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Offline goodwrench6710

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Range report on my 22-250
« on: July 08, 2007, 03:36:35 PM »
Went & shot my 22-250 this morning. Was shooting 100 yds. Had shell I loaded with Hornady V-max 55 gr. in new Remington brass, CCI mag. primers, loaded 5 each of 38.1 gr. through 38.5 gr. of H-380 & the 38.5 gr. loads grouped at 1 1/4" at 100 yrds. Beat the heck out of the 3" groups with the Winchester 40 gr. hollow points out of the white box! Seems like its getting better & I'm gonna keep bumping it up & see what happens. If I remember right, I think in the Speer book, 41.0 gr. is the max with H-380 & mag. primers (I don't have the book here in the house with me). I used the Winchester shell to set my seater die, so I guess when I get my best group, I'll need to experiment with the seating depth alittle. One think I can say is this is the most fun I've had in a long time. I'd really like to thank all of you guys for your help & support!!! I'm gonna try some of stimpy's suggestions when I finish with the H-380 (I primed all of my new brass with CCI mag. primers). I bought some Varget & some Winchester primers that I gonna try next. Also got some 50 gr. V-max. Just wish I had more time to soot.
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Re: Range report on my 22-250
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2007, 03:48:18 PM »
The Hornady 6th shows 40.6gr H380 as max for the 55gr Vmax, Hornady brass, WLR primer, with a COL of 2.350".

Tim
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Re: Range report on my 22-250
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2007, 03:59:10 PM »
goodwrench

Don't give up on the H380 quite yet , Hodgdon named the powder because it was 38 grains of this powder and a 50 grain HP that was giving the best groups , almost one hole at 100 . The Varget and the 55's will also shoot VERY well too .

The most important part is you had FUN .

stimpy
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Re: Range report on my 22-250
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2007, 04:02:00 PM »
I'm guessing my accuracy will diminish before I hit close to max. It just seems like mine is liking the hotter loads for some reason. I think I have about 10 more cases with mag. primers seated then I'll try the Winchesters. I don't have the Hornady manual, but  I do have Loadbook USA for 22-250, 270 Win. & 30-30 win. Also have Speer #13, Lyman #48 & the 2006 Hodgdon publication.
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Re: Range report on my 22-250
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2007, 04:05:49 PM »
The Hornady 7th is available if you decide to get one, so is the Speer #14 now. ;) I bought the Speer #13 about a month or so ago, the #14 was just released. :-\

Tim
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Re: Range report on my 22-250
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2007, 04:02:58 AM »
goodwrench...i don't blame you for trying to see if you can get "er...to shoot a little better..."but" ya might already be there..that's pretty decent shooting..i had a 22/250 handi it's favorite load was 38.1 of h-380...or...38.1 of w-760...shooting 55 grain bullet's...i never had accuracy issue's with that rifle...it did shoot 34.6 of varget about the same as the other powder's i mentioned...good luck !!
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Re: Range report on my 22-250
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2007, 03:33:24 PM »
Thanks guys!! I'm gonna play with it & see what happens. I do love the gun, it might have 50 rounds through it & I think it's getting better the more I shoot it. I know it takes about 80 or so for it to break in right.
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Re: Range report on my 22-250
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2007, 04:29:40 PM »
Some shoot great right out of the box, others might take 100 to 300 rounds to shoot best. You can speed that up usually with a little flitzing the bore, won't hurt a bit and can help quite a lot!! ;)

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Re: Range report on my 22-250
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2007, 03:17:23 AM »
If I may suggest..........

Buy a box of factory Hornady 50 gr V Max.  I have never seen a 22-250 that did not like them.  Try them, then match that load best you can.  It's 50 gr V Max doing 3800 fps....................btw,  it just wrecks woodchucks.

Just try one box, save the brass, and see what you think...................let me know  ;)
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