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Post by maverick on May 6, 2013 10:13:21 GMT -7
I just bought 200 53 grain vmax bullets to realize that they wont stablize in my 1:14 22-250. Willing to trade for some 50 grain v-max or sell for $40.
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on May 6, 2013 12:15:17 GMT -7
Hey Maverick,
Why do they not stabilize in your 22-250. I also have a Remington 700 22-250 with a 1-14 twist and it shoots 53 gr, 52 gr, 55 gr down to 45 gr bullets very well. I handload all of them, and have no problems with any of them.
Can I ask what it is doing to not stabilize? What kind of groups or patterns are you getting? It may not be the bullet, it may be something else?
Gary
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Post by maverick on May 6, 2013 14:29:21 GMT -7
It looks like I am shooting the target with a shotgun. I think I even seen one hit the target sideways. Are your bullets the v-maxs? I am using once fired brass cci primers and varget powder.
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on May 6, 2013 15:55:19 GMT -7
Yeah I am shooting 50's and 55's Vmax. they shoot great. I am also shooting 53 gr Hornady Match HP. they shoot great also.
How fast are you pushing them?
How many grains of powder?
Are you using regular primers or magnum primers?
How far from the lands are the bullets seated?
ARE you sure of the rifle twist? What rifle is it?
Because a 1-14 twist is going to shoot a 40 to 55 gr bullet just fine, anything over 55 out of a 1-14 will not group, I tried 60's once, they are too long for a 1-14. A 1-14 requires a shorter bullet, the lower twist rates will shoot a longer bullet, but not a shorter bullet, the shorter will shoot like a shotgun and will have keyholes.
If I were you I would check the twist on your rifle, to make sure of what it is. That way you will know what bullets it will shoot successfully.
If it is a 1-10 then you will have to shoot bullets from 55 to 70 gr. 1-9 even heavier.
Twist rates don't depend on bullet weights, it is dependant on the length of the bullet from the shoulder to the base.
If you look at a wide range of bullets, line them from lightest to heaviest, you will see that as the bullet weight goes up, so does the profile of the bullet, meaning that the distance between the shoulder and the base gets longer.
It is the length of that flat part that defines the twist rate and what bullet will shoot from that twist.
The higher the twist rate say like 1-14 1-15 1-16, we call these fast twist, these are going to shoot a shorter bullet, or in other words a lighter bullet.
slower twist rates 1-7 1-8 1-9 1-10 are going to shoot a heavier/longer profile bullet more successfully.
For almost 40 years I shot from 22-250 - the Speers 52 gr HP, and it shot so well I didn't change, until the last few years, I started experimenting with bullets that would not blow coyotes up, but kill them well. I am now shooting the Sierra Match HP in 52 and 53 gr. The 52 are Boattails and the 53 are flatbased, it doesn't seem to matter which it shoots they both shoot 3/8 inch or less, 5 shot groups at 100 yards.
I hope that helps you to understand twist rates and bullets!
Gary
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Post by 72camaro on Feb 17, 2014 20:36:54 GMT -7
I just bought 200 53 grain vmax bullets to realize that they wont stablize in my 1:14 22-250. Willing to trade for some 50 grain v-max or sell for $40. Do you still have these for sale? I take it they are .224" |
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