V-Max bullets in 224 -75 grains

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I have a tikka t3 lite in 22-250 just wondering if this bullet would be a good hunting round and if it would be hard on barrel just started to load my own.:cool:
 
I don't know what the twist rate would be like in that rifle, but you are going to need a fast twist to stabilize those bullets as they are a long bullet. I think that perhaps you may be referring to 75 grain A-max's unless Hornady is now making a V-max in that weight. I have loaded the 75 A-max bullets in 5.56, but you have to seat them pretty deep and apply a good crimp to keep them where they are supposed to be, but they seem to really shoot well out of a 1 in 7" twist barrel. They also expand very, very well and would probably work on small game (perhaps even deer - dare I say). It would also help to drive them as fast as possible.
 
In theory, 1:14 won't stabilize 75gr bullets. They're too long.

Your twist will limit you to small bullets, up to 55gr, perhaps a little bigger.
 
My brother in law is using 55g vmax, in his 22 50. He says they are really accurate , so he just ordered a few hundred projectiles.
 
I loaded some v-max 55grain and I found that they group good at 100 yrds 3shoots you can cover with a dime! But everyone is telling me that I cant use anything bigger , what would happen if I did!
 
If you use bullets that your barrel can't stabilize your groups will start to open up very quickly. If you go even heavier you can get keyholes as the bullets tumble. It wont damage your rifle but you wont be able to hit anything smaller than a truck at 100yds. You might also get some terrible copper fouling but that can be cleaned out.

You could buy a box and give them a try. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work, and you are only out the cost of a box of bullets and a little powder and a few primers.

AFAIK twist rate is only part of the equation. The actual thing you are looking for is RPM so since a 22-250 can fire the same weights at higher velocities than a 223 you should be able to stabilize heavier bullets than a 223 with the same twist rate or use a slower twist rate for the same weight bullets.

The Hodgdon data site does list 70gr Speer soft point data specific to a 1:14" twist in a 22-250. What accuracy you get with that, I don't know, but it looks like it should "work".
 
poptart said:
I loaded some v-max 55grain and I found that they group good at 100 yrds 3shoots you can cover with a dime! But everyone is telling me that I cant use anything bigger , what would happen if I did!
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The length of the bullet is more important than its weight. Of course, many heavier bullets of the same caliber also tend to be longer. ;)

If it helps you at all, I also own a Tikka T3 in 22-250 (with the 1 in 14 twist), and being happy with the performance of 55 gr bullets, I haven't experimented much with anything heavier/longer. The 60 gr Vmax (like many others) is a great bullet in the 223, and it might work in the 22-250 given the proper load.
 
I want to thank you all for the info I am not going to buy the heavy bullets I am going to stay with the v-max 55 gr.
 
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