222 Remington
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HonestJohn
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Sako gamehead. Great accuracy, great game takers, cheap. I’d say, it’s the ‘one’
Not sure that there is a "one for all" in any calibre??
Only tried factory PPU in my new to me T3, and was not overwhelmed...
I was always planning to reload for it (having never reloaded before) and after a few trials the best are 50gn vmax, with 50gn hornady soft point close behind. (Also good accuracy with 35gn vmax)
All of the above give nuch better accuracy than ppu with me as a novice reloading.
Just a case of finding what suits your rifle I think...
Only tried factory PPU in my new to me T3, and was not overwhelmed...
I was always planning to reload for it (having never reloaded before) and after a few trials the best are 50gn vmax, with 50gn hornady soft point close behind. (Also good accuracy with 35gn vmax)
All of the above give nuch better accuracy than ppu with me as a novice reloading.
Just a case of finding what suits your rifle I think...
Cogswell & Harrison
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From memory when I was testing my S&L Legacy .222.
PPU 50gr were giving maybe 5/8" groups at 110 yards, Sellier & Bellot 50gr were giving 1/2" but far and away the best was Hornady Superformance 50gr Varmint which were pretty much touching each other so I'd call that 3/8". I tried some PPU 55gr and the rifle didn't like them one bit!
PPU 50gr were giving maybe 5/8" groups at 110 yards, Sellier & Bellot 50gr were giving 1/2" but far and away the best was Hornady Superformance 50gr Varmint which were pretty much touching each other so I'd call that 3/8". I tried some PPU 55gr and the rifle didn't like them one bit!
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Smellydog
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Only factory I've bought was S&B eons ago.
Since then though I've acquired handed in ammo.
Sako, Norma, Remington, Winchester and Federal chiefly and they all work just fine.
Bullet wise for reloading I've loaded Speer, Hornady, Sierra and S&B.
It wasn't hard to make them work. Easy in a 222. Especially book max or over a bit.
I have some ppu bullets to try yet.
Since then though I've acquired handed in ammo.
Sako, Norma, Remington, Winchester and Federal chiefly and they all work just fine.
Bullet wise for reloading I've loaded Speer, Hornady, Sierra and S&B.
It wasn't hard to make them work. Easy in a 222. Especially book max or over a bit.
I have some ppu bullets to try yet.
my Sako 222 hated anything Sako
PPU can be great, can also be horrendous
Federal 50gr powershok is pretty vanilla and most rifles will shoot it very well
PPU can be great, can also be horrendous
Federal 50gr powershok is pretty vanilla and most rifles will shoot it very well
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