22-250 load for 60 grain bullet?

[k9jones]

Anybody have any load data for a 22-250 using a 60 grain bullet with Varget or Benchmark powder? I have just bought a Kimber M84 Varminter and am having troulbe finding a load it likes. The magizine well is to short to seat Ballistic tips or Vmaxs so that they touch the rifle lands.

Any other suggestions would also be appreciated?

 

[Kodiak99317]

Sierra manual says for VARGET

30.6g 3100 f/s
31.7g 3200
32.8g 3300

Varget is actually too fast a powder for this heavy bullet, you would be better off with a slower powder like H414 or 4064 and you could get more velocity too, up around 3600 f/s IMO.

 

[Preacher]

Varget works very good on all bullet weights up to 70 grains, and is only a few steps away from the same burn rate as 4064,faster), it will also give you more velocity than H414,slower) will with most of the bullets available.
Try some flat base match bullets in your rifle, it just might help you out..

 

[AckleymanII]

I had several 22/250 that I shot 60's in. I shot 39.0g of IMR 4350 in each of them which was right on the verge of being a max load in each rifle. Both rifles shot tiny groups.

Varget is a fast powder for the 60's in a 22/250, meaning you will probably loose 200 fps over the slower 4350.

Good luck!

 

[trappst]

This was one of my favorites in my Savage 1:12 twist 26" barrel.

Sierra 60g HP
IMR 3031
Fed 210
W-W brass

Avg. 3640 fps and accurate too! Work this one up slow though - I hit pressure signs before the max in the Sierra manual.

I use the same combo to fireform brass in my 22-250 AI....

 

[RJinTexas]

I also found great accuracy with IMR 3031, in my Remington VSSF 22-250 which is stock except for the Jewell trigger. Here's my pet load. Group accuracy average based on five-five shop groups.
Best .076 - Worst .784 - Avg .429

Hornady #2270 60gr SP
IMR 3031 - 33.7 gr
CCI 200 primer
RP brass - OAL @ 2.380
3441 fps.

I hope this is of some help.
RJ

 

[Woody]

Oh yeh, I here you on the Kimber. It was one of the most finicky rifles to come up with a decent recipe for that we have ever experienced. This was on an 84M 22-250 from a few years ago. Nice gun, shoots nice now, but what a bugger coming up with an initial load. Here is what we ended up with. They will be too long for you doing more than a single shot application, which on the PD towns or paper punching, will do just fine. 35.0 gr. Benchmark, 15 thou off the lands. 50 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tips. Federal Large Match primers. Disclaimer, work up to the 35 gr. and all the other precaution using another persons load. That said, we did not try anything larger than a 55 gr. bullet so I have no data for you on a 60 gr. pill nor have a short COL for you either. If you can't use the info hopefully someone else out there can. Good luck.

Woody