Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles H4198 and the .222Rem?

I see they have AA2200 in stock. I like that very much for the 222 Remington. I shot up 16 pounds of it, lots of it in my 222 with 40 and 50 grain bullets. Good stuff.

I bought a 722 222 a year or two ago and have not rung it out like I should have. These were a couple of loads I've tried. I think I'll be looking for 4198 (H or IMR). I'm out of 35 grain V-max bullets right now. They went out to PD shooting and never came back. I have lots of 40 grain though.

222 Remington 722 35 grain Hornady V-max 7 ½ BR 23 grain H322 0.44 MOA
222 Remington 722 40 grain Hornady V-max 7 ½ BR 26 grain H335 0.65 MOA

H4198 was the first powder I ever reloaded with. Started with 19.5 grains under a 50 grain Sierra semi-pointed in my 788 .222 and it worked so well I never changed until I ran out and went to IMR4198. Ran it the same way and never missed a stroke.

Revisiting this thread....

on varmint cartridges in the 222 and 223 family, my favorite is Blue Dot... this season I am getting by with a charge of 11 grains with a 40 grain V Max...

even a couple pounds of Blue Dot doesn't seem to last me that long....and that is 600 rounds out of a pound of powder...

Shortages now... but there wasn't when Trump was in office....

What velocity are you getting with the 40gr. bullets?

right around 3000 fps....depending on the rifle and its barrel length...last I chronographed it a few months ago.. 3050 fps MV.

222 Remington cartridge many many different powders shoot well in this cartridge for me , if you can find some BL-C2 that is my favorite but they all seem to shoot well in a 222 Remington as i stated. have fun,Pete53

For the 222 I don't find any difference between IMR 4198 and H 322 but give the nod to 322 because it meters much nicer.

Walt Berger sat world records with the 222 prior to the invent of the 6 PPC. His powder was H335. I was in his garage and he offered to sell me the remants of the 20 lb keg that he had left, After he started shooting the 6 PPC.

Use 7 1/2 primers and you will see some velocity with accuracy in the extremes never possible with IMR 4198. I shot the barrels out of many used 40X 222 barrels on P. dog towns Shooting sierra 50g lead tip blitz which are very, very accurate!.

There is an article about H4198 & the 222 in one of the Hodgdon Annual reloading manuals. I'll try to find it as I believe it contains some pretty good information.

Here is a link for the loads H4198 on the calculator f . https://www.hodgdonreloading.com/reloading-data-center?rdc=true&type=54

The first rifle I ever bought was a Winchester 70 .222 with a heavy barrel. This was in 1973. I was young and stupid at the time and did not realize what I had. with a 3x9 scope off a sandbag at 100 yards that gun consistently shot groups between .25 - .3 inches center to center. I was using H4198 and a 52 gr bullet.

This was not a target rifle, just a hunting rifle off the shelf with no modifications. Boy, I wish I had that gun back.