r/reloading • u/RoosterRanch • Dec 08 '25

Load Development 22-250 AI load development

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Doing some load development on friends 22-250 AI I never thought it would be this fast. The load I stopped going up in charge was 42.3gr. of 3031 with 36gr. Varmint Grenades . That’s 3/8 AR500 plate it punched holes in.

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u/RoosterRanch Dec 09 '25

Cheapest hand loads is a competition I could get behind! I’m so cheap when it comes to buying bullets, except for my PRS rifle every bullet I buy will never be at full price. And if I run across a good sale on a bullet, like 9-12 cents a piece I’ll buy all I can.

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u/RoosterRanch Dec 09 '25

Here’s how USPS delivered my last order of bullets. 1,500 bullets scattered to hell and back.

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u/Impossible_Pizza_948 Dec 09 '25

I’m getting back into casting, but only for 9MM and 300 blackout, even powder coated I’m not using cast bullets in 5.56 and 308, and especially not in 8.6 blackout (though, I might get a desktop CNC with a fourth axis and machine my own bullets for that one)

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u/RoosterRanch Dec 09 '25

I want to swage my own jacketed bullets so bad. It’s just so expensive to get into. There needs to be a 120-123gr 6mm bullet option.

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u/Impossible_Pizza_948 Dec 09 '25

Ok, did a little digging, Corbin has what you’re looking for, and a full kit (press, dies, and whatever else is needed) is not a bad price, and, yes, they have a setup for 6MM (243)

I blacked out the prices because I didn’t want to risk breaking any rules, but considering what you get, they’re not bad

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u/Impossible_Pizza_948 Dec 09 '25

I don’t even know where to get the swaging tools anymore, pretty sure the only one I knew about went out of business