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Questions on a Remington 22-250 I Have
Horse Plains Drifter
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I have a 22-250 that is a Remington 721 with a 22-250 barrel. That's right, a long action 22-250. . A short story as how this came to be: In 2006 I bought a Remington 700 25-06 from an old school mate of mine. Along with the 25-06 came this 22-250 barrel that the guy would have a gunsmith switch on once in a while. This stuff was stored at a dear, and now departed friend's house in another state. I never even fired the 25-06 until 2012/2013. In about 2015 my dear friend went down to the local gunsmith and bought this 721, and had the smith put the 22-250 barrel on. I brought the guns home with me in March 2019, and am just now getting around to doing something with them.
So on to the questions. I was shooting the 22-250 the other day. It came with a box of Federal, and a box of Winchester ammunition, which is what I was shooting. Both boxes were loaded with 55 grain soft point bullets.
I never got the thing to shoot better than about 2-1/2" at 100 yards. Now it was somewhat windy that day, with gusts 25-30 mph. Also,toward the end of my shooting, I noticed that the two brands of ammo was all mixed together in the two boxes. So I was shooting both brands at once, which might lend to the problem. When I got home and cleaned it, I checked the twist rate. The rate is 1:14" which seems slow for that round/bullet weight to me.
So, what bullet weights would run the best in that barrel? What twist rate do I need to best shoot light bullets? As far as I am concerned, it will stay with 45gr-75gr max., with most bullets at 50gr-60gr.
Also. there seems like there could be a potential feeding issue with short cartridges in a long magazine. Will it work to just put in a short action follower, and then make a wood, or plastic spacer for the rear of the present magazine well? TIA for any input.
BTW, the 22-250 has a steel tubed Redfield 3-9X AO scope. Period correct for the 721 maybe?
So on to the questions. I was shooting the 22-250 the other day. It came with a box of Federal, and a box of Winchester ammunition, which is what I was shooting. Both boxes were loaded with 55 grain soft point bullets.
I never got the thing to shoot better than about 2-1/2" at 100 yards. Now it was somewhat windy that day, with gusts 25-30 mph. Also,toward the end of my shooting, I noticed that the two brands of ammo was all mixed together in the two boxes. So I was shooting both brands at once, which might lend to the problem. When I got home and cleaned it, I checked the twist rate. The rate is 1:14" which seems slow for that round/bullet weight to me.
So, what bullet weights would run the best in that barrel? What twist rate do I need to best shoot light bullets? As far as I am concerned, it will stay with 45gr-75gr max., with most bullets at 50gr-60gr.
Also. there seems like there could be a potential feeding issue with short cartridges in a long magazine. Will it work to just put in a short action follower, and then make a wood, or plastic spacer for the rear of the present magazine well? TIA for any input.
BTW, the 22-250 has a steel tubed Redfield 3-9X AO scope. Period correct for the 721 maybe?
Comments
Shooting mixed brand ammo in a 25 MPH wind and getting 2" groups would not be an indication of a rifle issue.
Yes, I experimented with both 69 gr and 77 gr SMKs both keyholed
Friend I shoot with has both a Rem and Cooper in 22-250 and has the same results.