Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Any experience with a .22/250 with a faster twist rate than standard?

I'm looking at putting an aftermarket barrel on my Remington 700 .22/250. I would like to shoot 80-90 grain bullets, so I am looking at a 1 in 7" twist barrel. I will shooting to a max of 1,200 yards and most shots are at steel and paper. Any info. would be appreciated.

Wow, that's a large bullet for a 22-250.. Frankly, I'm not sure what to recommend here.. Never had this come up before. IIWY I'd make a couple of calls to your choice of barrel makers and get their advice.. They'll have most likely the best info for you on that situation..

I have limited experience (I worked with 1 rifle in .22-250 AI) with this topic but can offer some insight. I put a 1-8 twist Shilen on a Mod 70 push feed after scorching the throat on the factory tube. It was 26 inches long and I was able to push 75 A-maxes to 3400 fps easily with Re15. It would shoot 1.25 inch 5 shot 100 yrd groups, but really shined out at 300 and beyond, going well under MOA at extended ranges. Never shot it at 1000 yards, but sold it to a friend who punches paper at that range and he says it does well. I put together a .22-6mm Rem AI on a long action push feed Mod 70 with a 1-7 twist 28 inch tube and shoot 80 gr Berger VLD's at 3550 fps. It made the .22-250 AI expendable.
ED

I've an 1-8" tw 22-250 and shoot (almost exclusively) 75Amax's out of it. I don't know what kind of barrel life I'll experience with it though, It has ~1K through it now and is still going strong. My main load runs a moly'd 75'max at 3300+ over a healthy dose a R-15.

I don't know how many other guys around here have fast twist 22-250's in the stable. I know FVA has a fast twist 22-250AI that makes me jealous....His is a very well put together lightweight rifle!!! Mine is a "chunk".

I am looking for a long range rifle in a smaller caliber. I shoot several guns on the AR Platfrom, but I want a caliber with more oomph than the .223. I really want to shoot a bullet with a high b.c. I have shot the 75gr and 77gr bullets in the .223, but I feel more velocity will stretch out the effective range. Plus I have a nice Rem 700 V in .22/250 that I want to modify.

I had a 22-250 with an 8 twist to run 80s in it. Shot very good, barrel life was around 1200 rounds or less generally.

It shot to 1000 real easy. This was prior to 90s, which I shot religiously in my 223 after they came out in the AR.... I"m fairly sure that with the extra speed of the 22-250 that an 8 twist would be really close to stable with 90s from JLK or Wildcat. That being said I know a number of folks that ran 22-6mm with 8 twist and 90 jlks, no problem. I don't recall speeds though or what it could compare to a 22-250 with 90s.

7 twist should easily do it as 90 jlks will ALMOST stabilize in a 7 twist in a 20 inch tubed 223! We went to 6.5 twist in 223 and it works fine, having shot some really good scores out to 1000 with that setup and all going point in, MV 2750 ish IIRC.

I would not go faster than a 7 twist and IMHO with a 22-250 a 7.5 twist might be just about perfect.

We did have best luck shooting 90s in the 223 getting both speed and accuracy without pressure by using 3 groove barrels. 4 groove barrels were accurate, but not speedy vs pressure.

Good luck, Jeff

My take on it is when you want to start pushing over 80 gr bullets at extended ranges, they are better out of a 6mm, wind plays hell on the smaller ones.

TC

Is there any advantages of a 220 swift over a 22-250?

Topcat,

I thought so too until I played with a friend's Savage rifle in 22/6mm Improved. By golly its a lot of fun to varmint with those big/long 80 grainers @3600 fps.

I was impressed with the accuracy too and barrel life of around 2500 rounds plus relatiev lack of recoil. So impressed I ordered a Savage 10FP .223 with the Choate stock and it will just be a rechambering and a change of magazine,follower & bolt head! So pretty cost effective too.

The std Savage 223 barrel has a 1:9 twist & that is enough for up to 80 grainers.

Regards,
JohnT

90 jlks in a 223 smoke.... of course I am limited by my choice of competition, to a standard 223 in 20 inch tubes....
But don't ever sneeze at a mid 500 bc bullet driven close to 2800 fps...

Of course pushed much faster as a bunch of folks have done in 22/6mms... they are hell at 1000 on the target range too.

Of course 6mms are better, but then we could say the same for 7mms.....