Powder Charge (gr.) Mine is shooting under an inch at 100 yards. Goal is to buy one powder and use for both. Wish I could be more help to you in the direction of Varget and H 322. The only thing I've loaded so far is bulk hornady 55 gr sp's with h4198. for 53 Sierra MatchKings) or (14.5 gr for Sierra 40gr BlitzKings) Hunterjrg: Both of my Varmint Rifles in caliber 221 Remington Fireball prefer the 40 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets - accuracy wise. Those later manuals only list Lil'Gun loads for Magnum revolver cartridges and a couple small capacity rifle cartridges ... 221 Fireball and 22 Hornet. Just wondering if anyone else had a super accurate load I don’t wanna overlook. In the middle would be 4198 (either), RL-7, AA1680, LilGun, N120, and N130. _____ Lil'Gun was actually designed for 410 shotguns but as most other 410 powders, it makes a great very slow burning handgun powder that is well suited for magnum revolver loads. Another bullet that did well in my 221 Varminters was the 40 grain Berger. I've tried all the powders listed in this thread in my Fireball. However, the issue is the same;over pressure. Good powders in the Fireball with 40-50 grain bullets include 2400, SR4759, N110, 4227 (either) and W296/H110 at the fast end. So I’m gonna try that. I don’t remember exactly what powder I’ve been using but I’ve heard a 40 grain bullet infront of some lil gun can get you almost 223 speeds. I haven't tried either, but the cfe looks to be top of the velocity heap for the 40's. Hell factory ammo shot around an inch in the gun. I keep coming back to Reloader #7 as the accuracy powder for my gun. Another powder with potential for 40gr bullets is IMR 4227. I have two rifles in .221 Fireball,a Remington 700 VSL and Cooper model 21. 14.7 grain lil gun with winchester primers, and 40 grain v max. #1402714 - 10/29/09 02:53 PM Re: Pet.221 Fireball loads Seasoned Member Registered: 02/21/07 Posts: 228 Loc: South Carolina. 1680 does well with heavy bullets in my loads but still comes in second. In fact, it is not the right powder for any bullet weight for your 221 Fireball cartridge. Powders include Hodgdon, IMR It doesn't shoot any bullet badly but it's tough to beat those bughole groups I get with #7 powder. Tedious at best. Be careful with LIL' Gun. .221 FIREBALL LOAD DATA Bullet Bullet Weight COL (in.) I recently bought a 700 in 221. I just shoot paper and reactive targets with it in a Kimber of Oregon Model 82 and Rem 700 Classic rifles. .221 Remington Fireball (Hodgdon Rifle Data) reloading data with 74 loads. Hodgdon, who ought to know, suggests H335, H322, H4198, H4227, and Lil' Gun. Plan to get one of these powders and load up some jacketed bullets for both .223 and .221 Fireball. Hornady V-Max 35 1.731 Lil'Gun 15.5 Nosler Lead-Free BT 35 1.775 H-4227 16.0 Barnes Varmint 36 1.720 Viht. 18.2 gr is the sweet spot in my gun with norma brass. I love the 221 Fireball round for its accuracy, consistency and efficiency. Any suggestions as to one powder for these two cartridges is also most welcome. Weight (gr.) The Remington loves a load with a 52 grain, Nosler BTHP, 19 grains of Lil'Gun, Remington, 7 1/2 primer, and Remington case. 3031 is really for mid sized (think 30 caliber) mid-level rifle cartridges, like 30-30. This 15gr load gives flat primers and a .002 pressure ring increase. In my load development, I got good groups with 35gr V-Max & 15gr LIL' Gun @ 3,469fps. Want to use one powder and asking for opinions as to whether H 322 or H335 would be a better choice. My "One Gun, One Bullet" load is Speer 52gr TargetMatch with 20gr H322 @ 2,930 . These powder are fast rifle powders or slow pistol powders. At the slow end would be H322, Benchmark, RL-10X, and N133. Both like the same loads: R-P cases; Rem 7-1/2 primers; LilGun powder (11 gr. Thanks I use the same load in the Cooper but it doesn't shoot as well. Lots of guys use lil gun. Using bullets from Hornady V-Max, Barnes VG FB, Nosler BT, Barnes X, Sierra SPT, Speer TNT HP, Sierra HPBT, Hornady SPSX. One Rifle does prefer IMR 4227 powder and the other likes Lil'Gun.