Does any company currently make a 90 grain .224 bullet? I know several make 75-80 grain weights.

Also what twist do you think such a critter would have to have? 1-7 or maybe 1-6?

Thanks,
HBB

I have some 88 gr bullets made by the Allred Bullet Co. in Logan, Utah. They are for my .224 Wildcat (6.5 Rem Mag shortened to 2") with a 1-9 twist.

These bullets are a "partition" made by having a smaller cup reversed inside of the .224" jacket. They are very accurate and stabilize fine.

I cannot find Allred when I did a seach for him now. I got these bullets in 1988.

My barrel is worn out now. In retrospect it was fun to get it to work but I burned out the barrel at the range developing loads and getting the rifle to shoot. This is what I do most of the time anyway. However wildcats that require case forming get old quick. The only bright spot in the whole adventure was the compliment I got on the chamber and cartridge drawings from Hendrickson. The cartridge headspaces on the shoulder by the way.

If I were to make up a small bore for really long range hunting it would be a 243 WSSM with a 26" barrel and a 1-8 twist. If I wanted a .224 bore it would be the .223 WSSM with a 1-8 twist also.

I think you are referring to the 90 gr. VLD by Jimmy Knox(JLK Bullets). These are designed for long range target work and require a very specialized set up, 1/6.5 barrels are made by Pac-Nor. A special reamer for optimun seating is also usually used. John Holliger of White Oak Precision is the man to talk to.

Kevin got it exactly right. These are coming out more and more as shooters need to rebarrel and decide to try even faster twists.

I understand that one of the Army shooters (Tippie, maybe?) set a new 1000 yard service rifle record with them last summer. A clean (200) with 14 or so X's. Maybe more, I'll have to look it up.

Some years ago a company in Oak Ridge Tennessee called Powell River Labs (PRL) made tungsten-cored match bullets that were really heavy and terrribly expensive and rumored to be radioactive! They came individually wrappend in the cartons I bought. Never shot 'em, traded them as collectibles later on.

Redial