Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles Any tips for load workup on 22-250 would be appreciated.

I tried 33 grains of 8208xbr with a 55 vmax out of my 40x.I don't believe it would be possible for me to improve on the results I had in my rifle.

22/250 always treated like onto a stepchild but stick a 26" heavy varmint barrel on with a 1-7" twist and it's a whole new ballgame! I shoot 90 grain Sierra out of mine and many a coy dog has run way out and stopped thinking he was safe! WRONG!!

tag

I've been shooting 52 gr Sierra HPBTs in mine for a long time over 4064. No doubt there are better combo's out there but this one works well.

H4895,8208 or Varget and a 50-55 vmax,BT or Sierra 1365

I had 2 Rem 700's in 22-250. The best bullet was Sierra 52 gr. and did not seem to care what powder . IMR 4895. 4064 H380, H414 and even shot IMR 4350 very well. I dont know why but they were not fussy on powder. .8" was about the norm, for 5 shots , maybe 1"

Several yrs ago I took a load right out of Ken Waters' Pet Loads for 22/250. He called it an accuracy load and it was. 32gr/3031 with a 52gr Hornady Match. CCI primer.

I'd start there if I had that powder on hand.

53 vmax and cfe 223

Tried all the loads I could find in my 700 with the 12 twist barrel and 50-55 grain bullets of several types and couldn't get better than around .7-.8" groups, which I wasn't satisfied with. Out of desperation I tried some Varget and 40 grain ballistic tips and suddenly my rifle was a tack driver... Took the load right off the label and my chrono says I was within about 10 fps of the label speed. Accuracy was in the .2-.3 range most of the time and those little bullets did an absolute explosive launch job on rock chucks and other critters out to about 500 yards or so... I put a thumbhole stock on that rifle and I found it did best with a bit of foreend pressure on the barrel- worked it up with business cards until the groups got best and stopped. In fact I'm a bit embarrassed to admit I've had those business cards under that barrel for at least 10 years because I'm afraid to do anything to change a thing on that rifle or I might lose that accuracy I finally found in that factory Varmint barrel....

Bob

I liked Varget (Book Data also) for the regular twist, 50-55gr 22-250. In the 22-250 Ackley with a 1 in 9" I used N140 and the 68gr Hornady OTM. It didn't heat the barrel up like other makes. That 68gr didn't tear up coyote hides and that faster twist made prairie dogs go "5 ft high & spinning to the right", ha.

53 grain sierra benchrest and 35.5 gains 4064

Always wanted a Remington 700 BDL in 22-250. Just found one brass pin new in the box…. Yes I paid out the ass, but like land they ain’t making anymore. So TAG!