Have any of you defied the twist theory in your 22-250s or Swifts?

Had any luck w/ 60s? 70s?

Reloader

Had a Remington VSSF 22-250 w/14 twist sold the POS didnt matter what bullet I tried. It would shoot 3 out of 5 together then the 4th or 5th would open the group. I did wait for the gun to cool between shots didnt help.

Traded my Kimber 45 acp for a XR100 .223 w/12 twist love the rifle don't care for the stock though. I would perfer a benchrest stock with a flat wide forend.

The worst group with the .223 at 100yrds was .75" I have had several 3 shot groups that looked like one ragged hole. :-)

MY Savage 22.250 shoots the 55 grainers great but I haven't tried anything heavier in it.

My Remington VSSF 22-250 shot the 55 grainers good but shoots the 50 grainers a tad bit better.

My Howa m1500 with the 1/14 twist sprays 5" groups at 100 yds with odvious signs of keyholing. Shooting winchester 64gr PowerPoints

62gr. Law Enforcement bullet w/ accurate 86 and h380 have gotten MOA. in my stevens mod. 200 ***22-250. Haven't tried anything heavier yet. May not. The .223 just loves bullets up to 75gr. so probably will save them for that. roger

I have one of the Winchester Varmint 22-250 that shoots Hornady HP 60s well with W760. With 55s use Varget. 70s in a 14 twist, forget it.

I have no problems with 60 grain Hornadys or Sierras in my 22.250s with a one in 14 twist...

Sierra 63 grain SMPs, Winchester 64 grain SPs and Speers 70 SMP all work just fine in my 22.250s with the one in 14 twist.....

other bullets bigger than 60 grains don't work at all... but the above ones should!

cheers
seafire

Have had several problems with accuracy and/or stabilization with .22-250s and the 1-14" twist. Started getting 1-12 twists, or .223 take-offs and rechambering them for .22-250 and haven't had a problem since. My standard bullet now is a 60grainer.

I have owned a couple of22-250's that shot 60 grain bullets very well both with 14 inch twists. Notably the 60 grain Hollow point from Hornady which is pretty long. But best accuracy in both rifles was with 52 grain Hollow points. The 60's shot MOA though.

Interesting. I've owned several 22-250's and several more .223's. All of which have 1/14 twist. I buy 55gr bullets by the thousands.
FYI, a rifle that will cluster 3 and throw out 2 doesn't have a twist problem, it has a bedding problem.

My Sako 22-250 shoots 50's into the quarter inch but 55's are all over the target, 5" groups at a hundred at best, just doesent like em.

I inherited a remington 700 bdl in 22-250. I just got up the nerve to start shooting it. It was my dads rifle and his only centerfire rifle. He BELIEVED in a 22-250. This particular rifle had only been fired maybe 30 times in 14 years. I started working up loads and found that it would group every 55 grain bullet I put through it at .75" for 5 shot groups no matter what the powder charge. That still amazes me. I ordered some of the 50 grain nosler ballistic tips from the seconds store and made my test loads. Viola, 40 grains of Ramshot Big Game and the 50 grain nosler put 5 into a hole just smaller than a dime. I am not sure of the twist rate but it love the ballistic tips and they will turn a 'dillo inside out. Now all I gotta do is get rid of the stinkin tasco scope.

If you're putting 5 shots into a dime, why are you cussing the Tasco scope? Doesn't it cost enough for you? Or what?

I want a clearer, more powerful scope for the 22-250. I am gonna put the tasco on a lever action 35 rem.

I've got a Rem 788 with a 1:14 twist and it shoots 50 & 55 gr under .5" all day with 35gr of IMR4831.

Hollywood

I shot a ton of them through .220's, am on barrel no.3. As i shoot no light bullets, I went to a 1-12 twist for this one and it is the best barrel I've had with 55's, although the others were nothing to cry over, they would shoot .5-.6. This one will shoot .3's pretty consistently for 5 shots, and has shot groups as small as .190. It is a medium weight douglas 26 in. in .220AI. If I were buying a barrel I'd go 1-12.

reloader, i used to own a 77v in a 220 swift it would shoot 55 60''s and speer 70 grainers no problem, it had a 1-14 twist also,my 223 is 1-14 also and it will shoot 70 grain speer''s great took a giant whitetail doe with it two years back, hope this helped ...jjmp

Sierra's 55 grain HPBT's shoot well in my 1-14" twist 22-250 with 32.6 grains of Benchmark.
Three shots in 1/4" at 100 yards using a 36X scope for load development. It's custom sporter with a 26 inch Douglas barrel.
I use Federal 210M primers.
Don