(FN=Flat Nose, SP= Spire Point,
HP= Hollow Point, RN= Round Nose)
JHP= Jacketed Hollow Point, FMJ=Full Metal Jacket)
Loads for .22-250 Remington Rifle:
(Note: These are MAXIMUM loads, you should use 10% less to start.)
(See note on Powders below or read all about various Powders.)
Bullet is .224" diameter. Case length is 1.912" Max. Due to different barrel lengths,
type of bullet, seating depth, primer type and other factors,
you may not get near the FPS charted. It is just a guide and the reason you should start under these charges and work up.
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40 grain JSP (Speer or Sierra Spitzer)
IMR 3031 34.0 gr. 3,871 FPS
IMR 4895 36.0 gr. 3,943
H4895 37.0 gr. 4,060
H380 39.5 gr. 3,984
Reloader 12 35.5 gr. 3,749
Reloader 7 31.0 gr. 3,757
A2230 37.0 gr. 4,045
A2460 38.0 gr. 4,091
A3100 40.0 gr. 3,055 *
* compressed charge
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45 grain JSP (Hornady Soft Point)(Speer Spitzer)
IMR 3031 34.0 gr. 3,690 FPS
IMR 4895 36.0 gr. 3,846
H4895 37.0 gr. 3,918
H380 39.0 gr. 3,856
Reloader 12 35.0 gr. 3,699
Reloader 7 30.0 gr. 3,690
A2230 35.5 gr. 3,875
A2460 36.0 gr. 3,854
A3100 40.0 gr. 3,104 *
VV N135 37.5 gr. 3,885
VV N140 40.1 gr. 3,941
* compressed charge
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50 grain JHP (Sierra Hollow Point, Boat-tail)
IMR 3031 33.0 gr. 3,557 FPS
IMR 4895 35.0 gr. 3,729
H4895 36.5 gr. 3,827
H380 38.0 gr. 3,719
H450 43.0 gr. 3,552
Reloader 15 36.0 gr. 3,780
Reloader 12 34.0 gr. 3,594
Reloader 7 29.0 gr. 3,590
A2230 35.5 gr. 3,790
A2460 36.0 gr. 3,805
A3100 40.0 gr. 3,169 *
VV N135 34.4 gr. 3,579
VV N140 37.2 gr. 3,588
VV N150 38.3 gr. 3,584
* compressed charge
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55 grain JSP (Hornady Soft Point)
IMR 3031 32.0 gr. 3,472 FPS
IMR 4895 34.0 gr. 3,536
H4895 35.5 gr. 3,670
H380 37.0 gr. 3,654
H450 42.5 gr. 3,521
Reloader 15 34.0 gr. 3,541
Reloader 12 33.0 gr. 3,498
Reloader 7 28.5 gr. 3,412
A2230 35.0 gr. 3,609
A2460 36.0 gr. 3,670
A3100 40.0 gr. 3,067 *
VV N135 34.4 gr. 3,460
VV N140 36.5 gr. 3,483
VV N150 38.1 gr. 3,521
* compressed charge
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60 grain JSP (Hornady Spire Point)
IMR 3031 31.0 gr. 3,370 FPS
IMR 4895 33.0 gr. 3,445
H4895 34.0 gr. 3,468
H380 36.0 gr. 3,418
H450 41.5 gr. 3,397
Reloader 15 33.5 gr. 3,430
Reloader 12 32.5 gr. 3,240
Reloader 7 27.0 gr. 3,212
A2230 34.0 gr. 3,425
A2460 35.0 gr. 3,499
A3100 40.0 gr. 2,981 *
VV N140 35.3 gr. 3,314
VV N150 36.5 gr. 3,318
* compressed charge
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70 grain JSP (Speer Soft Point)
IMR 4350 35.0 gr. 3,100 FPS
IMR 4895 31.0 gr. 3,039
H4831 38.0 gr. 3,189
H414 34.0 gr. 3,117
H450 39.0 gr. 3,118
Reloader 15 32.5 gr. 3,310
Reloader 12 31.0 gr. 3,119
A2230 31.0 gr. 3,091
A2460 31.0 gr. 3,077
A3100 38.0 gr. 2,947 *
VV N140 33.8 gr. 3,079
VV N150 35.0 gr. 3,092
* compressed charge
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80 grain HPBT (Sierra Hollow Point Boat Tail)
A2700 34.0 gr. 2,983
A4350 37.0 gr. 3,163
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Discussion: I have listed powders of IMR, Hodgdon, Alliant, VihtaVuori Oy and Accurate. Use which ever you have handy. Slow burning powders generally work better in longer barrels and heavier
bullets. .22-250 Cases will stretch, especially with hot loads, and you definitely need to check
each in a case length guage and trim off excess brass. Trim to 1.902 (1.912 MAX length). Of course, discard any cases that show
a split anywhere on the case.
There are a number of other high performance bullets on the market. The "boattail" is a very good long range target match bullet. It has very good wind performance. If you are shooting for precision, you should weight each powder charge and put exactly the same amount in each case. Each case should be exactly on specs.
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#2400, Reloader 7, 11, 12, 15, 19, and 22 are products of Alliant (formerly Hercules) Powders.
H335, H380, H450 and H4895 are products of Hodgdon Powders.
IMR 3031 and IMR 4895 are products of IMR (formerly DuPont) Powder Company.
No. 2, No. 5, #2230, #2700, #3100 and #2460 are products of Accurate Arms Company
WMR, WSF, WSL, 760, 748, 231 and 540 are products of Winchester, Components Div.
N130, N135, N140, N150 are products of VihtaVuori Oy.
References: Accurate Arms Co. 1996 Reloading booklet - - Alliant Powder Co. Reloaders' Guide (1995) - - Hodgdon's Basic Reloaders Manual (1996) - - Speer Reloading Manual, #12 - - Winchester Reloading Components Manual, 14th edition - - Lyman Piston & Revolver Reloading Handbook, 2nd edition. - - VihtaVuori Oy Company, reloading booklet (1995) - - Numerous magazine articles on reloading special calibers and personal loads where noted.