loading the .22 Hi-Power

jim webster

jim webster

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i have been loading my hi power take downs for years with the speer 70 gr semi spitzers and 25.5 grs of 3031. this has given me great performance but i am having a hell of a time getting the bullets anymore..grab the when i find them which isn't often...the problem i have now is that i do not seem to be able to get a good load worked up for it with any of the other 70 gr bullets out there...i seem to be able to get either great expansion or great accuarcy but not both at the same time.( i use them for hunting and varmit)...anybody have any Pet Loads they can share with me??

thanks for the help guys
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hi senior
i have never had the chance to find any .229's but i have tried the hor #2280 .227's (part box) i was tring to work out a load for them but i ran out and have not been able to get them since . Hornady won't ship up here and the dist. i have talked to told me there wasn't enough of a demand to warrant stocking them...
have a great day
jim w
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My mistake, meant .227s
Just checked I have like 5 left.
Did you try Ammo-mart? Marks got most everything.
Last box I got was from Wholesale I believe but that was a loong time ago.
 
Get yourself a good bullet mould from NEI Handtools as the problem of getting odd size jacketed bullets(.228 or so) isn't going to improve. With a hardcast bullet you can try diff. dias., the only other option would be very expensive swaging equip. from Corbin. The highpower is not so fast that one couldn't try running hardcast bullets at factory velocities, although accuracy may be better at around 2,000fps. At this time M.T. Chambers does not have a mould in this caliber.
 
My old Lyman book has data for a 70 gr jacketed, 60 gr cast with gas check and 78 grain cast. .228" bullets don't seem to be made any more. Although, Huntington's, Stateside, lists 60 and 70 grain Remington bullets. Remington's site doesn't though.
As with all things unusual, try Epp's.
Here's the non-3031 data for you.
70 grain jacketed
Powder Start Velocity Max. Velocity
IMR 4895 25.0 2400 28.0 2754
IMR4320 27.0 2652 30.0 2840

60 grain cast w/gas check
Unique 6.5 1754 7.7 1908
2400 11.0 1811 13.0 2074
IMR4227 12.0 1893 14.0 2145

78 grain cast
Unique 6.0 1501 7.0 1625
2400 9.0 1562 11.5 1730
IMR4227 10.0 1590 12.5 1792
 
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thanks for the help...talked to a friend in the U.S. who has a large selection of moulds and he is pretty sure he has a lyman 78 gr that i can try out...thanks again
jim w
 
got my mould in and tried out a few with 12.0 grs 4227....78gr gas check #2 alloy...seems to be the way to go...need to tweak the load but she is giving me a little more than 1.5" groups with a peep sight on a 94 year old rifle...need to cast so more and get to the range
 
I guess the biggest hurdle is a source of supply for bullets. The cartridge is one I first heard of years back and was used in a 99 Savage by a lady that lived in Barkerville. As I was told it was her cartridge of choice that she used successfully on a number of occasions for Grizzly. Actually I have a scan of an old photo I should send you showing some of her success with it.
I have P.O. Ackley's two volume set of manuals, given to me by a friend and the following is info from them. Hope you find it helpful.
45 gr. bullet 17 gr. 2400 powder 3100 f/sec
55 22 HiVel#2 2560
24 HiVel#2 2795
25 4895 2800
28.5 4895 3100
25 3031 2860
29.5 3031 3200
70 21 4198 2700
22 HiVel#2 2660
24 HiVel#2 2900
25.4 HiVel#2 3070
25 4895 2575
26 4895 2690
27 3031 2990
30 4320 2930
The following loads are recommended for Norma and Nobel powders
60 gr. Cast Gas-check bullet
12 gr. Nobel's Hornet powder 2000 f/sec
70 gr. Jacketed 25.5 4740 2750
29 Nobel 41 2800
Standard twist: 12"
 
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