i have just completed the fireforming for my 250AI. all went very well. some were 250 savage and some were 22-250. i can see no real difference in the end result. all fit perfectly into a cartridge/chamber guage that my smith cut for me. i made my first foray into load development last night. h-414 and RL15 are my starters. if any of you have some pet loads i would appreciate reading about them. i have looked at the reloading pages on this site and have looked at steve's pages. i want to eventually load a 75gr,85gr,90gr,and a 100gr. suggestions will be greatly appreciated. thanks
GOOD LUCK and GOOD SHOOTING!!

There is one combo that I have seen shoot well in three .257AI's: Hornady 75gr VMax and 4895, with a normal LR primer. Geo.

[ 07-04-2003, 08:00: Message edited by: Geo. ]

Looking for load data for the 250 Imp., especially with Varget powder. Thanks.
Ernie

I have a 6/250 Imp. I have had really good luck with 41.5 grs. VARGET, 70 gr bullet, Fed Match primer. 3650fps in 24" 1 in 10 twist K&P bbl

Hope these help some:

• http://benchrest.com/sst/wildcat.html
• http://www.reloadbench.com/cartridges/w2503000.html
• http://www.centerfirecentral.com/cgi-bin/wildcat.pl

Not exactly what you wanted I know but hope they are somewhat useful.

wm.f. in fla

My most accurate so far is 45gr h-414 w/100g Nosler Bt. Fed 215 gm m primer. It is also molly coated.
Don't ask way I used a magnum primer. It was just mistake. I want change it now though, it shot to good.

I have a load with RL19, fed 210 gm and a Barnes 100gr XLC that shoots 3 into an inch. Start with about 39gr and work up if you want to try it out. I'm at work right now and don't remember the charge right now. I fell sure 39gr would be a safe start though.

I also tried two or three differant loads with moly coated 75gr v-max's. They all sucked. I will try some more soon.

Hope this helps some

Shawn
NOTE: 45gr not 46gr H414 for the 100gr BT. This is why I write this stuff down in a note book

47.5gr RL19 100gr XLC Fed 210GM

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