RE: Lookin' for a good long range coyote rifle!
Here is my reloading info for the Remington 700 .22-250 shown above:
Case Winchester
Nosler 40gr
Varget powder 41 gr
CCI Bench Rest Primer
Speed 4415 max
Ave speed 4372
Case Winchester
Nosler 50gr
Varget powder 41 gr
CCI Bench Rest Primer
Speed 4065 max
Ave speed 4058
Case Winchester
Nosler 40gr
H380 powder 42gr
CCI Bench Rest Primer
Speed 4231 max
Ave speed 4219
I did not test the 50 gr nosler with the H380. I am sorry I misstated above. These are the results right off the sheets we recorded on at the range on 12-20-03.
I am aware that they are over the max in the reloading manual and we did approach them slowly checking for excessive pressure. I would not recommend anybody starting with these loads. We did also subsitute the bench rest primer for the cci magnum rifle primer. This gave us and extra 141 fps increase with the H380 powder. But it only gave us an increase of about 32 fps with the varget.
This showed us that you need to test several loads with your gun and see what it shoots the best.