Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles Is anyone using the 55 gr. Hornady SP -2266 w. cannelure?

No target pictures, but it does .8 inches with a couple of loads I've tried, out of my 222. Just curious. The price is right.

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I bought these in bulk from Midway a couple of years back. I use them for run of the mill in 223.

My general everyday bullet in the .223 AR. Consistent 3/4MOA performer, so why not.

Yep. For hunting from my 222s, it's a 200-250 yd bullet. And works just fine. I am glad that Hornady makes them. I used to buy Remington bulk bullets cheap, but they stopped making many cals and weights.Winchester still makes them, but they are almost the same cost as Hornadys. No bargains there.

Steve, what velocity are you getting with these in your 222?

About 3050 to 3100 fps. I don't push them quite to the max. There are several powders that do better than 3100 fps - Win 748, AA2230, AA2200, but squeezing out another 30 40 fps isn't worth it to me.

I load them to right at 3200fps in .223 with CFE-223 for an easygoing load.

Thank you both.

25 - 26 gr of TAC in .223 might work well too. Also might be bumping 5.56x45 territory. 😇

My most used .22 caliber bullet. Have killed hundreds of woodchucks and dozens of deer with that bullet fired from numerous .222's, .223's and .22-250's.

That's good to hear. I like them. I've never shot a deer with them, but I have taken coyotes and groundhogs.

If you were going to stockpile one bullet in .224, you could do a whole lot worse, but for general purposes, not much better for the price.

Anybody use the bevel base one Midsouth lists? I have had good luck with the one in the OP but was curious about the bevel bases because they were on sale.

That bevel's basically the same one on the bottom of their 52gr match bullet.....hint....

I wish there was a similarly constructed and priced 6mm bullet. Like the old 80 gr Rem bulk bullets..I have approx. 250 left out of a box order from the early 2000s.

Use the 55 gr SP w/ cannelure all the time just got done loading 1000 of them. Worked up a load in 223 Mil brass for my M700 VS cross checked them in my DPMS Oracle , MP-15 build/PSA upper and my R-15 also work in my HOWA truck gun and M77 ss boatpaddle. FL sized them, trimmed all to min, VLD chamfered inside, regular chamfer outside. charged the cases seated the bullets .Then I ran everyone of them thru a Dillion case gauge to eliminate any problem ones from use in my AR's. Least expensive 224 bullet out there and they shoot well. Around here they can be had for $90/1000 bulk buy them by the 100 count and you end up bleeding down the backside of both legs. My everyday working bullet in the 223 and 22-250. MB

And top of all the glowing reports on accuracy and game performance, they smell good too and invariably cause the prettiest women in the bar to hover over you. Truth.

I don't see any glowing reports of accuracy or game performance. They work "just fine", there "isn't much better for the price" and are an "everyday working bullet". No wild claims there. I think it's fair to say that they get the job done - despite having a cannelure, a lead tip and aren't outrageously priced.