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You hit the nail on the head for my .22/250 loads ........

So I didn't put a load... but I really don't have a common most accurate load.

Let me just put down 25.5 Varget, CCI BR4, LC case, moly 69 smk, one of the loads thats most consistently accurate throughout many 223 ARs...

Along with 24.2 Tac and moly 77 smks, in LC with CCI M31 primer...

In the .223:



and the above mentioned load (50gr BT, 37gr Varget) in a .22-250, three consecutive groups:



I will confess at some point I'm going to try Big Game in the .22-250, which works well in several other cartridges. But by all accounts it's too slow for the .223

22 250AI
50 gr Sierra Blitzking
Enough Varget to go 3744 fps
PacNor 14 twist on Rem 722
Minute of P D to 300 yards

While working up loads and fire forming brass, Sierra BK were marginally, but consistently, more accurate than VMax or Berger.

For my 22-250 Remington Model 700 Varmint Special, 34.5 grains of IMR4895 and a 52 grain BTSP have been real good in my rifle.

Its subjective. For one holers at 100 or are we talking out past 400 yards?

For the 222: Too many "easy" 100 yard loads.

For 40's Id take 23.5 grs. LT 32, Fed. 205.
For 50's its 21 grs of RL-7. For some reason it needs a BR4.

The 222 Magnum:
53gr. Sierra MK, 27 grs. Benchmark and a Fed 205. Shoots lights out even in faster twists. I wish it were a varmint bullet. Fed 205 or Rem 7.5.
For bullets 62-77 grs RL15 (27.5-26grs. depends on bullet) go 3,300-3,000 fps range. It covers the 62 TSX, 68 horn, 69, 75, 75 Amax and 77s.
When the wind is polite 26.5 grs. stacks 75 Amaxes at 450.

The 22-250:
52-55gr. BT bullets love 32.5-33 grs of 3031 in this one. CCI 200s.
Sounds boring; it is. Boringly accurate.
If someone throws me a new scope/rifle in 22-250 to sight in I usually cobble a Nosler BT or Sierra of similar BT flavor and send the paper shot back with the ammo and rifle.

223ai 70 rdf 8208xbr.

If you are going for accuracy, you need to use custom made bullets. No off the shelf bullet will deliver the accuracy as hand made bullets. There are many who make them. Nobody ever won a benchrest match using shelf bullets, in the last 20 years.

It's fairly easy to find a "good" load for a 223, mainly because there are many different bullets and powders out there to play along with. But, I don't think I will ever be able to improve on the one I use in my Remington Model 7 Predator. 27.5 grains of WC846, 50 grain VMax, Remington primer, and Winchester brass. It's fast and it's accurate. In the 22-250, it doesn't get any better than 39.5 grains of Varget and a 40 grain VMax.

Thanks for sharing good stuff guys. Others?