4000fps...22-250

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I have a new 22-.250 remington on order. The barrel is going to have a 1:14 twist that should be good for lighter bullets. I would like to have a load that will shoot right around the 4000fps mark. I know barnes claims this with the varmint grenades but do any of you guys have any real life experience with this? I would also like to keep it a 40 gr bullet if possible.
 
CFE-223 powder and a 40gr bullet will get damn near 4400fps out of my 22-250's

Many other powders will get to 4k+ with a 40 bullet.
 
For a while I wanted all the speed I could get out of mine. Some spectacular consequences for sure. Now I use 55 grain bullets exclusively.

It doesn't matter how fast you miss them.
 
rral22 said:
For a while I wanted all the speed I could get out of mine. Some spectacular consequences for sure. Now I use 55 grain bullets exclusively.

It doesn't matter how fast you miss them.
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I know speed isn't everything but for the last couple years i just want to break the 4000fps mark. Not sure why. i just wanna go fast. It will be months before the rifle arrives so thinking about this kinda stuff keeps me occupied for the wait. I have only used 52's and 55's in my current 22-250.
 
i am trying some in my savage mod 12 vlp 22-250 with a 1-9 twist and 70 gr berger and 39 gr of superformance i will hopefully see how it goes next weekend.
 
HOSSONE said:
I know speed isn't everything but for the last couple years i just want to break the 4000fps mark. Not sure why. i just wanna go fast. It will be months before the rifle arrives so thinking about this kinda stuff keeps me occupied for the wait. I have only used 52's and 55's in my current 22-250.
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Trade your 22-250 off on a 220 Swift, lol. :)
I have always made 4000+ in the Swift with 50/52 grain pills, and there are a raft of these to choose from.

I think using a 40 grain bullet in a bigger case like the 225 Winchester, 224 Weatherby, 22-250 or 220 Swift
is somewhat counterproductive, since they tend to shed velocity at a higher rate.

I am not overly impressed with Superperformance powder in my SAUM, but results will vary, I'm sure.

Regards, Eagleye.
 
ginnz said:
everything ive read about the "varmint grenades" has been negative.... IMO, there are alot better bullets out there to choose from.
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I can't recall ever reading one positive thing about these bullets.
 
Superformance powder only works with certain bullets, ie 95 grain sst bullets in 243 travel at 3185 fps, but in a 308 150 grain, superformance is nothing special. I have not tried it in a 22-250.
 
Breaking the 4000fps mark is a goal of mine as well; just for laughs. Don't really have anything capable of it at the moment but I am eyeing a Savage .22-250 for longer range varminting/target shooting that would fit the bill.

KDX said:
I can't recall ever reading one positive thing about these bullets.
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I've read that they are just fine for shooting steel at close range but fail to perform on actual varmints.
 
I load 43grs of Superformance behind a 55gr NBT for my Rem VLS 22-250 and it will regularly shoot 5 shot 100yd groups that I can cover with a dime. I have not chorny them but they do turn gophers into a cloud of red mist.
 
i use a good shot of win 760 with a 40 grain bullet in my 22-250 .i have chronied it at over 4000 fps .
 
I've chronied winchester white box 45 grain and they were an honest 4000+ fps, with just a few fps variation. 4000 fps was the minimum, btw. And they shoot about 1/2" out of my stevens 200. Got all set up to reload 22-250 and they found this out and have only been shooting these...
 
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