If you want a good target load, try 34.5gs of H4895 and a 52 gr Match bullet. I have not found a 22/250 that did well with this combo. To tell a story, this fall I bought a used Savage 12VSS in 22/250. I mounted a scope on it, and bore sighted it, and took it to a match the next day. I never fired the gun before, and the past owner never told me what he shot in it. I loaded a bunch of mix match, various headstaped, different length and weight cases with the combo mentioned above. I sighted the gun in , and shot well on the first target. I turned out winning the match betting out several shooters. I was leaps ahead of the second place shooter's aggregate groups size. The moral of the story is: that combo will shoot!