788 likes them. The 20 shot avg for the Winchester factory 50s was 1.64 inches, shot from the T3 Lite. From the Model 788, the avg was 0.713 inches.

I can't wait to see how the Sako, Nosler and Hornady factory stuff does. We don't celebrate the 4th of July here, but I was out shooting.