powder recomendation

[craig-g]

im wanting to reload my 222 with 50gn vmax. any advice on a decent powder? ive been told reloader 7 good..for a 16in barrel hw60j, dont know the twist.. thanks

[amc577]

Lyman book gives Reloader 7, 4198, 3031, 4895, 4064,4320, for 45/50/53/55gn FMJ. Recommends 4198, 3031 for best accuracy.

amc577

[Half MOA]

If I were a betting man, twist will be 1 in 14.

It's never easy to recommend powder (or components) for someone else's rifle, but when I owned a Tikka 595 in.222 my pet load was....

H322 -23.2 GRAINS

BERGER VARMINT (MATCH GRADE) 50 GRAIN BULLET (MOLY COATED)

LAPUA BRASS

FEDERAL GOLD MEDAL MATCH PRIMER

You could spend a fortune buying 3 or 4 tubs of powder completely uneccesarily, and my advice to you is to buy a powder that is recommended for the calibre, and build up a load from there. Good quality brass that is prepared properly, and finding the right bullet for your rifle, is just as important as powder choice.
H322 gave extremely impressive and consistent results in my rifle with these bullets, and good load densities in the .222 case, but my rifle did not get on with either V-MAX, or NOSLER B-T's at all, HORNADY A-MAX gave similarly impressive results, but are not (technically) suitable for hunting.

**Please leave at least 10% off the above load if you do decide to try it, as it is in fact a tad higher than possibly recommended in some reloading data**

Hope this helps.

[TheJim]

I use 20-5 grns of H4198 for my Tika T3 Varmint and it seems to like it ive tried RL7 and its not as good and my rifle hates V-max

[sundog]

I've found Vihtavuori N-133 to be very good in my 222.

[bewsh]

what can you buy locally?

buy that!

N130-133
RL7
H322 - H335
IMR 4198

any of those will work

[blue]

I would have thought 133 would have been a tad slow for 222 but it is a long time since I reloaded it.
My original loads with 50s were RL7 130 and 4198. 10X may be worth a punt.

[loiner1965]

slightly different calibre ....
in my .223 with 53gn vmax I use 21gn of vit 120.....its a long barrel rem 700 but deadly accurate

[pothunter]

slightly different calibre ....
in my .223 with 53gn vmax I use 21gn of vit 120.....its a long barrel rem 700 but deadly accurate

I couldn't get the 53gn Vmax stabilized in a 1:14 twist, my .222 chucked them through a target sideways even when stoked up way beyond max.
To the op, rl7, h4198, h335, h322, Ramshot xterminator.
They have all worked well with 50-52gn bullets.

[loiner1965]

I couldn't get the 53gn Vmax stabilized in a 1:14 twist, my .222 chucked them through a target sideways even when stoked up way beyond max.
To the op, rl7, h4198, h335, h322, Ramshot xterminator.
They have all worked well with 50-52gn bullets.

sorry wasnt sure what twist his rifle was....mines 1 in 12.
mine doesnt like heavy bullets at all due to twist

[sundog]

I would have thought 133 would have been a tad slow for 222 but it is a long time since I reloaded it.
My original loads with 50s were RL7 130 and 4198. 10X may be worth a punt.

I find that N-133 gives a good case fill,burns clean and gives outstanding accuracy with 52gn A-max in my rifle. Vihtavuori recommend it for 222 but it's the only powder I've ever used so like you say a quicker powder might be better.

[bewsh]

I find that N-133 gives a good case fill,burns clean and gives outstanding accuracy with 52gn A-max in my rifle. Vihtavuori recommend it for 222 but it's the only powder I've ever used so like you say a quicker powder might be better.

yep.

i have two loads
60gr SP over N133
40gr SBK over H355

[jackg]

www.tripledeuce.net

Vit130: 21.5gr for 50gr Nosler BT. 600mm barrel. 3100FPS.

[Jezzer]

Vhit N130 gives very good speed in my 222ai,

[activeviii]

used all sorts over the years. Benchmark was probably the best. varget works very well to but as the stocks dried up i settled on N130 and still use it now. i never throw them down range with force 2650 was about when i ran them. one hole grouping if i did my job right.