Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles Looking for an all purpose bullet for 22-250.

I've been using 50 gr Zmax Hornadys for years, great accuracy in my .223 with Benchmark powder,

Those are discontinued, so,

About to develop a load for juniors new 22-250, I'll start with the on-hand 50 gr Zombie and Benchmark,

But will soon need to find a good all around, all purpose alternative bullet.

A fun gun basically, at the range, Coyotes possibly.....who knows....

Whatcha gonna buy?

ZMax = VMax with a green tip.

yes,

Coyote worthy?

Cant imagine it would just bounce off though..............

Anyone got any of those 500 ct boxes of 50 g Z-max bullets stashed away?

Any hoarders willing to confess?

Hornady 55 grain SP. Cheap effective and accurate in everything I’ve tried it in.

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THIS...in spades

The Hornady 55 grain SP or the Sierra 65 grain GK.

Yes. Single bullet this is it.

I yield to ingwe and antelope sniper.

The 55 grain Boat tail soft point with cannelure?
whats the cannelure for ?

I just box a bx. of 100 55gr. Horn. Flat Base with cannelure... I thought I had a stash of 500 of these somewhere.. Either I can't find them or shot them away.. Getting old is the pits...
Great bullet in the .22-250... I have shot thousands of them.. Gophers through deer they work well, but I still have a feeling I am stunt shooting when I shoot big game with those calibers...

yeah, a couple of them... but not willing to share any...

same with the 40s and 55s.... got them at Cabelas for $40 a box, when they were closing them out
at the Cabelas up in Potlandia...

I used 40 gr Nosler BTs for years, but eventually started seeing more pigs than coyotes. I switched to the 65 gr Sierra GK and problem solved. Biggest pig so far was right at 200 pounds. I hear that the 55 gr version of that bullet also works great on coyotes and pigs, if a fellow wants more velocity.

No boat tail. I dunno what the cannelure is for, other than for factories that crimp their ammo.

I thought you knew everything??????

The boatail version can never be a bad thing in my mind,

plus, Powder valley has bulk 55gr BT SP in stock.......1000 count for 84 bucks........08 cents per......

The Nosler 40-grain BT. Shoots as flat/flatter and has the same/less wind drift as heavier 55-grain bullets to 500 yards, less recoil and awesome terminal effects. They are very accurate in my Ruger No. 1.


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Sierra 1365

55 Ballistic Tip, great from rabbits to deer

I really like the 40 grain Nosler BT's as all I do with a 22-250 is shoot coyotes. It's fast, flat shooting, and kills the snot of them. I also like a Speer 52 grain HP.

to me, for varmint duty , 40 grain Ballistic Tip with a charge of RL 7 ( 33.5 grains)

or either the Nosler or Hornady 53 grain Tipped bullets ( Varmaggedon or the V Max)

for everything including Deer....Hornady 60 grain SP ( 30 grains of H 322 or 32.5 grains of Benchmark)

Largest critters to be shot?

Why not just stick with the 50 grain V-Max?

Same bullets as the Z-Max with a different colored tip.

This is what I have had the best luck with

Midsouth Shooters Supply sells bulk packages of Hornady BTHP in 62 grain as a hunting bullet. I can attest that they work fine on hogs. There is also a 52 grain that looks the same and priced about the same. Item# 153-2249C250. The 62 grain shoots out of my rifles to the same POI as 62 Barnes and a whole lot cheaper and kills hogs just as well so far.

55 Ballistic tips work in. 1 in 14 twist barrel. I want s 1 in 8 so I can blast away with the 62 Barnes.

For coyotes and smaller, I’ve use 50 ballistic tips with great success, for many years.