22 br varmint loads

[Evan]

got 22 br back from smith.it has 14 twist.had smith open up chamber for lapua cases.it shot ok wiy
th remington.now will see with lapua.have custon 52 grain bullets no coated.remington 7 1/2 primers and fed primers what do you think would be a great powder for it now.also what about primers.i have not shot this gun in 2 years so i assume there are better powders around and primers.
gary b

My old Sierra manual says 29.6gns of Benchmark is the "Accuracy Load" and I have yet to be disappointed by any Sierra manual's listed accuracy load.

Varget is probably worth a try too; it seems to work in most every BR and BR variant. Same Sierra manual lists a max at 33gns.

 

[maddysdad]

thank for that.
gary