22-250 stabilizing

[centerlineseal]

Sub 1/2 moa groups were the norm with that powder using the 50 Nosler BT.

It was a fellow ghog hunter who encouraged me to try it. At the time I thought he was a "few cans short of a six pack" but decided to try it especially since Nosler had published data on it and I saw firsthand his shooting results.

It blew me away, the accuracy. My memory is kind of vague since it was years ago, but if I remember correctly, the load out of a 26" Remington 700 Varmint 14" twist clocked at about 3,400 f/s. which was well below what I was getting out of IMR 4064 or Varget.

Yeah, 3,450 fps in a 26" 700 VLS, ... 3,250 in the factory 24" Ruger 77V that I just re-barreled. (I haven't chrono'ed the new barrel yet). I bought that gun used in 1981 at a pawnshop/gunshop in Burns, Oregon. 43 years and thousand of rounds finally saw it open up to about 3/4"

 

[Benchrest Braxton]

I have read before not to take the plastic tip into account when measuring stability but in my experience that is definitely not the case. In the early 2010's I had a 14 twist 22/250 Rem 700 VSF. I purchased a box of 53 gr Hornady V-max. Bullet holes were very oval and the group was more of a pattern than a group. Having no other 22 cal rifle to use them in I decided to do an experiment . The length of my V-max's were .830. I decided to cut the tip off and file flat the bullet tip, not touching the jacket. This made the bullet .701 in length. Using the rest of the bullets I had (75 ) along with H-380 I ended shooting 1/2" groups with very round bullet holes. The only change made was the removal of the red tip. Since then I have always included the tip in any stability program. I had the same thing happen to me in my 7/08 with the Barnes 168 LRX. Done the same and shot good for the rest of the bullets I had left. JME

its best to leave the tip in

 

[Benchrest Braxton]

Yeah, 3,450 fps in a 26" 700 VLS, ... 3,250 in the factory 24" Ruger 77V that I just re-barreled. (I haven't chrono'ed the new barrel yet). I bought that gun used in 1981 at a pawnshop/gunshop in Burns, Oregon. 43 years and thousand of rounds finally saw it open up to about 3/4"

why so slow in your vls?

i am pushing the 53 vmax at 3,550-3,600 in my vls 223 no sweat

 

[Murray Brook]

its best to leave the tip in

Yes I leave the tip in my calculation.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

I don't load my 22-250's down to 223, I have 223's for shorter range. Run the 40 gr bullets at 3900-4000.

 

[358WCF]

its best to leave the tip in

That's what she said.

 

[centerlineseal]

why so slow in your vls?

i am pushing the 53 vmax at 3,550-3,600 in my vls 223 no sweat

It's an old but tried and true load that I've used for about 40 years, developed when I only had books to refer to. Not max at all, just found it is extremely accurate and utilized a single powder to share with my 7mm RemMag, (back when I was a poor neophyte).

I consider accuracy to trump velocity all day long.

YMMV

 

[Doug Casner]

It's an old but tried and true load that I've used for about 40 years, developed when I only had books to refer to. Not max at all, just found it is extremely accurate and utilized a single powder to share with my 7mm RemMag, (back when I was a poor neophyte).

I consider accuracy to trump velocity all day long.

YMMV

 

[Doug Casner]

Dont start the politics. Doug