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40grn bullets in a 22-250

long40shot

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I'm going to try some 40grn bullets in my 22-250. Going to try either the Sierra blitzking or the hornady v-max. What are your guy's favorite loads?

Thanks
Matt
 
I use the 40gr Vmax, haven't tried the Sierra's as of yet.

38.1gr IMR-4064
WLR
Seated .005 off
Average MV is 3948

Pretty accurate out to 500yds. I'm going to try some CCI BR primers today and see what changes.
 
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I shot a lot of 40's out of a 22/250 at over 4000 fps. They get to the target noticably faster than a 50 gr but on ground squirrels the 50's hit ALOT harder. The difference in acrobatics and air time is not even close. It just depends on what your using them for but I found a little heaiver bullet to perform a lot better.

Varget shot great with the 40's
 
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I'm going to try some 40grn bullets in my 22-250. Going to try either the Sierra blitzking or the hornady v-max. What are your guy's favorite loads?

Thanks
Matt
Ive used 40gr vmax out of mine
36.0gr imr 3031
4106fps
Fed 210m primers
Shot good but not great like 55gr bullets
 
I ran the 40 grain NBT out of my stock Remington barrel cut to 24" at 4150 fps. Very accurate, clobbered coyotes, blew the engine block out of jackrabbits and that bullet got there right now and in a hurry. I've long since replaced that barrel but it was a book load.
 
This morning i loaded up a test batch of 40 v-maxs. Went with 38.6 of Varget. Next week we'll see how they do on some p-dogs.
 
Just returned home from a week of prairie dog extermination: long-time Pal, Joe, showed up with a Rem. 700 VT, .22/250 and several hundred rounds loaded with the Hodgdon Loading DATA [maximum] charge weight of CFE223, and Nosler 40 GR. BT - published velocity (4328 FPS) held up to scrutiny from the MagnetoSpeed . . . out to 400Yd., Joe smacked rats at a high percentage! :eek: I had to eat crow and swallow it! :(;) The MS recorded an average velocity of 4320 FPS! I was impressed. :DRG
 
Those cheap Nosler SHOTS/Midway Dogtown/Midsouth VNE 22 cal 34g bullets work well, even with your typical shot out .250" freebore 22-250, and get big velocity.

BTW 22-250 stands for "22 caliber, .250" freebore in 1000 rounds" ;)
 

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