22br 7 twist bullet recommendations for pdogs?

[sscoyote]

60 and 69 TMK

 

[A_Gamehog]

The fun of shooting in a dog town is seeing and hearing the pop of a direct hit. Your best bet is the 53-60 grain range. Scope/ rifle movement of heavy bullets and recoil increases above 60 and you miss the show. Another factor is the wind, early morning gets calm, afternoon is windy, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado , South Dakota all experience wind. The 60 grain Tipped match king would be explosive and buck those winds. In stock now, if you snooze you lose!
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Sierra Tipped MatchKing (TMK) Bullets 22 Cal (224 Diameter) 60 Grain

MatchKing rifle bullets are super-accurate bullets with very thin jackets and are held to exacting tolerances in diameter and weight. Their accuracy has...

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[searcher]

As a "high-volume" critter blaster, I'm always working two loads at a time in most rigs. I use relatively light (40-50 grain) "bargain-brand" any-name stuff and the cheaper primers and powder to shoot inside 350 yards - and if all the majority of critters are beyond that, I switch to heavier bullet "accuracy loads". I keep my "dope sheets" on hand for both loads so there is no re-zeroing or anything, other than a few clicks of windage usually - very seamless transition going back and forth. You spend a lot less on components and less wear on the tubes, I think, doing that. For long distance, I still won't use any "non-varmint" bullets unless I have a really good backstop to catch ricochets. The 55 Blitz Kings work really well as a "do it all" bullet that won't come apart - and provides stellar accuracy and "pop" yet cost less than the Bergers, Scenars, etc. Losing sight picture at the shot, in the absence of a brake, comes into play going to the heavier bullets as well. Big difference between 40 grain and 75 in that respect.

 

[hfinkle]

I use forty v-max, 31g varget , they ar so fast the wind doesn’t make a difference

 

[shoot4fun]

I have a 7 twist 22br and I need a bullet for pdogs. I'm concerned that 77gr tmk/ 80 Bergers are too large of a grain bullet for varmints. Any ideas are greatly appreciated? Spin rate is also a conundrum?

Purely my experience and results but I shot well over 900 rounds of Hornady 40 Vmax thru my 14.5" 7 twist AR in 2 1/2 day, without cleaning, and the only blowups I encountered was on the prairie dogs.All shooting was done suppressed and there were some times when the barrel got so hot it melted part of the interior of the old ranch truck we were riding in.

 

[1mil]

For what its worth...I have a 1:12 in my 22BR and was happy it will spin a 60gn V max.. The most explosive and wind resistant bullet out of 5 different P dog rifles last year. I have a new 1:9 barrel on order.
My experience ... every 22 bullet we tried over 60 gns did not give us the splat factor we like. Even from a 22-250.
I do wish Sierra would make their new 69gn blitz king available to handloaders.