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Old May 18, 2008, 10:45 AM   #1
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loads for 22/250

anyone got any good loads for the 22/250. i no they mite not work in my rife as well as yours but would be good to see what you guys use. i can work up the load. plus is there any good cheap books out there that i could buy with load data in it. what powders are best and what bullet ? 52 and 55 grain amax ammo i guess ?
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Old May 18, 2008, 01:48 PM   #2
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Here are a few for you; all should be considered max. so work up:
WW brass, CCI 250, 55 grain Sierra BTSP, 37.0 of H380
Federal Brass, CCI 200, 39.5 of WW760 with the same bullet or the 55 gr. BTHP.
WW brass, 34.5 of IMR 4895, 52 grain Speer original HP, CCI 200
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Old May 18, 2008, 02:11 PM   #3
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thanks alot should get me started nicely has anyone got the speer 14 edition reloading manual ? and if so is it any good thanks
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Old May 18, 2008, 10:16 PM   #4
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They run about $25 most everywhere, and are a good reloading datasource. I have all the Speer manuals from #8 on except #14, and as soon as I find one used for cheap, I'll have that one also. Please note that some of the loads in the Speer manual are HOT on the top end loads. Always start low and work up. I prefer the Hodgdon manuals myself as they have a good reputation for being quite accurate on the maximum loads and their pressures. The newest booklets get a bit carried away with some powders; this may be because Hodgdon has aquired IMR and Olin powders. They may be using the same techs that keep reducing the data in the IMR booklets. I think they may be up to something on their lunch hour.
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Old May 19, 2008, 08:44 AM   #5
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the speer book over here is £30 pound in our money i will see on ebay if i can find a used one going or at least a new one at a good price. thanks for the help
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Old May 19, 2008, 12:32 PM   #6
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Try the various manufacturer websites for reloading data.

Used books stores or garage sales are good source of old books.
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Old May 19, 2008, 11:13 PM   #7
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The Hodgdons 2008 Annual Manual RELOADING on page 85 list powder loads for 8 different bullets for the 22-250 round. Cost $7.99 Im going to try 37.8 Gr of IMR 4007SSC powder with a 50 Gr bullet . I will work up in 0.3 Grs steps but not over 40.2 C which is the Max load listed.. for the 22-250 round.
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Old May 20, 2008, 10:42 AM   #8
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I load 38.5grs of H380 pushing a 55gr v-max with a cci br-2 primer with a c.o.l of 2.350. Which is the maximum in my reloading book. I have the lyman 48th edition reloading manual, which is great because it gives you listings for potenially most accurate loads for each given caliber.
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Old May 20, 2008, 04:00 PM   #9
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Anybody have good loads with Varget?

I've got some worked up with the 52gr A-Max with 34, 34.5 and 35 grains...can't wait to try them out!
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Old May 20, 2008, 08:23 PM   #10
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40.5 grs Varget under a 40 gr v-max very flat and pretty accurate
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Old May 21, 2008, 05:34 AM   #11
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With 55 grain Sierra HPBT bullets, 32.6 grains of Benchmark in my 22-250 sporter shoots three shots into a 1/4" group at 100 yards. 35 grains of Varget is very close to that same accuracy with the same bullet. I use Federal 210M primers for all of my loads. H-380 and 4895 did not shoot well in my rifle, but may shoot in yours; you just have to try them all to see what works.

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Old May 21, 2008, 06:53 AM   #12
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40.5 grs Varget under a 40 gr v-max very flat and pretty accurate
Have you chronographed this load? Gotta be over 4000...

Jamie:
Have you checked out the load data here: http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp
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Old May 24, 2008, 02:35 PM   #13
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cheers for the info and advise guys

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Old May 24, 2008, 09:34 PM   #14
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Bruce Hogdon developed a load using 38 grains of powder with a 55 grain bullet. He called the powder H380.

On the plus side, this powder performs well, and meters very well through a powder measure.

On the negative side, the burning rate of the powder is a not always consistent from lot to lot. For some time I used 36 grains of the stuff and discovered, after a got a Chronograph, that I was shooting a barely suped up .223.

Of course, numerous squirrels, jack rabbits, and coyotes never new the difference. Neither did I. Then I got the Chronograph and was horrified that I was so "under powered".

38 grains produced 3300 fps with 53gr Sierra HP Match.

35 gr. of 4064 produced 3430 fps with 55 Nos. BT.
36 gr. produced 3400. These aren't the high velocities normally associated with the 22-250. Rifle is a M700 VS.


After going up to 39 gr. H380 with 55 Nos. BT, I achieved an avg. 3545 fps. That's plenty fast.

Note: Fired some Win. Factory 55 gr. and got pressure signe. Flat primer, slightly sticky bolt.

Tried 41 gr. of H380 with 40 gr. BT and got about 3835 fps.


Things can get a little confusing considering that the Nosler manual lists 35.5 gr. as Max. and Speer lists 36 gr. of the same powder as the starting load with same weight bullets.

Hodgdon considered 38gr. of H380 a little hot and reduced his load to 37 gr.

In my rifle, with my lot of H380, I barely achieved 3300 fps. Not the 3600 fps cited by some manuals. Go figure.

The Speer Manuel more closely matched my personal results. As I recall, 39.5 gr. was max.

Be advised that when I approached max, a half grain of powder increased velocity/pressure noticeably more than the same half grain increase at lesser powder charges.

I quit worrying about it. 3400 to 3450 fps is just fine in a 22-250 with 55 gr. bullet. Works fine, and your barrel will last a lot longer, besides--so will your brass.

I WOULD UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES assume that any data I've given would apply to your rifle and the lot of H380 you're using. I've found IMR powders to be consistent from manual to manual, but still recommend caution. Don't forget that velocity can vary quite a bit from one manufacturers case and anothers. Same weight bullets can change things also.

My rules:
1. When using a particular manual, always quit if you achieve max listed velocity (taking into account barrel lengths) even if max powder charge hasn't been reached. Figure about 40 fps for each inch difference in barrel length.

2. Once you work your way up to max charge, quit even if max velocity listed hasn't been achieved. Remember, manuals like to use longer 26" or even 28" barrels.
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Old May 24, 2008, 10:14 PM   #15
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H380

If you check Hodgdon's web site they now list 41.0 gr as max for the 22-250 with a 55gr bullet. I stopped at 40gr and find that to be a bit much my Rem. 700 VLS. I found 39 gr to work best. Sorry I don't have the rifle anymore and didn't save the chrono data I had on it. I will add i had the bullet out to to get my bullet .02 from the lands that seemed to be where it worked best. I used nearly a full pound of H380 to find the ultimate load for my rifle. a ten shot group had an edge to edge measurement of .382. that my friends is a .158 MOA group. sadly the next pound of H380 did not work as well. the bullet was a Sierra 55gr HPBT.
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