Is it 40, 50, 52, or 55 grain. What about shape? Flat base or boat tail? I know bench rest shooters use 52gr. primarily. I am using it primarily for varmints from 100 to 300 yards.

Up to 300 yards for a 22/250 is a piece of cake and any of those bullets will work. If the 40 grs are old style for the however they may drift a lot as the meplat is not all that fine.

Just buy what ever pleases you and see how they shoot but it makes a lot of sense to get 55 gr Sierra's or at least start there.

Mule Skinner, I'm in the same boat. Just bought a new 22-250 and and getting ready to load some ammo. I went with the 55gr Sierra Blitzking after talking to some local varmint hunters and range regulars. I didn't go with the moly coated, but may switch once I get it sighted and tuned in. I'll let you know how they do. The powder I'm starting with is IMR 4320.

My personal preference is the 50 or 55 grain vmax loaded with H380.

Pecos

Well it depends on distance IMH. With a 1-14 the 55's will be the most you can shoot but that was about all I shot till I changed to a 1-12 and now I shoot 60's. If you are shoot out to 150 then a 45-50 will be the best but if it is 150+ then I would say a 55 is the best. 38g of H380 was a good load but start in the 36g range and work up and see what your gun likes. With the new barrel the gun hates H380 but loves W760 so 760 in the new powder.?

Mule Skinner,

Try either the 50 grain Nosler BT or the 50 grain Barnes Varminator Il,l bet youl'l be pleased with either one Good Luck!

A few years ago, a fellow shooter and I did some extensive experimenting with the 22-250. We found that with the 1 in 14 twist, that almost all production rifles have, 55 gr. bullets were the absolute heaviest that would stabilize in that twist. Anything heavier needs a 1 in 12 twist, and a 1 in 10 would be best for the 70 gr. bullet. Sako uses a 1 in 12 on their rifles.

We stumbled on to a very good load in those tests, that seems to work good in almost every rifle we ever shot it in. My personal Ruger 77 Varminter will shoot 1/4 inch groups every time you try it. For those interested, I'll list it.

It uses 37 grs. Norma 202, behind a Sierra #1330 flat base 50 gr. bullet, and uses a standard primer. I always used Federal primers.

The 52 grain bullets also shoot very well, but they are target bullets and don't do the terminal damage that the Varmint bullets do.

Regards DLM

Thanks for the info Y'all. I have been trying 55 gr. V-Max's over H4895. This seems to be avery accurate, fast and lethal combination. I would welcome more feedback on this subject.

Muleskinner - What load are you using? The ones I've played around with seemed to like 34 or 35 of either H or IMR4895 and 55 grain B-Tips.

R-WEST