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Fairly new to reloading and finding to much info on the web. Have a CZ 550 and will be shooting 40 to 55gr bullets at 100 to 600 yards. Was looking at the IMR3031 but a buddy says it leaves residue and to go with the Varget. Any input?
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36 grains of varget and 50 gr bullet.
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Try what you got.
H380 is bueno.
TAC is good too.
Travis
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I like Big Game powder with 50 - 55 gr bullets.
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H380 is the only one that'll get you the whole way out to 600 yards....
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Try what you got.
H380 is bueno.
TAC is good too.
Travis Travis got the H-380 for the 22.250 right this time without editing. Holy sheep dip, surprises all around. Musta took away from his hispanic fudge pounding. 38 grs H-380. Start at max COAL and work in .005 increments to find the sweet spot . After ya find seating depth, work up on charge. Swifty
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Varget is a good powder no doubt. Doesn't do very well with a powder measure. Reloader 15 is another powder that is right in line with Varget. Seems like I can get a little more velocity out of Reloader 15. The powder I am taking a liking to is IMR 8208XBR. Shoots really good in my 250.
H380 is a good powder for the 250 and its really easy to find a load with. But I tend to stay away from in the summer. Other good powders to mention are Ramshot Big Game, Accurate 2700, IMR 4064, IMR 4007SSC.
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H380 is the only one that'll get you the whole way out to 600 yards.... REALLY !!!!! let's hear some kind of reasoning with some basis in fact.....or ficton.
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Can you say 'tongue in cheek'?
Geez, the joke loses something when you have to explain it....
Last edited by ingwe; 11/21/12.
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I've gone to RL-15 for 22-150. H380 would be another powder to try...I'll pass on the Varget.
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H380 is the only one that'll get you the whole way out to 600 yards.... REALLY !!!!! let's hear some kind of reasoning with some basis in fact.....or ficton. You're starting a day early to be a Turkey rockchuck
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I use H380. It was the first powder I tried in my 22-250, I dumped 38 grs. into a few cases and seated a 55 gr. ballistic tip to kiss the lands then shot them, the first group went into one hole. I figured load workup was done and haven't seen a reason to change it since. It meters very well through the powder measure so I just set it and start throwing, makes it easy when loading 500 rounds for a prairie dog hunt. 38 grs. is a mild load (41 max from hodgdon) but still gives me over 3600 fps out of my rifle. I don't like throwing charges from a powder measure near max loads, but at 3 grs. under max I just throw them and go, it won't hurt anything if the measure throws a little heavy from time to time.
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My favorite powder in the 22-250 is IMR 4320
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I use RL 7 and IMR 4895 more than anything else.. but AR Comp is doing good things for accuracy also...
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I have used IMR3031 in my 22-250 for years. Sure doesn't leave any residue in mine. Better accuracy with 3031 than any other powder i have tried.
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IMR 3031 is one of the most unrated and overlooked powder on the market. Hard to beat in the 22-250 and 308 Win
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Had good luck with W-W 748 and mag. primers, with a 50 grain bullet in my old 22-250 back in the early 70's
Shot the barrel out after many years of this load.
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had a 22/250 in a 40x that never shothe way i thought it should,until i read an article by warren page stating that 32 to 34 grs of imr 3031 was what early benchresters used. it made my 40x a one holer.
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While Hodgdon is calling it CFE 223, I'm really liking it for my 22-250. With 50gr bullets, 37gr of CFE 223 will sling them out at better than 100 fps more than 38g of 380 with equal accuracy. Speeds running 3,850-3,900 fps depending on the bullet used from a 26" heavy varmint contour with 1x14 twist.
I'm just using the minimum load from the Hodgdon website at 37gr. I did move it up to just 38gr and got better than 4,000 fps, but didn't really need any more speed than what 37gr gave me. Clean up is easier too.
I couldn't get the velocity they published with CFE 223 in 204 Ruger or 223 Rem, but accuracy was okay. Shoots pretty well in 243 Win as well with the lighter bullets.
Just my experience yours may be different of course.
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When I had my 22-250, my favored load was 35.5-36.0gr Varget under a Sierra 55gr bthp, Win cases. Very accurate in my rifle[Savage 112]MV avg around 3600-3650.
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