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Need a load for 22-250!

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:34 pm
by xr10065669
I am needing a load for my Savage LRPV 22-250. It is a 1 in 9 twist. I have the 69 grain Sierra HPBT bullets that i want to try, but do not know where to begin on powers. Any help would be appreciated!

Also, Sierra says not to hunt with the matchking bullets, but I cannot find any other type of Sierra bullets that will be around a 70 grain bullet. Can i hunt with these bullets? I am wanting the load to do some long range prairie dog shooting.

Thanks for all your help!!

Re: Need a load for 22-250!

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:51 am
by Sagebrush Burns
My 22-250 works well with W760. H380 has also been OK.

Re: Need a load for 22-250!

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:15 am
by 22shooter
My 22-250 Ruger Model 77 likes, 55 gr Balisstic Tip Noslers and 39 grains of W760. start lower and work up slowly.

Re: Need a load for 22-250!

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:59 pm
by JD11
I use 50 and 55 grain Sierra BlitzKings with my 22-250 for prairie dogs and they work great. Any special reason why you want to use the heavier bullets? I think one of the main reasons Sierra doesn't recommend the MKs is because they don't expand well and overall just aren't designed at all for shooting game.
For powder I use Varget and H380.

Re: Need a load for 22-250!

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:48 pm
by glenn asher
JD11 wrote:I use 50 and 55 grain Sierra BlitzKings with my 22-250 for prairie dogs and they work great. Any special reason why you want to use the heavier bullets? I think one of the main reasons Sierra doesn't recommend the MKs is because they don't expand well and overall just aren't designed at all for shooting game.
For powder I use Varget and H380.
I'd guess, because he got the 1-9" twist barrel, that he wants the heavier bullets for long distance shooting :? , the BC of the 69 is pretty good, and good for longer range stuff. To that end, I'd suggest the slower powders for that purpose, starting with Varget and H-380, but 4350 might work, too. As far as I know, there isn't any published data for the heavier bullets, unless you have an old Speer manual, they made (might still make) a 70 semi- spitzer for deer hunting, and IIRC, there is some data for .22/250 and that bullet. Dropping the charge back and starting with their data might just get you someplace.
Every time I think about getting one of those, or building something like it, I get to thinking, when that bore gets rough, it's gonna eat the jackets off everything that goes through it. :( That's what keeps me from going ahead and doing something about it. It's still a viable idea, though, and ought to give prairie dogs fits. I'm still thinking about it, too. :wink:

Re: Need a load for 22-250!

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:13 pm
by Little Club
Work up to 36.5 grains of H4350 with a 75 grain Amax, CCI 200 primers, Win cases. Shoots great and has less wind drift.

Re: Need a load for 22-250!

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 3:29 pm
by xr10065669
Hello everybody,

I am sorry for just getting back to you all. I wanted the heavier bullets to shoot longer distances. I have my Ruger and Savage .204's for prairie dogs up to 350 yards or so. I wanted something to make some 400 yard shots possible. I have the H 4350, H 4895, and IMR 3031 to play with. How do the 50-60 grain bullets hold up for long range shooting?

Thanks for all of your help