Where do we go for .228 diameter bullets for the .22 HP?
Anybody know of custom bullet guys doing this diameter?

tt

buffalo arms makes jacketed .228 bullets, https://www.buffaloarms.com/reloadi...eted-lead-copper-coated-bullets?limit=36
Montana bullet works has .228 cast bullets, https://www.montanabulletworks.com/product-category/rifle/?filter_caliber=22-hi-power
The Hornady 70gr sp is to long to stabilize in most 22 Savage HPs.

Lee

I you clip the lead tips off of the Hornady 70 gr they are short enough to stabilize. I have been doing it for years..

The Bull Shop makes a great 65gr cast bullet. I use them for plinking with 7gr of Unique powder. Thats a popular load used by a few here.

Joe

Hubert,

Even with the tips "clipped", the Hornadys are marginal in 1-12 twists. I filed them off carefully, rather than clipping them, and got the same poor accuracy. Of course, part of the problem is that old Savage 99 twists could vary, depending on how carefully the sine-bar rifling machine was set. I had an old .250-3000 that actually had a 1-15 twist.

Huntingtons list 60gr and 70gr psp's, in .228 and Cutting Edge makes 60's in FMJ and HP non-lead.

https://www.huntingtons.com/store/product.php?productid=20091

Huntington sell bullets made by Schroeder bullets out of California. Order from Schroeder because you get 100 bullets from them at the same price you pay for 50 from Huntington. These bullets shoot well also.

Joe

There's Reed's too. I got some 60 grainers from them off of GB last week, $30/100. I don't know who made them, they look nice and are plenty short to work in our guns. Haven't tried any yet but look for a report after this weekend if the weather holds.

I file trim the Hornady's and get good results, even at a skinch above sea level, in all my barrels. But I file trim to a point below where the jacket ends. RAS likes them that way too.

I'll second the Bull Shop. I buy from them all the time and it's the most accurate bullet that I've found my 22HP to digest.
He does not carry stock but rather makes them when he gets an order, so expect a couple weeks before they show up in the mail.

If you want to order direct instead of gunbroker from Dan the bullet man here is the info. (Mods, if this is not allowed, then delete)

Our bullet for the 22 Savage Hi-power is a 65gn flat nose gas check at .228” diameter. They are $20.00 per 100 plus shipping. Shipping is $8.00 for up tp the capacity of the box or about 1000 bullets. You can place an order by sending a check made to The Bullshop and send to,

The Bullshop

PO box 240030

Dell, MT 59724

With your payment please include a note with the details of your order.

Thank you for the order!

The Bullshop

I too have used Bullshop's cast bullets, and liked them as well. But, being a caster for 50-ish years now, and possessing 40-50 molds of all stripes not to mention having around a ton of lead stashed, it griped me to be buying them from someone else. So, I bought a couple of molds suitable for the .22HP and freed myself from relying on yet another outside source.

If anybody is tempted to dip their toes in these waters, the old Lyman/Ideal #228367 was designed specifically for the HP, weighs 60 grains, and shoots better than anything else I tried. Casting .22 bullets is not for the faint of heart. Minute flaws that can largely be ignored in larger calibers magnify accuracy issues in .22-size bullets. They must be perfect.

I don't mind helping a fellow .22HP shooter with cast bullets. Just PM me, but please wait until after the Holidays because our deer season is around the corner and I'm busy procrastinating for that!

I don't shoot nearly the amount of .22HP's that I have in the recent past, but I haven't forgotten much that I learned while doing so. One bit of advise I give newbies is to thoroughly scrub all the copper fouling from their bores before putting lead down them. It's not strictly necessary, but gilt-edged accuracy won't be achieved otherwise. That is a protocol one is wise to heed for all calibers, not just .22's. I own some barrels from new that have never seen a jacketed bullet, and their bores are now well seasoned like a good old cast iron skillet. I will come back and haunt the man who ever puts jacketed bullets through any of them after I'm gone!

Two cartridges I simply refuse to cast for are .223's (for the AR-15), and .32ACP's (for my uncle's war trophy Walther PP). Not that I couldn't or shouldn't, rather jacketed bullets/ammo is so goldarned cheap and the guns so rarely shot that I just ignore putting cast bullets through them.

gnoahh is the guy that mentored me in 22 hp!
I don't think I personally will ever cast them as I don't shoot enough of 22hp to justify the cost of that mold.
And the fact they're very hard to find!

Addendum:

These rifles were meant to be shot. Every one of them. Savage didn't build them with the aim of them resting in dusty collections for eternity. What better way to preserve their bores than to shoot cast bullets? Zero wear as opposed to jacketed bullet wear, as it were, goes a long way to preserve the barrels that Savage in their infinite wisdom no longer makes.

tt

Gary same here, hunting season, but I have now picked up a Lee lead pot I have the same Mold, Lead some dippers, gas checks. I belive I have every thing, just have to learn how to cast the bullets!

My lead casting is all done at the lake..