Factory ammo options

[Creamer]

I got my .22-250 out last week and found out I was damn near out of ammo. I had not shot it in a while, and haven't bought ammo for it in probably 15+ years. So what is out there? What are you folks shooting in terms of ammo in similar rifles? I know ammo prices have gone through the roof, and I've seen some prices online and know what to expect to pay. Is there a popular round right now for varmint hunting that is relatively easy to find? What I had for this gun was relatively cheap Winchester 45 grain hollowpoint rounds. Cheap, but this gun "liked" them. It's a Remington 700 with the heavy target barrel, a hand-me-down from my father. Very heavy, but it's a shooter.

My first three out of the pipe when I shot it last week. The flier to the right was #1. Shitty trigger yank on my part, I felt it when I did it. The other two were where this gun should be. It was sighted in to be about 1" high at 100 yards, and this was only about 70 yards. This gun is capable of better shooting than I can execute.

What are you folks shooting? Suggestions?

 

["J"]

In the .243 i have and use on groundhogs. The hornady ballistic tip was what really worked well for me. 58 grain ballistic tip would almost split a groundhog in half.

 

[Fletch]

Unfortunately today you are limited to what's available not what brand or bullet you desire... Just did a quick search on Midway USA and everything was unavailable except a brand I never heard of... So Good Luck finding ammo...

 

[mike hunt]

That gun probably has a 1 in 14 twist barrel, it will shoot better with <50gn bullets. Hornady makes 50gn super performance rounds that shoot pretty good out of my 700. If you can find them.

 

[Creamer]

Unfortunately today you are limited to what's available not what brand or bullet you desire... Just did a quick search on Midway USA and everything was unavailable except a brand I never heard of... So Good Luck finding ammo...

I had this concern from my searches on Vance's website. They listed a lot of options for .22-250 but if you read the fine print nearly all of them were out of stock.

 

[Fletch]

I had this concern from my searches on Vance's website. They listed a lot of options for .22-250 but if you read the fine print nearly all of them were out of stock.

That seems to be the issue everywhere. They list all kinds of options and prices then you scroll down to place an order and you get a currently out of stock... Right now I just want to find some CCI magnum 209 primers for my muzzle loader...

 

[mike hunt]

Check out ammoseek.com they have plenty options

 

["J"]

@Creamer
Jeff, I’d go too a forum that has your gun model and caliber specific. There’s plenty of people shooting the same gun and round, they’ll have a better idea of what exactly works and it’ll save you the $$ and time sighting one in.

 

[P8riot]

Order with extreme confidence from these guys. I have ordered 3 times and it gets here quick!! They had M1Garand ammo when noone else did and it was a good price too.

20 Round Box - 22-250 Rem 55 Grain V-max Ammo by Hornady - 8337 | SGAmmo.com

SGAmmo.com, bulk ammo sold by the case at the best lowest prices for sale anywhere online

www.sgammo.com

 

[GoetsTalon]

Did you save the brass? Never shot factory out of my 22-250 always shot reloads. I have a head space and cartridge over all length gauges. With the right loads you can cover up five shots with a dime. If your ever up NW Ohio way I could work a load up for you. I have new brass but once fired would be better. Warmer weather would be better since my press is out in the shed lol. I use a 50 grain Hornady speer point varmint bullet that works great for ground hogs and yotes.

 

[Creamer]

Did you save the brass? Never shot factory out of my 22-250 always shot reloads. I have a head space and cartridge over all length gauges. With the right loads you can cover up five shots with a dime. If your ever up NW Ohio way I could work a load up for you. I have new brass but once fired would be better. Warmer weather would be better since my press is out in the shed lol. I use a 50 grain Hornady speer point varmint bullet that works great for ground hogs and yotes.

I saved all of my brass since I have had the gun on the hope that some day I'd get started reloading. I have at least 100 empties based off the boxes of brass I found looking for ammo.

 

[GoetsTalon]

Awesome! Hold on to it and hopefully we can get something going if you want. Only thing is the rounds would be good only in that one rifle. Not interchangeable since the brass would be sized for your chamber.

 

[Creamer]

FedEx delivered some gold ingots to the house today.

 

[Fletch]

Nice...

 

["J"]

When you sighting them in?

 

[Creamer]

When you sighting them in?

Hopefully tomorrow.

 

[Hedgelj]

Order with extreme confidence from these guys. I have ordered 3 times and it gets here quick!! They had M1Garand ammo when noone else did and it was a good price too.

20 Round Box - 22-250 Rem 55 Grain V-max Ammo by Hornady - 8337 | SGAmmo.com

SGAmmo.com, bulk ammo sold by the case at the best lowest prices for sale anywhere online

www.sgammo.com

SGammo is good to go been ordering from them for over a decade, they didn't gouge after sandy hook or anything.