new toy/ 22-250 help needed.

[boomer453]

picked up a new to me 22-250 and need some help with reloading. i've got 50gr V-max and 52gr bergers along with RL15 and H380 on hand.

anyone with some recipes to share?

[LWD]

Both Hodgdon and Alliant put data on their websites. You might start there.

LWD

[HTDUCK]

Straight from Hodgdon's website

"This was an unnamed spherical rifle propellant when the late Bruce Hodgdon first used it. When a 38.0 grain charge behind a 52 grain bullet gave one hole groups from his 22 caliber wildcat (now called the 22-250), he appropriately named the powder H380. "

Start there.

[dustoffer]

Straight from Hodgdon's website

"This was an unnamed spherical rifle propellant when the late Bruce Hodgdon first used it. When a 38.0 grain charge behind a 52 grain bullet gave one hole groups from his 22 caliber wildcat (now called the 22-250), he appropriately named the powder H380. "

Start there.

That's my go-to powder for my .22-250

[cattlelackranch]

new toy/ 22-250 help needed.

I just ran a lot of powders through my 22-250.
VV, reloader, IMR and hodgdon

H380 and Varget performed the best. I ended up going with Varget in hopes of having less temp sensitivity. I was just under book max for my node.

I'm running 55 grain Sierra blitzking mainly on varmets

[HTDUCK]

I run H4831SC in mine but it's got a 1/8 twist barrel and all I shoot are 75 gr bullets.

[mpotts]

I shoot 36gr of Accurate Arms 2520 wit a 52gr Berger

[boomer453]

Both Hodgdon and Alliant put data on their websites. You might start there.

LWD

Agreed but as usually happens, everywhere you go will list a different "accuracy" load as well as a different "hunting" load. sometimes helps to get real world opinions from people that may have used the same combination of components.

[WyoBull]

I don't shoot a 22-250 but a very close cousin, the 220 Swift. If you are open to recommendations on bullets, I have my Swift set up with Sierra 55 gr HPBT (item 1390 from Sierra). They are fur friendly on coyotes and I am shooting mine about 3875 fps.
If you are not settled yet on a bullet, check it out and see what recipes you can find from Sierra, Hodgdon etc.

[boomer453]

guns a 1:14 twist so i'm limited to about 60grs and under. i'll do some research on the Sierra but i already have 200 of the berger 52gr varmint bullets (FBHP) and 100 of the 50gr V-max. expecting 100 60gr berger varmint (FBHP) tomorrow.