Sierra .22's

[grovey]

From your experience... which lightweight Sierra .22 MK is consistently the most accurate ? The 52bt ,or the 53 fb version?

 

[Gary in MD]

In my limited and humble experience,
The 52 grain Sierra’s can be tough to beat.... sometimes even against custom bullets.

 

[B23]

From your experience... which lightweight Sierra .22 MK is consistently the most accurate ? The 52bt ,or the 53 fb version?

Generally, both shoot very well, but over a range of a variety of different guns, I believe a flat base bullet will consistently be easier to reach its sweet spot.

 

[gambleone]

52 hpbt.

 

[dolek]

Flat base for me,easy to dial in.

 

[grovey]

I asked this same question a few places and the results there mirror the answers here. I decided not to buy a bunch as I wanted too, but rather I added just 1 box of the 52's to my order to try first and if nothing happy happens within that box I'll try the 53's next.

 

[fatelvis]

I’ve had my best groups with the Sierra 53fb bullets out of my stock Rem700 222 Rem. I’ve tried the 52hpbt, 50g zmaxs, 50g blitz, and 52 fb Bergers

 

[Beau]

53 FB. They will shoot well after a barrel gets too tired to shoot boat tails.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Sierra’s site has a review from a guy from Australia on the 53fb. He says over the last 30 years they have shot 3000 hogs and a 1000 deer with this bullet, and won’t use anything else. Has anyone here shot the 53fb out of the .223 with a 8 twist barrel?

 

[littlebuddybr]

I have shot them out of a 22-250 with a krieger 7.7 twist. Shot great.
Just tried them today on a brand new 22br
With a bartlin 7.5 twist.

 

[222 rem]

52 is my choice of sierra bullets but if you can find 52 remingtons then you really have a bullet.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

222rem, seems like I remember a 52 grain hp in Rem loaded .222. Was it a flat based bullet?

 

[Twicepop]

If you're shooting at or under 300 yards, you'll probably get better accuracy from the flat base bullets.

 

[MrMajestic]

For consistency you will be hard pressed to beat Bart's Ultra's. $27/100 last I checked.

 

[TheOtherZilla]

I like the 52's, but use the 53 if I can't get em.. Both are excellent

 

[chkunz]

Boat tails do not do anything to improve accuracy, they are for improving ballistic coefficient.

 

[22BRGUY]

The 55 gr spitzer boat tail served me well for a long time in my 22 250. Thanks for question because I'm now wondering why I haven't tried them yet in my Anschutz .222

 

[grovey]

I've shot 40 or so out of a box of the 52's in load development so far and haven't found anything real real nice yet with H4198. But to be fair the gun didn't seem as fond of this bottle of powder compared to the last.

 

[Gary in MD]

What gun/cartridge? What scope?
Those 52’s shot in the 2’s and 3’s in a 222 that I had.

 

[xswanted]

I’m my experiences both will shoot very well.

If you’re going for ease on fur, the 52 has performed more consistently over the years for me.