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Best coyote bullet for .22-250
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 455579" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>First of all are you shooting with a 1:14 twist barrel or a 1:12 twist barrel? This is critical!! With a 1:14 twist your pretty much stuck with 55 grain and smaller bullets (sometimes a 60 grain Nosler PT will stabalize). You might try the 55 grain Vmax at about 3300 fps (forget the 3500 fps stuff as the bullet works better at 3200 to 3300 fps). If you got a 1:12 twist barrel I'd start out with the 60 grain Nosler. It's a little shorter than the Hornaday, and probably will group a little tighter with that twist rate. I do shoot the Hornaday with groups running around .60", yet have never seriously tried to work up a load for the bullet. I think it's good for a half inch anyway.</p><p> </p><p> Savage does sell a 22-250 with a 1:9 twist barrel, and these seem to work very well with the heavy 22 centerfire bullets. I wish Remington would finally drop the 1:14 twist rate in their 22-250 for a better 1;12 twist design. Bullets are much longer these days than when the 1:14 twist was king, and the 12 twist works much better with them (I'd rather have a 1:11 twist). My goto dog bullet for the last ten years has been the 55 grain Vmax. Works very well in 14 twist barrels</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 455579, member: 25383"] First of all are you shooting with a 1:14 twist barrel or a 1:12 twist barrel? This is critical!! With a 1:14 twist your pretty much stuck with 55 grain and smaller bullets (sometimes a 60 grain Nosler PT will stabalize). You might try the 55 grain Vmax at about 3300 fps (forget the 3500 fps stuff as the bullet works better at 3200 to 3300 fps). If you got a 1:12 twist barrel I'd start out with the 60 grain Nosler. It's a little shorter than the Hornaday, and probably will group a little tighter with that twist rate. I do shoot the Hornaday with groups running around .60", yet have never seriously tried to work up a load for the bullet. I think it's good for a half inch anyway. Savage does sell a 22-250 with a 1:9 twist barrel, and these seem to work very well with the heavy 22 centerfire bullets. I wish Remington would finally drop the 1:14 twist rate in their 22-250 for a better 1;12 twist design. Bullets are much longer these days than when the 1:14 twist was king, and the 12 twist works much better with them (I'd rather have a 1:11 twist). My goto dog bullet for the last ten years has been the 55 grain Vmax. Works very well in 14 twist barrels gary [/QUOTE]
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