Whats a Good Load Combination for a .222Rem?

[Arrroman]

I got a Finnbear with a heavy barrel. I got loads with the gun 50grain Speers with 23.5 grains of 4064, the gun and I shot an inch at 100 yards. I'm curious as to what works for the rest of you guys that load for this round.

[Joe Kool]

19.5 gr of IMR 4198. 50 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip is the best but any 50 gr bullet will do. I have never seen this load shoot over an inch in any gun I've tried it in, and I've seen it shoot under a half an inch.  

[KN]

50gr Blitz King over a stiff load of W-748.  KN

[MF]

IMR 4198 is the ol' standby to go to for the .222 Rem. I use either 50 grain Nosler b/t's or Sierra Blitz Kings. I've found that to get the same poi as the blitzkings I have to load the b/t's about .2 grains more, from 19.6 to 19.8.

[Rod]

 give RL-7 and a sierra 40gr. HP a try. great accuracy in my .222. AA-2015 works good to.  Rod

[ricciardelli]

Depends on what you are planning on shooting.......

[hubbard]

had a varmint special that had been shot probably too many times but would still shoot under a half inch on a regular basis with h322 and sierra # 1400 bullets.

[GKing]

While 4198 works great in the 222, I find it hard to meter thru my powder measure.

I have switched to H322 or BL-C(2) because they meter so nicely.  I use 23 grains of either with Sierra 50 TNT bullets and Rem 6 1/2 primers.

Both loads shoot better than I can hold my Sako.  1/2 in to 3/4 in groups all day!

[lakota]

50 gr Remington core lokt HP over 24.5 grs BLC-2 and CCI BR4 Bench rest primers. Shoots under an inch from my Contender Carbine, and my buddy's Ruger #1 as well. Good load.


Scott.

[stv]

The 222 load I liked was 52gr sierra match HPBT over imr 4198 20 gr.  Great accuracy and effective on chucks way out there.  I wore that poor gun out.  Miss it as lot Now I have a 22 250 win varminter but the only thing it does is use more powder to do the same thing at higher velocity.  Regards, stv

[Arrroman]

Thanks for all the feedback, I am anxious to test some new loads. The .222 has a long neck on its case  and I wonder if bullets longer than the 50 grainers would stabilize properly with a 1 in 14 twist or if I should stay with 50 grains and under for this rifle. I tried some Black Hills 70 grain ammo in my Kimber .223 and the bullets were tumbling at 100 yards. The Kimber and Sako have the same twist and I wonder what is the optimum bullet weight for use in both rifles. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

[dharris]

I have used 20 gns of IMR4198 and Hornady 55 grain spire points for years. In my rifle it is surgically accurate out to 150 yards and darned accurate after that....