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Cliff is spot on...

I'll add, that a good 22.250 barrel is almost like a 223 in the fact that like about anything will work in it...

Kind of like the old VW Bugs of days gone by...they'd run on about any type of gasoline you put in them...

Myself, I'd reach for the three IMR powders first... or H322... or Benchmark...

RL 15 or Win 748 are never a bad choice either...

That’s not trimmed. That’s the length from nosler I have.

my .02, not kicking the 7, just the twist, been shooting a longggggggggggg time, the twist on 22-250's when they came out was 1-12 or 1-14, couldn't go much over a 55gr bullet, when the first 1-9 came out I shot 70gr berger's 3 holes touching, then it was 1-8 and 1-7, my point is if you are going to buy a 22-250 treat yourself to a faster twist, you won't regret it.

Concur
Had best luck with 4064 and Varget using 55 gr Noz BTs

Does anyone know the twist rate of the Model 7?

My No1 with a 1-14 will shoot a 55 gr flat base but not a 55 BT. Or maybe it will but I just have not found the recipe yet. My friends dad was the original owner and he worked up a ton of loads. Eventually he just stuck to the 55 gr FB. It shoots lighter gr factory ammo well.

50 gr Barnes seems to be right on the edge I feel. But it is also a 26” barrel so the velo is pretty high. Still not great but 1.25” at 100y. Good enough to try work up a load for that bullet.

I have had many 1-14 .22-250's. I started when it was still a wildcat. I have used bullets as light as 36 gr. and heavy as 70 gr. Speer. I had one 1-8 twist. It didn't really shoot anything well. When I am hunting I don't have time to range, twist knobs, and get on target. I like the speed of 50=55 gr. bullets and they do all I need for hunting. I suppose it I wanted to shoot steel at long range there would be a benefit. I don't. So the fast twist is like the 6.5 Creedmore. A great gimmick for selling stuff.

h380

I don't think that the 6.5 CM is a "gimmick", as it does what it is advertised to do and does it quite well with factory ammo.

Being a 260 REM guy, I believe that the original 1-9" ROT 260 will kill things as well as the 6.5 CM out to a range where shooting a longer VLD style bullet is necessary. A 260 REM with a 1-9" ROT barrel will shoot 130 grain ABs just as well as a 6.5 CM with a 1-8" ROT barrel will. The 6.5 CM win the race because there have always been better factory loads available for the great majority of hunters who don't reload and don't have sufficient shooting skills to reliably take game at ranges that are often far less than a 1/4 of a mile.

some times it takes a bit of plinking to find the one the gun likes..powder and or bullets