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18 February 2003, 12:35

sll

222 Remington Magnum

Has anyone got any loads for a 222 Remington Magnum?

19 February 2003, 04:55

Savage99

Look at www.imrpowder.com/rifle/222rm_index.html

26 February 2003, 11:21

MGC

I have 2 boxes of Rem. in 222 Mag. I have a 222 and bought the wrong ones. Yes, very stupid. Anyway, I'd get them to you if they can be mailed.?.

mgccut@msn.com
Later

26 February 2003, 13:31

sll

MGC,this is a gun that one of my buddies has purchased and it is coming with 200 rounds of brass and a set of dies.And yours truly has got nominated to reload for him.Tell me what you want for it and I will pass it along to him and see what he thinks.Thanks.

27 February 2003, 17:33

Frank Nowakowski

SLL,

I had one twenty years ago, a SWEET Steyr carbine, shot great. I of course traded it off.

Mine liked H335 and 55 grain slugs. It was not primer sensitive either, most anything shot well.
There is still data in a few of the books, plus there have been a few articles over the years in Rifle,Handloader,Accurate Rifle,etc.

If you can't find any data, send me an e mail.

FN in MT

[ 02-27-2003, 08:34: Message edited by: Frank Nowakowski ]

28 February 2003, 05:32

Bigdaddytacp

quote:
Originally posted by sll:
Has anyone got any loads for a 222 Remington Magnum?

I have had several 222mags and they all liked the IMR4198 and 50-55 grain bullets..the loads aren't the fastest but the most accurate in mine...old manuals go to 22.5 grains and this is warm by current manuals and mine like 22.0 IMR 4198 and Rem 7 1/2 primers but WW and CCI work well also but lower the charge 1/2 grain to start if switching....I use Berger 52's for best accuracy but have had good luck with Speers and Serria's and new Hornady 50/5
v-max's........H335 also worked well in some with a little faster speed than the IMR 4198....HTH..good luck and good shooting!!

03 March 2003, 14:29

groundhog devastation

How many different ones do you want? Here's a few that work well in my 222Mag! Been shooting this caliber for 20 years or so and it's a great little varmint gun!
27.0 gr. BLC2, CCI-450, 50 grain VMax
29.o gr. 748 Win., 7.5 Rem Primer, 40gr BT
27.o gr. BLC2, CCI-450, 52 gr Sierra HPBT MATCH
30.0 gr VARGET, Fed 205 Match primer, 40gr BT
note on load above is the case will be FULL!!!
It is also a very accurate and devastating load!!
26.2 gr BENCHMARK, Fed 205Match, 52 gr Fowler BR bullet(Custom made in NC) .311/200yards this week
26.5 gr 3031, FED205Match, either 52HornMatcch,52gr Fowler
Hope this helps especially since no data exists for Benchmark powder and this caliber! GHD