22-250 with 50gr BT's and 60gr PT's

[SJB358]

Here is my attempts at messing with the 50gr BT and 60gr PT's. Both loads are VARGET, CCI BR2's and WW cases. I need to chrono them and mess with seating on both of them, but they are pretty promising. I think another, slower powder will work better for them though.

50gr BT

60gr PT

Pretty sure I will have two winners once I do a little more work on them. Scotty

 

[DrMike]

For sure, the 50 grain BT is promising. The PT may just work with a bit of tweaking. I am going to have to break down and pick up a 22 centrefire.

 

[JD338]

Scotty,

JD338

 

[Powerstroke]

Scotty -

Good deal, doesn't appear you're going to need to do much tweaking. The BT's are looking really promissing.
Those 50grainers have to be smoking -

Here's my chemical comp for yotes -

 

[FOTIS]

40 gr BT at 4130 fps with H4895.

 

[SJB358]

Mike, I really like the PT's. Think they will be excellent for yotes if I can find a good load with them. I think with some of the other powders out there, I can get closer to 3500 out of them. Plus, I know they will shoot better. This was really loads left over from last year that I built, but never got around to tweaking. They ran about 3350.

The 50gr'er's were going in the 3800 range. They seem to be accurate, but again, I never tweaked them. I can see by you all (Jim, Mark, Pop) that I really need to step up my game! You guys make me look like horrible! Varget seems to be a great powder for the 50-55gr bullets, but I think I need to get into the H380 or maybe H414 range to ramp up the 60gr'ers. Scotty

 

[DrMike]

Jim, Mark and Fotis,

You fellow certainly feed my RADD. I've never owned a 22 centrefire, though I have loaded for quite a few and shot even more. I have not shot a 22-250 that did not shoot very well. I have produced a number of 0.1 to 0.2 inch groups in that cartridge.

 

[SJB358]

Mike, the 22 centerfires are pretty fun. No real recoil and they are usually accurate beyond belief. Get your self a nice little 22-250 or 220 Swift! You won't be unhappy! Scotty

 

[257 Ackley]

Mark, Pop, Jim -
Are all your barrels a 14 twist? I have not had a problem stabalizing a 50 grain bullet with my 14 twist barrels, but 55 plus grain bullets won't shoot smaller than inch groups for me. That is not acceptable in a varmint rifle in my opinion. The replacement barrel on my Ruger #1 will have a 12 twist so I can shoot a heavier/longer bullet. Hopefully that won't hurt the accuracy with the 50 grain loads.

 

[SJB358]

Joel, you know what is funny, is the barrel on my 22-250 has a 1-14 and seems to want to shoot the 60gr PT. I know the groups I posted aren't great, but I think there is alot of room for improvement on them. I don't see any problems with stabilizing them. I have never shot a 55gr bullet in my 22-250. I used to shoot alot of the Speer 52gr HP, and now the 50gr BT and the 60gr PT... Seems like 1-14 is on the edge of working for the longer bullets. Maybe with an increase in speed, I will get them in there. I would really like to have my "heavy" 22-250 load for coyotes! Scotty