40 grain Blitz King / Reloder 7 in .222

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danno in va

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This bullet and powder were suggested to me about a decade ago and have never disappointed. Seems to be one of those almost magical combinations of accuracy, velocity, and bullet performance. i don't have a chronograph, but the trajectory crosses the line of sight at 50 and 200 yards, and drops 4" at 350 yards. i shoot when there is little wind.

It's a compressed load for a 700 Classic that has a lot of freebore, allowing the flat based bullet to be seated farther out and gives powder capacity similar to the .223 case. Win sm rifle primers get flat, but no other pressure signs. Rem cases last a long, long time.

This bullet is devestating on groundhogs, skunks and crows. i didn't think such a lightweight would be so effective, but it kept on proving itself the farther the shot to where i have confidence in it to 340 yards, which is the longest shot attempted. No coyote opportunities yet.

If you're a triple deuce fan and want to shake things up a bit, then consider this combo.





 
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Reading through the old threads it sounds like the 40 grain 222 is a real killer. I ordered a few boxes of random rounds to try from my new rifle. The blitzkings seem to be good in a lot of calibers!
 
I really like the Sierra Blitzkings. I would buy them more often if I could ever find them on sale.

Somewhere around 10 years ago I was playing with several 40 grain bullets in my .223 and found the 40 grain Blitzking to have really super accuracy. But back then they were around the same price as the Hornady Vmax and the Nosler Ballistic Tips. Now that they are getting close to $28 a box of 100 I just dont think they are worth the extra expense.
 
I like BlitzKings. Usually they shoot very very good. True, they have gotten a little pricey but did I mention they shoot really good!!!
 
There was a time when i thought that boat tail bullets were all that, but that little extra BC hasn't made any difference in my shooting. i've shot many a Hornady bullet, but their jackets seem a little softer to me. i don't need to clean as often with the BK and waxing that Keith taught me how to do what seems like a decade ago. One thing that i do like about boat tail bullets is how easily they seat. But the flat base bullets let me seat the bullet out so much farther with more bearing surface in my factory bbls.
 
For me, a big part of shooting the deuce has to do with being such a classic number, and at first i was all about working up loads with the Sierra Blitz 50 grain bullets, but a shooting forum friend suggested this load and i haven't looked back. It really amped up the performance. It's just such an incredible flexible cartridge. Once this 700 Classic .222 got going everything else just sat in the safe and some very accurate rifles found new homes.
 
RL7 and H322 are my favorite powders for the 222, RL7 and 50g Sierra or Hornady sx were very effective against chucks. My Rem 788 also like H322 and Speer 50g TNT's. A buddy of mine really likes RL7 and 40g Ballistic tips. We used to tear up chucks with those loads. I love the "deuce", it was my first varmint rifle.

Mike
 
recently got a CZ in 222. How much powder should I start with for the 40 gr blitzkings? I have H322 on hand I can get RL7. Also what primers are you guys using?
 
i've disrememberd how much powder i started with, but the Hornady book lists max loads w/40 grain V-Max and RL7 as 21.2 grains, and H322 as 23.8 grains. Dropping back a couple of grains from these max loads with most 40 grain bullets should be a good place to start. i've had good luck with Win small rifle primers all along.

i'm a real fan of H322, but it may be a tad slow for the 40 grain pills. However, it's a classic with 50 grain bullets. Hornady shows max for H322 and 50 grain bullets as 23.9 grains. (The H322 max is some 200 fps faster than the RL7 max for 50's, and about the same speed difference with H322 max being slower with the 40 grain bullets than the RL7 max)

Ackleyman told me years ago that my rifles can't read reloading manuals.
 
40 grainers have turned into a go to weight for me in the 222 and 223, most of the time I go with the Vmax, BLC2 was always a really good powder for me with the 222.
 


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