22-250 with 64gr Win Bullets

10 July 2002, 14:24

<wll>

Has anyone used 64gr Winchester bulk bullets in a standard Rem 700 22-250 with a 1-14 twist, 24 inch barrel.

The books don't say anything about these bullets not being accurate or unstable in flight in a standard rifle.

If you guys have tried these bullets please give me some start up loads.

My other Rem. 22-250 is a synthetic stocked Varmint Special. I use 55gr Balistic Tip exclusively in that gun, very accurate.

This gun will be my hiking around varmint and ? rifle so I'm going for velocity with some oomph at the same time, without a lot of recoil.

Will sight the gun in at ~250yds and leave it alone.

Thank you for your response.

wll

[ 07-10-2002, 07:54: Message edited by: wll ]

23 July 2002, 07:23

<metalic matt>

Good Question? [Big Grin]

I would like to know what bullet heavier than 55 grain can work in a 1 in 12 in twist with 22" 22-250 also.

Matt

23 July 2002, 09:32

BigEd

wll, I tried the 64 gr Power Points in my Remington 700BDL sporter weight 22-250. That was before rebarreling it since I actually wore the original barrel out. It was pretty near the end of its life when the 64 gr. were tried but they wouldn't group at all. With the new Shilen barrel (also a 1 in 14" twist) the 64 gr. go about 2.5" where 55 gr. group well under an inch. Ed

23 July 2002, 10:47

Dr. Duc

Years ago I used them in a 22 HiPower and it didn't group half bad- 1 1/2" with 3031 as I remember. My 22-250 likes nothing over 60gr.

24 July 2002, 07:59

Samuel_Hoggson

Wish you luck. I've never gotten a 1:14 twist 22-250 or Swift to stabilize this bullet. I can't even get the 60 gr. Hornady Spire to work. The 63 gr Sierra Semi-PSP is another matter, as is the 70gr Speer RN.

Sam

24 July 2002, 14:07

milosmate

quote:
Originally posted by wll:
Has anyone used 64gr Winchester bulk bullets in a standard Rem 700 22-250 with a 1-14 twist, 24 inch barrel.

The books don't say anything about these bullets not being accurate or unstable in flight in a standard rifle.

If you guys have tried these bullets please give me some start up loads.

My other Rem. 22-250 is a synthetic stocked Varmint Special. I use 55gr Balistic Tip exclusively in that gun, very accurate.

This gun will be my hiking around varmint and ? rifle so I'm going for velocity with some oomph at the same time, without a lot of recoil.

Will sight the gun in at ~250yds and leave it alone.

Thank you for your response.

wll

Quoted from the fifth edition Hornady Handbook.

Note The 60 grain V-MAX and hollow point bullets will not stabilize in a 1-14" and slower twist Bbl's

24 July 2002, 15:55

cfore

I've shot a number of the Speer 70 grainers out of my Ruger M77 with great luck. Accuracy was good and the velocity was about 3,300. I've shot a number of coyotes, 1 deer and 1 hog with this load. The bullet holds together suprisingly well.

I don't know what twist my barrel is, it's strait from the factory. Had it since 1982.

29 July 2002, 16:34

Navarro

I have shot a 22-250 since 1970 and have used the Sierra 63 semi pt. a lot and they have been very accurate and devestating on coyote's ,whitetail deer and anything else I wanted to shoot.
I shot out the Bbl. and had Shilen put a new Stainless 1/14 twist Bbl. on it in 1989 and it really shoots . I use 40gr bullets up to the 63gr and I'm lucky because it shoots everything under an inch. I use IMR 4064 and Varget and probably would consider it a waste of time to try other powders because these powders have given me such tight groups over the years.
I don't know anything about the 64 gr Win. bullets but I do know that the 63gr Sierras really perform.
Navarro