I used to shoot this bullet out of a .22-250 in a Ruger M77.
Unlike many Rugers, this one had a very nice smooth barrel (which I think helps a lot when you are trying to push a bullet beyond its design limits). This barrel cleaned easily, and felt smooth all they way through when I was cleaning it.
I don't have my old loading data at hand, but I am fairly sure it at around 3600fps that particular Speer bullet shot very well indeed (about 5/8 inch groups at 100 yards).
However, with a max load (I think it was 3770 fps?) about one out of 3 or 4 bullets would fail to reach a target 100 yards away. I gave up on loading this bullet any hotter, but even at 3600fps it would sometimes fail to exit a groundhog on a broadside shot -- very impressive destruction inside though! I always have to do a field necropsy to satisfy my curiosity, and it was always gruesome!
Not only did this bullet show fine accuracy, but it disintegrated when it touched anything (even a blade of grass, which cost me nice fox once!). At 3600 fps, richochettes just don't happen so it is good bullet for settled areas (the crack of the mighty .22-250 notwithstanding!).
Thirty years later (and thousands of .22 bullets of many makes!) I still use this same bullet in a fine Sako .222 Rem. It is one of my favourites. If a rifle won't shoot this bullet fairly well, I've never found it to shoot anything really well.
John