Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles .22-250 with Hornady 88 gr. ELD

Looks like you hit your goal Jim. Look up on youtube Snipershide shooting the 88gr ELDM out of the valkyre. Those guys shot out to a mile at I think 2880 fps. Sounds like you'll get 2935 fps like you said.

Hey Jim have you ever shot any 53gr VMAX's through you 1-8 twist? I'm wondering how they'll hold up.

This 22-250 is the first 8" twist .22 centerfire I've owned. Was supposed to get a 1-8 Tikka .223 but they changed twists without telling anybody and when mine came in it was 1-10" twist. It does shoot the 50 V-Max at 3400 fps into little groups so I can attest that they hold up. In fact it shoots pretty much everything up to the Hornady 68 BTHP into little groups.

The 88's are a Mind Fhuqk and simply SINISTER for slicing atmospherics.

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Adding a few data points. Went out again this morning to try a few more loads including some with RL-17. Velocities are average of four shots.

Hornady 75 ELD
34.0 RL-15 / 3191 fps. This one shows promise at this weight. Good accuracy and 3200 is about as much as you can expect from RL-15.
36.0 H4350 / 3096 fps. Still a bit slower but very accurate.
36.0 RL-17 / 3147 fps
37.0 RL-17 / 3228 fps
38.0 RL-17 / 3330 fps. Hornady shows a max of 37.9 gr. at the 3300 fps increment so this is right in line with their data. Good safe, max load.

Hornady 88 ELD
34.5 H4350 / 2914 fps - based on one shot. Put a supposedly new battery in the Oehler 35 but it died after the first shot. Didn't notice that until the end of the string. Replaced it with the other battery in the 2-pack and it lasted through the rest of the session.
32.0 RL-17 / 2698 fps
33.0 RL-17 / 2809 fps
34.0 RL-17 / 2899 fps - this is right at my target of 2900. Need to play with seating depth a bit for best accuracy but it looks promising.

That make the 1-8" twist very interesting for next year. Your results look great, can't wait to see some more loads. I had a couple of hours so went out scouting. Still not a lot of rats out but the chucks were sunning themselves. I didn't get an opportunity to shoot though, they stayed skylined while I was out there.

Flunged a few 88's this morning,outta a coupla mainstays...but mainly was Castin'.



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Jim, just get several kegs of 17. When the barrel is toast, go 22 creed with 7T, Peterson brass, 17 again....plug in 3200 fps with 88's that shoot holes clean through deer.

Peterson brass sucks heavy ass and Alpha is simply without peer.

8" will stabilize 88's in said chambering,below sealevel and below freezing temps.

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Thank you.

I am absolutely loving the tikka 22/250
Been working up some loads as follows
75 ELDM
varget
32.9. 3160
33.2. 3175
33.5 3210. .8 moa best, wouldn’t go higher

H4350
33.5. 3017
36.0. 3071
36.5. 3086
Could go higher but that is all I had all hovering around moa
All loaded for a square kiss
Win brass fed 210 m
Going to stay with 33.5 varget unless I try Rl 26

Had a bunch of neat looking targets but forgot to bring them home
BTW it also shoots 40 grain V max at 3995 to .6 Moa