22-250 Powder Recommendations?

[mmattockx]

I am about to start loading 22-250, planning to use 50-55gr. bullets. Looking at both Hornady and Hodgdon load data, IMR 4064 is right in the middle of the powder ranges listed and seems to produce velocities near the top end without crazy pressures. Is 4064 a good choice for the above? Any others that produce nice, consistent velocity and accuracy with the 50-55gr. bullets?

Thanks,
Mark

 

[albertacoyotecaller]

Powder

How about ummmmm...

H380

Greg

 

[marcoman]

How about ummmmm...

H380

Greg

 

[762nato]

Reloader 15 works great in the 22-250

 

[Ducimus]

Varget is working well for me....when I can find it.

 

[broncoguy72]

38 gr H380 and a 55 gr bullet, I've used that load for thousands of rounds and works good in all my guns.

 

[rembolt]

x2 on the H380.39.5 grs turned mine into a tack driver.

 

[Mount Sweetness]

Varget

 

[Northman999]

With my Stevens 200, I found H380 to produce fairly anemic velocities, even loaded up to 40.0 gr. I'm still experimenting with somewhat faster powders like IMR 4895. I think maybe the 22" barrel on the stevens is too short for slow powders like H380...

 

[snowshoe]

I used to load for 3 seperate .22-250's, 2 of them liked Varget best and the third one liked IMR 4064. The Varget loads were at 3600+ FPS and the 4064 load was 3540 or so.

 

[tactical870]

I load my 22-250 at 39 grains of WW760 Ball. Works good out of a 700 rem with a douglas bull barrel.....

 

[beaverfur]

After a bunch of testing for hunting load;

-50gr vmax over imr 4895
-55gr vmax likes rl 15
-And to crank up the speed 40gr vmax over 10x
We have had mixed results with varget, one lot will work well the next is like starting fresh. I never used h380 seems a bit slow. PM me if you would like the grains used, or questions about the guns.

 

[wcat]

Imr 4064 & 4320
rl-15

 

[mpwolf]

50 gr. Vmax and Varget work very well for me. H4895 and 55 HPBT Sierras, as well as 60 SP hornadys. H380 shot veyr well, but was slow for me ( especially in the cold).

 

[Dogleg]

I used a lot of H380 for summer shooting, but it liked to go sour when the temperature dropped so I moved on. I've settled on IMR 4895 for 52s, and 4064 for 75s.

 

[srt4u2nv]

After a bunch of testing for hunting load;

-50gr vmax over imr 4895
-55gr vmax likes rl 15
-And to crank up the speed 40gr vmax over 10x
We have had mixed results with varget, one lot will work well the next is like starting fresh. I never used h380 seems a bit slow. PM me if you would like the grains used, or questions about the guns.

x2

 

['Boo]

Most of my 22-250 loads use IMR4064.

One of the exceptions is my load for the 60 grain Nosler Partition which uses W760.

 

[mmattockx]

Gentlemen, thanks for all the info. I forgot to add that the rifle in question has a 24" barrel, so the slower powders may not work as well for me.

Mark

 

[srt4u2nv]

beaverfur is using a vanguard has 1-14ROT 24" barrel

 

[daBear]

There is another great powder out there as well. TAC by Ramshot has produced some xlnt results but it has always been hard to acquire. Seeing as you are just down the street practically, you may want to pop in to ProLine in Inglewood as they have a good supply of TAC on hand, and grab a single pounder to experiment with. All the data is on the ramshot website as well.
Cheers
dB