Favorite 22 ARC Bullet

[dirtclod]

The 22 ARC has been out for a while now. what is your favorite bullet for this caliber, bolt action or AR, your kind of shooting (varmint,steel,etc) and why?

 

[Gundog]

52 grain BIB bullet- bolt gun, best grouping bullet for Coyotes in my rifles
53 grain V-Max AR, best grouping bullet for Coyotes in my rifles

 

[AP2020]

My 22-250AI loves the 68gr Hammer HHT which would probably shoot well in your 22ARC.

 

[SKWERLZ]

I shoot 80 ELDM in mine but I really want to try my beloved 69SMK in it eventually.

 

[DJD]

I've been waiting months for a CF barrel for my build but I plan to shoot 53gr vmax and 70gr tsx

 

[PGW Steve]

I started with 80's and was impressed with the speed, supersonic to 1100 yards. I recently tried 88's and these stay over 1250 fps out to 1200 yards. I've got some 90gr SMK's to try next. I'm primarily a LR shooter, steel and Shotmarkers. I do plan on working up some 62 ELD-VT for varmints.

 

[moorepower1]

I have a 21" Odin Works barrel and it shoot's the 62 eldvt with Varget very well. CFE 223 is almost300 fps faster and still shoots 3/4' for 300 fps faster "3300". I have some 69 eldvt and 75 eld's to test, but have not had the time to do it. Mine is a varmint gun. The factory 88's shoot excellent.

 

[longrangehunterII]

I've only been testing the 80.5 FB in my 20" Bartlein 1:7" 22 ARC after I broke in the barrel with some 77 SMK's. So far it seems to really like RL-15 @ 2980 fps. That said it'll still shoot well with IMR 8208 XBR, and VV N540 but that seems dirty. I started with VarGet and may need to go back to now that I have 80 rounds down my bbl.

I have the 85.5 LRHT's on hand to try, and the Speer 75 Gold Dots too that I predict will work well on Deer. I might test BL-C2, N140, or the Norma 203B I have on hand? I have a 5 lb jug of RL-15 that I opened for testing in this round since it works so well in my 5.56 MK12.

 

[msalm]

52 grain BIB bullet- bolt gun, best grouping bullet for Coyotes in my rifles
53 grain V-Max AR, best grouping bullet for Coyotes in my rifles

Gundog,
I have a 224 LBC on a Howa mini (same as ARC) and am curious on your 52gr BIB load. Powder and velocity along with performance on coyotes? I just obtained the same bullet and will set up this rifle for a calling gun.

 

[makethemdead]

1-7 twist barrel Bolt action
80gr ELDX for killing hogs deer
85.5gr berger very small groups any range
88ELD great for steel past 500-600 yd
80ELD steel under 500 yd
77gr TMK shoot really well also

 

[rockhound78]

Plan on the 62 eld-vt , the 68 Hornady bt, and the 69 TMK