TheOtherZilla
Pull my finger
I have a Savage 12. It likes 52 Sierra MK's and 8208. One hole.
Great info thank youI shot the 12" twist 22-250 for quite a few years and they were very easy to work with. This was before the 40 gr bullets became popular. I only worked with 50-55 gr bullets and mostly H4895 and Varget.
Like most 22-250 guys, I had to try 38 gr H380 but
settled on the H4895 and Varget.
Varmint bullets: 50 and 55 gr Sierra FB Spitzer,
55 gr Sierra BT SP, 50 and 55 gr Blitz King were used.
Match bullets: Sierra 52 and 53 gr MK were both
very accurate for paper.
The 55 gr Bk was very accurate and was devastating on GH's and PD's. I thought this bullet was the best .224 varmint bullet of all.
The 50 gr BK was a very good varmint bullet and was very accurate----possibly as accurate as the MK's.
Greater choices with today's bullets and powders should offer even better results than I saw.
Shoot'em good and vote.
A. Weldy
Thanks.I have a Ruger 77v with a hvy barrel. For the last 30 years I have been using a Sierra 52 gr. HPBT with 34 gr. of IMR 4320 and a CCI-BR2. this load will clock 3,400 fps and shoot 1/2" group at 100 yds all day.
Thank you for the infoI have a Savage 12. It likes 52 Sierra MK's and 8208. One hole.
I agree I have 2. One in a 22-250 and one in a 260. Great shooting riflesYou bet. The Predator Max was a great idea from Savage...why they quit offering it is a mystery to me. Wish I had one.
I've shot a few 50 gr vmax with cfe223. The few I shot I could cover three shots at 100 with my thumb. Way good enough to bust some clay pigeons on my range at 150.Anyone use cfe-223 with the 52 gr smk?
ThanksMy Savage FV (1:12”) sure likes the 53 VMax. Haven’t checked lately, but was seeing some on a few dealers’ shelves around here.