Loads for 222 Remington

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malk415

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Gents:
The barrel shot out on my Dad's 1951 Remington 722 in 222, since I no longer hunt, I figured I would dabble in my club's bench rest matches. I had a friend put a Hart 1:12 twist in 222 on it. I know it is outdated for benchrest but I thought my Dad would like it.
I am shooting a Berger 52 grain HPFB match bullet and have tried H4198, H322, H4895 and BLC2. It seems to like the BLC2 at 24.8 gr. the best loaded .005 off the lands.

Just curious if any of you have a good load with the other powders, I could retest?

Mark
 
I agree with 1911 nut on using 133. You might also try 4895 again, that is what Mike Walker, designer of the 222, recommended years ago. Stuff as much in as you can, it is really too slow for a 222, but gives very good accuracy, but not as high velocity as a 222 is capable of. Most 222 BR rifles used a 14 twist way back when. Maybe the 12 needs a different tunning approach.

FWIW
Steve Kostanich
 
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