222 pet loads needed

[303carbine]

What's your favorite bullet, powder, primer combination.

 

[prosper]

I dunno, everything I cook up seems to shoot well under an inch with my 788. Normally I use re-formed Winchester .223 brass, 24.0 gr of surplus WC-735 powder from Higginsons and Federal match primers with 40 grain Nosler BTs or Hornady VMAXs for about 3550fps

 

[hs4570]

.222 loads ....favorites

Brno fox .222 rem.......23.5 inch brl. Rem brass Win.srprimers
Tasco 6-24X Mildot

40 gr.Sierra.......22.6 gr. Imr4198........3shots/100yds...0.60 inch

45 gr Hornady "hornet" (.224)....23.5 gr Reloader 7...3 shots/100 yds./... 0.52 inch.

45 gr. Hornady "hornet"......21.5 gr.Imr 4198..3 shots/100 yds/ ...0.62 inch

52 gr Hornady spbt match...20.5 gr Imr 4198..6 shots/100 yds/..0.80 inch

55 gr. Hornady spz with cannelure.....20.5 gr Imr4198...3shots ...(.200yds)....0.90 inch..........3 shot avg @3,075 fps

hs4570.........your milage may vary

 

[Bearcat]

19.4 gr Imr 4198 and a 50gr TNT bullet, shot in a 340 Savage

Bearcat

 

[Scott_N]

50 Gr. Hornady SPSX
26.0 Gr BL-C(2)
WW Cases
CCI 400 Primers

 

[SuperCub]

I had great luck with between 19 and 22gr IMR4198.





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[prosper]

Hmmm - no one's mentioned H-322 yet? 322 and the 222 used to go hand-in-hand on the benchrest circuit a few years back

 

[mikeelliot]

Hmmm - no one's mentioned H-322 yet? 322 and the 222 used to go hand-in-hand on the benchrest circuit a few years back

It works well...cant remember my loads but I know 20gr IMR 4198 and a 50gr bullet was hard to beat.

Also 25.7gr BLC-2 and a 45 gr shoots real real well in my Savage 340.

I use Fed205M and CCI BR primers and win brass.

 

[kfn]

23.6gr H335
Speer 50gr TNT
WSR primer
Shot from BSA Hunter works well for me.
Ken Waters "Pet Loads" summarizes the most accurate loads as:
22.8 & 23.2 N-201 (Norma); 22.0 & 22.5 IMR 3031; 19.5 & 20.0 Reloader 7; 20.0 HP-103 (Herters); 20.5 & 21.0 4198; 23.0 of Win 748; 24.5 of 4320.
He states that if restricted to a single powder it would be between N-201 and IMR 3031.
As I can't find Norma powders I'll be trying 3031 when my H335 runs out.
I have found that some powder mfrs recommend a small rifle magnum primer so double check various reload manuals for the primer type.
Hope this is helpful; Ken

 

[mikeelliot]

Most of my loads with 3031 are compressed.

 

[kfn]

mikeelliot

mikeelliot: could you pass on some of your 3031 loads? and what is your opinon of 3031 in terms of accuracy & performance? Thanks, kfn

 

[Boomer]

I had good luck with 52 gr. Sierra Match bullets backed by 25.0 grs of 748. Groups were commonly around a half inch, sometimes a bit better if I held my tongue right.

 

[adog]

I had good results from 25grs of BLC-2 in win brass, with a small rifle magnum primer and the 50gr v-max. I just shot it over the chronie on the weekend and it was averaging 3325 fps. Almost 100fps over what the manual said. It is very accurate(sub moa) and it puts a whole lotta hurt on yotes and gophers out to 250-300 yards.