50gr TNT in a 222, who has a load???

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I found 1000 of said bullets at a yard sale over the weekend and do not have a speer manual nor has a search for data produced anything. I have a Rem 700 hb varmint and a Rem 700 adl both in 222, any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA
 
SPEER MANUAL
Wt. Bullet Powder Manufacturer Powder Charge Velocity (FPS) Favorite?
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Accurate AAC-2015 21.0 3161
Remarks: start charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Accurate AAC-2015 23.0 3345
Remarks: max charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Accurate AAC-2520 24.0 3130
Remarks: start charge; primer: CCI 450 Magnum
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Accurate AAC-2520 26.0 3270
Remarks: max charge; compressed load; primer: CCI 450 Magnum
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Hodgdon BL-C(2) 24.0 2992
Remarks: start charge; primer: CCI 450 Magnum
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Hodgdon BL-C(2) 26.0 3238
Remarks: max charge; primer: CCI 450 Magnum
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Alliant RL-7 19.0 3010
Remarks: start charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Alliant RL-7 21.0 3237
Remarks: max charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Hodgdon H-322 21.0 2967
Remarks: start charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Hodgdon H-322 23.0 3225
Remarks: max charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Accurate AAC-2460 22.0 2892
Remarks: start charge; primer: CCI 450 Magnum
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Accurate AAC-2460 24.0 3224
Remarks: max charge; primer: CCI 450 Magnum
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP IMR IMR-3031 21.0 2959
Remarks: start charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP IMR IMR-3031 23.0 3199
Remarks: max charge; compressed load
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Accurate AAC-2230 21.5 2890
Remarks: start charge; primer: CCI 450 Magnum
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Accurate AAC-2230 23.5 3178
Remarks: max charge; primer: CCI 450 Magnum
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP IMR IMR-4895 22.0 2874
Remarks: start charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP IMR IMR-4895 24.0 3158
Remarks: max charge; compressed load
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Hodgdon H-4895 22.0 2825
Remarks: start charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Hodgdon H-4895 24.0 3156
Remarks: max charge; compressed load
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP IMR IMR-4198 18.0 2931
Remarks: start charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP IMR IMR-4198 20.0 3135
Remarks: max charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP IMR IMR-4320 24.0 2945
Remarks: start charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP IMR IMR-4320 26.0 3134
Remarks: max charge; compressed load
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Vihtavuori VV-N120 17.0 2808
Remarks: start charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Vihtavuori VV-N120 19.0 3126
Remarks: max charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Hodgdon H-4198 18.0 2922
Remarks: start charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Hodgdon H-4198 20.0 3109
Remarks: max charge
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Hodgdon H-335 22.0 2800
Remarks: start charge; primer: CCI 450 Magnum
50 Speer Spitz SP or TNT HP Hodgdon H-335 24.0 3094
Remarks: max charge; primer: CCI 450 Magnum
 
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No problem I hope it helps. I have a 700 bdl 222 that shoots tiny groups with 50gr Hornady sx with a 22.5gr load of Reloader 10x.
 
Used 23.5gr of h-322 with fed match primer and 50gr tnt with great accuracy. The gun was a rem 660 20 inch barrel.
 
I have heard that this particular bullet is very accurate and performs well on coyotes, which will be the intended use once i get some range time.
 
You know you don't really need to have exact data for a certain bullet, any data for a jacketed lead 50/52gr bullet will give you a starting place. Start low and work up as each rifle has a mind of its own as far as accuracy and pressure limits.

The 222 Rem is one of those cartridges that you would more than likely having a hard tie to fin poor load with.

Purchasing a reloading manual or two would be a very good option compared to asking for data on the internet.

I'm down to two 222 Rems but I was going through my barrel rack and found an old Rem 722 barrel in 222 Rem so I might be back up to three.
 
Its hard to find a bad load for 222. I have now used several powders just to rid myself of the little small partial containers of powder.
 
I agree with the last comment - the 222 is wonderful to reload for. I want to say I was using 20.0 of IMR-4198 with the 50 TNT's. Didn't do anything special, Rem 7 1/2 primer most likely. Standard "Book COL", 2.130" or whatever it is. But it made lots of groups with the bullet holes all touching at 100 yards. Photobucket had my target at one point but then they wanted to start charging a $bunch$ for a little bit of storage so I guess they finally just wiped out all of my pics.
 


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