If you're confident in your Swede, pick a good bullet, work up a good, and go for it! I had been loading for a friends Ruger 77 in .35 Whelen. It shot lights out with 225 grain ABs out to 450 yards. With that load he had harvested deer, bear, and moose. He decided to make a guided elk hunt with...
In working with a 300 Ultra Mag (Sako) with a 1:11 twist, I found 200 grain bullets to be marginal. Loads had be at or near max velocity and groups would still start opening beyond 200 yards. I finally gave up and went to 180 grain bullets with much better results. It may have been the rifle or...
As we are pressured more and more to move away from lead, I don't see manufactures spending their R&D dollars to expand their lineup to offer new or redesigns of lead bullets. I'm just wondering when, not if, Colorado will require the use of lead-free bullets.
That was the first bullet that I used to load for my 7mm Remington Mag with IMR4831 in 1965. No chronograph in those days but I'm sure they weren't much stiffer than a good 30-06 load. A friend and I used that load to harvest a number of deer, bear, and elk.
I've always had a soft spot for the .222 Rem. My first was a Savage 340 and my current is a CZ 527. I have not put nearly as many rounds through the CZ as I did the Savage but it loves just about load with 50, 52, or 53 grain bullets.