New .22-250 Remington. . .what ammo do you guys shoot???

[atomicjoe23]

I just got a Weatherby Vanguard Varmint. . .20" (maybe 22". . .doesn't say on the barrel or the box and I haven't measured it yet, but it's not a long varrel) #3 contour barrel in .22-250 Remington. . .

. . .gotta get a scope and a bipod, but I would like to know what the other .22-250 shooters are using. . .

. . .brand, bullet weight, sighted in at. . .drops, etc. . .

Thanks!!!

[dbur525]

i shoot 50 and  55 grain spitzers sighted in at 1.100 high at a hundred yards its dead on at 250 yards   it an inch low at 350 yards
these are handlloads using varget powder cci primers muzzle velocity about 3500

deadly acurate

[demontang]

50-55gr noslers bt are what I was shooting, Hornady's or Federals have bt loaded up for it too.

[SpokaneSlayer]

I shoot 55 gr Winchester silvertips out of my Savage.  Likes it pretty well. 

[Fitz]

Hornady V-Max 50 gr shoots the best in mine.

[atomicjoe23]

Thanks guys. . .I was planning on shooting the 55 grain BT's because they have a higher BC and looked to have the best ballistic's charts of all the factory loaded bullet weights. . .looks like you guys are shooting the same thing so I must not be too far off in my thinking.

Thanks again!!!

[Bofire]

 :)45 -55 grain, I like Noslers, Sierras. in factory loads like winny white box 45 and Hornady Varmit express 55.

My 22-250 must be real slow tho.
my 55 grain load is at:
3650 fps      2 inch high at 100,  dead nuts about 230-250 ,  3-5 inch low at 300, 12-14 low at 400.

All my books and shooting experience tell me that  1.1 high at 100 is on at 200, 5-6 low at 300, and 16-18 low at 400.

The 45 grain seems to drop a little more past 300 yards, not much.
This is a great cartridge, one of my all time favs, but it aint magic.
Carl