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A friend wants me to load for a 40x to be used for P dogs.

I have 748, 4895 ,Acc 2230 on hand.

I don't know the twist in the 40x but he is thinking 50 gr bullets. I have hornady and sierra on hand .

34-35 gr. 4895!!!

I wore out my first .22-250, a Ruger 77 tanger varminter, with 50 grain Hornady SX bullets and 40 grains of H380 in WW brass with federal 210 primers.

My last .22-250 was very fussy. I finally found accuracy with too much Varget under 50 grain SX or 50 grain TNT bullets, it didn't care which. Think the load was 37.5 grains. Primers (Fed 210 match) were **flat**. Case (WW) life was fine. Squirrel life was ... limited. It was weird to have a rifle that'd put that load around 0.2 inches for 5 shots of either bullet and yet I never found but one other load that shot under 2 MOA.

Tom

CFE 223 in Lapua brass with a 50 gr Ballistic Tip or Blitz King. IMR 4064 has done well too.

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39.5 grains of Varget and the 40 grain VMax bullet shoot like a laser out to 300 yards, and will give a coyote a dirt nap that it won’t wake up from.

I use 36.0 grains of Benchmark,Fed 210 Match primer and 50 grain Sierra BlitzKing. That load is scooting along at 3851 fps from a 26" barrel.

one hell of a load, 39.5 grains of varget and 40 gr nosler BT--many many dead coyotes.

4895 of the 3 listed.

Thanks for the input.

34.7 grains of IMR4320 is my go to load behind a 55gr Varmegeddon. 1/2 MOA out to 500 yds.

Yep.

But they don't work in a 7mm-08 !

My 22-250 pdog load has long been 34.5 H4895 and 55BT. Averaged under 3/8” for 5 shots when that barrel was much younger. Throat is about gone and it’s about to get a new hart barrel. My brother has always used 55 vmax and Varget. The vmax seemed to be a bit more destructive but both make a real mess of the prairie rats. I might try the 53 vmax or nosler when I get a new barrel. I’ve got about 800-1000 55 BT’s left so I’ll probably use those up and probably be ready for a new tube.
Good luck, Ben.

Been playing with a Stevens 200 in 22..250 for the last two months...

this one's Barrel really seems to LOVE 33.5 grans of Benchmark and 50 grain V Maxes.....

one hole groups at 100 yds with boring regularity....

Unusual combo. Got some Horn SBR TAP surplus bullets from Midway (not a cataloged item). They said 80 gr., but they actually weighed 75 gr. I had to ID them, as they didn't say what they were. https://www.hornadyle.com/rifle-ammunition/75-gr-tap-sbr#

In my 8 twist Shilen Mohawk I shot this group. Have not killed anything, yet. Not sure how a SBR tactical bullet will work at .22-250 speeds. Should be interesting.

DF

+1

Sierra 55g lead tip blitz

Ipopum: I currently own and load for 14 (fourteen!) long heavy barrel Rifles in caliber 22-250 Remington.
Including one factory Remington 40X-B with the 27 1/4" heavy stainless barrel.
Of the powders you listed I would suggest the 4895 and the 50 grain bullets.
I also am a GREAT admirer of the Sierra 50 and 55 grain Blitz bullets for Colony Varmints (not the BlitzKings just the Blitz) they are cheaper, very accurate and devastating on Varmints from a 22-250 and a 220 Swift.
Long live the 22-250 Remington!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Varget, 55gr VMax, CCI 200, WW cases.

39.0 H414 with 55 gr Hornady SP.

GreggH