.222rem 14" contender

Anyone have a pet load for the 14 inch .222 Rem contender. I have several boolit molds that I use for the bull barreled 700 BDL so that should not be a criteria. TIA

From my very old chronograph logs (I sold my Contender Super 14 25 years ago)

RCBS 55 gr. GC cast in linotype, sized .225"

11.5 gr. Hercules BlueDot Fiocchi SR primers 2468 fps. Avg.

14 gr. WW296 Fiocchi SR primers 2358 fps. Avg.

15 gr. WW296 Fiocchi SR primers 2436 fps. Avg.

16 gr. WW296 Fiocchi SR primers 2562 fps. Avg.

My barrel had open sights, but these loads all fell into 2" or less @ 50 yards.

You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore

Got the mold and the powders but different primers, but its a place to start. Now I have to cast up a bunch of those 55s.

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