Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles 22-250 Blue Dot loads

Seafire; I have always uses pistol primers as per your original formula. In going to rifle primers have you seen any major changes with the same loads besides a higher level of safety at the higher percentages? Speed -consistency-accuracy? PS: With your 50gr Hor Sp --- 19gr of BD load, QL shows 100% burn in just 2.24"

a hair more velocity over the chrony with Small Rifle primers.. but nothing to get too excited over...
accuracy can be a little tighter groups at 100 yds or so.. at 50 yds. I've not noticed anything special...

I know it doesn't take much barrel length to get 100% burn with Blue Dot, but I appreciate the info of 100% burn in the 2.25 inches...

Side note:

I don't know here personally, but I've share these loads a long time ago with a buddy in Montana..
who shared his with a good friend.. who loads ammo for his Indian Grandma who lives on the Reservation

She's 4'11" , is a widow, and owns one rifle... a 22.250.. and has for decades...

she doesn't really elk hunt, when she is getting low on meat, on the Rez, she shoots elk on her property, off the front porch
or out a window...head shots.. 100Yds or so..she loves the low recoil of the Blue Dot loads her grand son loads for her...
18.5 grains and a 55 grain Hornady IIRC.. bang flop and then she's on the phone with some of her sons or grand kids...
"get over here and gut this elk for me and then take it to the butcher shop"

:Love its helping out some 70 yr old Native American Senior Citizen

Seafire, I was the OP on this thread. I asked for the 22-250 info because I had just purchased a as new Striker in 22-250 for 340 bucks. This is my first 22-250 and first Striker. I've got several XPs, Contenders and Encores. Most everyone hates Strikers because of the horrible triggers that are impossible to do anything with but for 340 I thought what the heck. Well, the trigger is horrible and I can't do anything with it but I have been having fun with your Blue Dot loads in it..Blue Dot works fantastic in the shorter barrels and the recoil doesn't beat you up.

Thank You

J:

always happy to help out a fellow campfire member...

glad it worked out for ya....

cheers and best regards!