22-250 and a 36 grain varmint grenade

[GrocMax]

Originally Posted by 56S

Some 34gr Midsouth HPs are in my bullet drawer just dying to get shot. Wonder if they will hold together at mach 3.7?

Yes, even with 3" of throat erosion. In fact, for my worn out 22-250 barrels the 34g HP worked best for accuracy.

[Dean2]

One thing I found to be true of the 36 grain VG, the faster you can drive them the smaller the groups get. I was pushing some out of a 223 at 3900 fps and they shot great. Well under 1/2" at 200 yards. At 3700 they looked like a shotgun pattern, literally 6" groups. While I could get them to shoot well in most everything from 22 H to 22-250 I quit buying them because they were very inconsistent in terms of their frangibility. Most behaved like they should but after 3 or 4 batches that behaved more like FMJs than fungibles I went back to the Vmax and Blitkings. Far more reliable and consistent performance and much better B.C.s, which helps a lot in the wind.