RE: BARNES GRENADE BULLET
I was very happy with Ballistic Tips, but here in SoCal we were forced to go with non-lead rounds, so I tried the 36 VGs in my 22-250. 38 gr of Varget gives me around 4200 fps. At first the accuracy was unimpressive, but after tinkering with bullet jump I got them shooting almost as well as the BTs.
I recently got a Baikal .223, and have been shooting them in front of 28 grains of Varget. So far they show promise.