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    New Favorite Rifle


    I have been working on some new loads for Savage 11 22-250 Rem. I have a 6-18 scope on the rifle. I have been trying to find a decent bullet to shoot for this rifle for the last couple months. I have tried 10 different bullets and a few different powders. I think I found a good setup and in California it had to be lead free. This is a Hornady NTX 35 Gr lead free. I tried it with different seating depths and I hope I found a good round. This is my best group to date on any rifle.





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    time to move it on out to 300!
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    That's great shooting Lclevenger!
    Getting a group that small with a light 35 grain bullet outdoors is a real achievement.
    On the east coast, my .22-250s seem to shoot well with 40 gr Nosler BTs and 52/53 gr SMKs and 52 gr Berger bullets, but they are all lead core.
    I think I have only tried lead free bullets in my .30-30 (Hornady 140 gr GTXs).
    How hard is it to find lead free bullets in Calif. in .224?

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    Nice shooting. Now to stretch its legs a bit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jester560 View Post
    Nice shooting. Now to stretch its legs a bit.

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    Cfjunkie they are pretty popular now it seems every bullet maker has a few options for bullet weight. Barnes is real big out here.
    At the local range we can only shoot groups at 100 yards then it’s hitting steel to 550.


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    Also the Sig brass is very consistent weight and seems to be holding up very well. Probably better weight than my Norma brass for 243.


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