One of my most successful powders for 243 is N160...so staying with Vihtavuori....

I had thought of trying some N130 for 222 Rem.
Has anyone found N130 to be a good powder for this calibre?

Regards..

...Titan

21.3 gr N130 with 40 gr VMAX - seated .010 off lands and Lee factory crimped works pretty well in my 700 BDL varmint, as well as a 722.

Titan,

I use VV N130 for my .222 &.223 loads and am pleased with it. It is also a clean burning powder with smallish powder kernels, that measure easily & accurately, too.

I've a specialized Keppeler Heavy Barreled, Single-Shot Bolt-Action. In it I use either R-P or RWS cases with 21.5 grains of N130, CCI 450 primers, a Speer 50 gr. HP TNT, loaded to 2.180" (maybe a little long for some rifles) this load is super accurate in my rifle.

It took me and a friend 28 shots at 100 meters (we were shooting 5 rounds each at a half-inch target pastie) for one of us to put the first shot outside the pastie. Net, the rifle & load at one time made a 27 shot 1/2" group!

The same load shoots well under 3/4" in my R93 .222 Rem. standard contour Blaser barrel also which tends to indicate to me this load isn't a fluke.

Other than the bullets, the charge is very similar; 21.5 to 21.3 that OldGuy recommends.

Thanks for the the feedback...

...Titan