Anyone shooting 22-250 over 4000 fps....??????

Originally Posted By: dan brothersI was just wondering why I never hear of anyone shooting those little 35 gr bullets up around 4300-4400 fps... seems like when this caliber is mentioned...it's always a 50 gr or bigger.

Why not scream them at 4400 fps....?

I use 36VG (8208 xbr) at just over 4300. with a 1-4x scope it still shoots 3/4" groups at 100yards
 
Originally Posted By: SmokelessYou just as well get this out of your head, cuz the farther down this path you go the closer you will come to being a 220 Swift owner.
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the 220 swift with 40 grainers will get you 4744 fps with vv540
 
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Originally Posted By: yruizMy barrel didn't last to long at 4,000+ fps, so on the second barrel I backed my loads way down...
thats why you need to have them nitraded then you can't burn them up
 
I like to run my loads are the hotter end of things and have my Rem 700VSSF vI running some 35 grain V-Max with RL-7 at 4411fps for some grins but don't plan on making that a model to follow. Normally I running a 50g NBT over Varget for around 3800fps for longer barrel life and better accuracy. I love that 22-250 too much to torch that barrel.

I'm getting 3975fps out of my Rem 700 bull barrel .223 with a 6" HTG suppressor on it and love the lack of sound and accuracy with it. That load is a 40g NBT over RL-7. I've taken 4-5 mule deer bucks with that combo.

I pushed my Rem CDL .243 hard with Varget and some 55g NBT to 4050fps and shot a mule deer buck with it also. Very impressive. But have moderated that back to 70g NBT over W760 for 3700fps for some longer range coyote work in the wind.

I'm liking my current barrel in the 22-250 with it's great accuracy and want to keep it around. It's fun to experiment, but for me I wanted to be shooting the same barrel for a long time.
 
Originally Posted By: OKIE2Originally Posted By: SmokelessYou just as well get this out of your head, cuz the farther down this path you go the closer you will come to being a 220 Swift owner.
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the 220 swift with 40 grainers will get you 4744 fps with vv540

Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Originally Posted By: OKIE2Originally Posted By: yruizMy barrel didn't last to long at 4,000+ fps, so on the second barrel I backed my loads way down...
thats why you need to have them nitraded then you can't burn them up

Didn't know that having a barrel nitrided was a cure all for throat erosion. Guess I missed that memo.
 
Originally Posted By: OKIE2Originally Posted By: SmokelessYou just as well get this out of your head, cuz the farther down this path you go the closer you will come to being a 220 Swift owner.
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the 220 swift with 40 grainers will get you 4744 fps with vv540

Was a very good post with good info right up to this point.
 
Originally Posted By: dan brothersI was just wondering why I never hear of anyone shooting those little 35 gr bullets up around 4300-4400 fps... seems like when this caliber is mentioned...it's always a 50 gr or bigger.

Why not scream them at 4400 fps....?

Because it just makes no sense.
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There comes a place you reach a point of diminishing return.
 
I can understand why the concept of screaming your bullets as fast as possible might seem like an advantage, but in my opinion, having a super flat shooting load doesn't really make that much difference to me. If you have the capability of ranging your target, its very simple to calculate bullet drop consistantly with any of todays ballistic calculators. Really, thats the advantage of a flat shooting rifle, isn't it? To not have to worry about trajectory at moderate ranges? Don't get me wrong, the 22-250 with a middle of the road load is plenty flat to not have to worry about it. I think the most accurate load is more important to me. I shoot 50gr Nosler BTs at around 3650 which hammers yotes and is plenty flat that I don't really worry about it out to 250 yards (100 yard zero. When the longer range shots do present themselves, thats when I range the coyote and dial the drop thats needed... and my barrel throat wont be gone after 2 seasons.
 
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Originally Posted By: RedhillI like to run my loads are the hotter end of things and have my Rem 700VSSF vI running some 35 grain V-Max with RL-7 at 4411fps for some grins but don't plan on making that a model to follow. Normally I running a 50g NBT over Varget for around 3800fps for longer barrel life and better accuracy. I love that 22-250 too much to torch that barrel.

I'm getting 3975fps out of my Rem 700 bull barrel .223 with a 6" HTG suppressor on it and love the lack of sound and accuracy with it. That load is a 40g NBT over RL-7. I've taken 4-5 mule deer bucks with that combo.

I pushed my Rem CDL .243 hard with Varget and some 55g NBT to 4050fps and shot a mule deer buck with it also. Very impressive. But have moderated that back to 70g NBT over W760 for 3700fps for some longer range coyote work in the wind.

I'm liking my current barrel in the 22-250 with it's great accuracy and want to keep it around. It's fun to experiment, but for me I wanted to be shooting the same barrel for a long time.

If you want to keep that 22-250 barrel for a long long time then pull it off and have it nitrated
it will last you the rest of your life.
 
I saw some fellows running some 22-250's out of a chrono one day at 4400+. Didn't ask the load because the bullets they were shooting would not hold together. At 50 yards their targets looked like kamikaze flies had been attacking.
 
Have any of you had any luck with superformance? I am getting 3800 fps average out of my rem700 22-250. 50 gr nossler b- tips. 24" bbl.
1/4 " groups @100
46 gr superformance
 


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