About to receive a Remington 722 in .222 Remington; Load suggestions

[Brother_Love]

I am about 3 days from taking delivery on a nice 722 in .222 Remington. I have about 500 RCBS 22-055 boolits cast and ready. I have the following powders available (and not much chance of getting other powder now). I have IMR 4895, 4831, 3031; Rx 7, 2400 and Unique. Does anyone have a favorite & accurate load using these powders with cast boolits?

Thanks, Malcolm

[mainiac]

The 4895 would be my choice, no doubt.Cant remember offhand what i load for a charge, but i know its right about spot on 2400f.p.s.,,,

[TCLouis]

Lyman #3 Says
225462 (54 grain RN Boolit)

748
19.2 2163 14,200
24.0 2836 30,700

Guess you will have to do some SWAG work from there since that is the ONLY slow powder listed.

Unique
5.7 1795 25,800
8.0 2222 39,900

2400
11.0 2154 19,100
14.8 2820 43,700

[Char-Gar]

I used to have a 722 in 222 and loved it. I used 4895 with a charge of all I could get in the case. You can't get enough of that powder in the case to get you into trouble.

[brotherdarrell]

I got my best groups to date this morning with my 788 in .222 rem. This rifle has been a pain to get boolits to shoot accurately.

I put 8 mx-3 55 grainers under 1.5" @100 yds. The load was 18 gr. imr-4895 w/.3gr dacron and a Rem 5 1/2 small pistol primer. The brass was re-formed speer .223 brass trimmed to 1.72". Standard case length is 1.70" and the extra length was to cover up throat erosion from 30 years of jacketed loads. I know that group won't set any records but is better by a factor of 2 compared to what I had been getting. The longer case seems to have made all the difference.

The lube was tac#1 and the bore was squeaky clean after 20 rounds.

I inherited this rifle when I was 15 and has been my constant companion for the last 30 years. The .222 rem is a classy little ctg. I am sure you will enjoy yours as much as I have mine.