Lack of 22-250 brass

[Clancy]

PETERSON is coming. I spoke to them again yesterday. Hang in there.

 

[RobertOly]

Barrel burnout in the 22-250 is a wide path. It will depend on which bullet/powder/velocity/rapidity of shots intersection. The 6.5x284 is not a barrel burner at all, if you shoot 3 rounds each outing. If you let the barrel return to ambient temperature before the next shot, you have thousands of opportunities for hits. If you hammer your gear, it will fail quickly.

So, the answer would only be accurate if we knew what parameters you intended to utilize. Prairie dog destroyers could weigh in much easier than I, if you plan to shoot lots of rounds and slay lots of them dough-gies. I like the LR game and shooting 88gr pills once in a while. The barrels last several thousand rounds with slow fire.

That being said, you could grab an inexpensive barrel from Brad at UrbanRifleman, and be shooting so many other cartridges with good life, plentiful brass, and fun in your glass. 2k would be a safe bet if youre choosing the right powder/bullet/rate of fire parameter.

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

22xc or 22 Creedmoor.

I've been trying for a couple of years to get David Tubb to make the 22 XC brass. I was ahead of the curve on that one. I still think you should do it. Please everybody call Superior Shooting Solutions and tell them that you would like to shoot his 22 XC and that he should stock the brass.

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

With the lack of good 22-250 brass. Lapua quit producing it. Looking at threads people use to make 6xc brass from lapua 22-250 brass.

Can i take 6xc and make 22-250 brass ? What are the options these days ?

I bought some Norma (100 ct) for 100 plus, from Raven Rock? I have some Lapua, and old NIB rem and some older norma cases. that should hold me for several loadings.

 

[Triple BB]

Thanks for the heads up. I still have a couple hundred rounds of Lapua brass. Went ahead and ordered a couple hundred rounds of Norma brass. Should be good for awhile...

 

[AlNyhus]

One of my local outlets had Winchester 22-250 cases earlier this week.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Graf’s usually gets a shipment of PPU each year, but it sells out fairly quickly.

 

[nakneker]

Lots of 22-250 brass availabile, Remington here in the classifieds, Ravenrockprecision has Norma and PPU. If your in need I wouldn’t procrastinate buying.

 

[AlNyhus]

Anyone that's been around a while knows that many chamberings go through periodic cycles of brass availability. A couple years ago, there was very little 223 brass to be found. Now it's everywhere.

Now add in a little paranoia and suddenly the 22-250 is declared dead. The outlet where I saw the Winchester 22-250 brass also had literally thousands of rounds of factory 22-250 ammo on the shelves. Maybe the boxes and bags contained little tin foil hats as a bonus? I should have thought to look.

If the 22-250 could speak for itself, it would probably steal Samuel Clemens famous phrase:
"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."

Good shootin' -Al

 

[urbanrifleman]

Lots of 22-250 brass availabile, Remington here in the classifieds, Ravenrockprecision has Norma and PPU. If your in need I wouldn’t procrastinate buying.

SOLD - New Rem 22250 Brass $150 per 200 shipped

Remington 22-250 brass old batch from Cabela's. Bags of 200. $150 per 200 count bag shipped. 1600 total for sale. Will take postal money order or bank check.

forum.accurateshooter.com

 

[806guns]

Barrel burnout in the 22-250 is a wide path. It will depend on which bullet/powder/velocity/rapidity of shots intersection. The 6.5x284 is not a barrel burner at all, if you shoot 3 rounds each outing. If you let the barrel return to ambient temperature before the next shot, you have thousands of opportunities for hits. If you hammer your gear, it will fail quickly.

So, the answer would only be accurate if we knew what parameters you intended to utilize. Prairie dog destroyers could weigh in much easier than I, if you plan to shoot lots of rounds and slay lots of them dough-gies. I like the LR game and shooting 88gr pills once in a while. The barrels last several thousand rounds with slow fire.

That being said, you could grab an inexpensive barrel from Brad at UrbanRifleman, and be shooting so many other cartridges with good life, plentiful brass, and fun in your glass. 2k would be a safe bet if youre choosing the right powder/bullet/rate of fire parameter.

Brad already got his share of money from be in the last year

 

[coldboreshot]

They quietly stopped making it.

Brother they have quietly stopped making all of the Walmart cartridges. Try to find 243 or 270 or 3030 etc etc

They have essentially stopped making just darn near everything while no one was looking.

Blue Collar Reloading had (24) 100ct boxes of Lapua 243 brass right now.

 

[urbanrifleman]

Blue Collar Reloading had (24) 100ct boxes of Lapua 243 brass right now.

That's not what I was talking about. Go to Walmart and try to buy a box of 243 ammo.

 

[coldboreshot]

That's not what I was talking about. Go to Walmart and try to buy a box of 243 ammo.

Pardon me...I was under the impression the topic of this thread was comments on lack of brass. If I have the opportunity, like most here in these forums, to reload, why pay loaded ammo prices anyway.

 

[AlNyhus]

After loading some 30BR stuff last evening for an upcoming tournament, I grabbed a 22-250 Body Die and screwed it in the press.

Lubed a 22 Creedmoor case with Imperial and pulled the handle. Like magic, a 22-250 case emerged. Repeated with a piece of 250 Savage brass. Same 'magic'. How about a piece of Lapua 6 Creedmoor? Hmmmm....more 'taika' ( that's 'magic' in Finnish) . A piece of fired Remington 308BR brass was the final 'magic act' of the evening. A long necked 22-250 was the result...true American orange and green magic right outta' Ilion, New York.

Hand loaders tend to be a resourceful lot.

Good shootin' - Al

 

[coldboreshot]

Personally, I would no longer index Walmart as a reliable source of centerfire ammo these days anyway. Walmarts I have visited no longer inventory rifle let alone ammo. Plenty of air rifle pellets though...
If your complaint is lack of 243,270 and 30-30 loaded ammo, I suggest searching ammo outlets like SGAmmo. Pleanty of these calibers there.

 

[rockhound78]

My WalMart's shelves are full of rifle ammo and 22's. Haven't looked closely to see just what was there, but I did spot 30-30's

 

[Dgd6mm]

With the lack of good 22-250 brass. Lapua quit producing it. Looking at threads people use to make 6xc brass from lapua 22-250 brass.

Can i take 6xc and make 22-250 brass ? What are the options these days ?

After reading this thread I've come to the conclusion that 22-250 brass is out there. It's just like other components, you have to search for it.

 

[urbanrifleman]

Personally, I would no longer index Walmart as a reliable source of centerfire ammo these days anyway. Walmarts I have visited no longer inventory rifle let alone ammo. Plenty of air rifle pellets though...
If your complaint is lack of 243,270 and 30-30 loaded ammo, I suggest searching ammo outlets like SGAmmo. Pleanty of these calibers there.

It doesn't matter the location It's the absence of the product. I think you guys are missing the point I was trying to make. Whether there be some old stock or some new import that they are currently selling in very small amounts, the old standbys of Remington and Winchester and Federal ammunition on the shelves at your local retail store, In the old calibers, simply doesn't exist.

 

[coldboreshot]

The OP's concerns about the availability of a certain mfg of 22-250 and the availability of acceptable replacements seems to have been solved here. Its his right and prerogative to decide how he chooses to proceed but supplying false information about this particular brass being mothballed or obsolete is doing him a disservice. I believe it has already been disproven here.

TO THE OP,
Given the sources provided, there are formidable alternatives with 22-250 brass. I wish you well in your reloading ventures.