22 question...

You could possibly do it.
But most certainly not with Varget.

You should look for light load lead bullet data using one of the fast pistol powders like Red Dot or Unique.

Rc

Ive torn 22lr apart put the case on a nail on the wall and lite a lighter and warmed the case then POWWW. But every time i would take one apart it would bend or break the bullet in half.

To me a 22lr is a 22lr, and reloading components are reloading components, I would not mix them.

If you had some way of getting the bullets out of those cases undamaged, it might work with real lite loads. This might be one place where trailboss might actually be useful in a rifle cartridge.
You might also want a good lead mining technigue, those heeled bullets are going to gas cut pretty badly, and they are soft lead,, so the possibility of turning the barrel on that rifle is pretty good..

I have found very few 22LR that have failed to fire in my guns. Every now and then one will take a second hit at a different location on the rim to fire. But they do fire. If your having a lot of FTFires I would look for the cause. 22LR ammo is very hard to come by these days.

Not sure I would try to make them in a 22-250. These are very low velocity rounds compared to the 22-250. You may have a major leading problem since the 22lr are very soft lead normal lube is flash copper plate or wax.

I have some 17 grain 17 caliber bullets that midway sold as overruns a couple of years ago, in their own box. I assume they were from 17 rimfire. I shoot them in my 17 AH and if I push them too fast they turn to a cloud of dust. Had to watch close, thought I was missing to start with. These are jacketed bullets so I can only imagine what would happen to lead bullets.
Safe shooting
Doug

Wrong bullet diameter. Wrong rifling twist. Sounds like a time intensive task to make some noise and not hit anything.

It can be done, at least I've done it with .223 Remington.

It's kind of a pain and unless you have a specific need for them, probably not worth the trouble.

I loaded up a few to use as subsonics in an M4 for suppressed use on feral animals.
The .22 Long Rifle bullets were accurate enough for the job and they were the only bullets that I could get to expand and give quick, humane kills at 1000 fps.

And yes, I'm aware that a good .22 rifle would have been a far better choice, but that wasn't an option.

Ineficient , leading , need the correct powder for reduced loads , just a bad idea in general.

If you had some way of getting the bullets out of those cases undamaged,

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If anyone's interested in pulling .22 Long Rifle bullets, I came up with a method using an RCBS collet type bullet puller that's fairly quick, easy and reasonably safe.

First put on your safety glasses.

Then put the .22 cal collet in your die and install it in your press.

Then since there's no shellholder made that'll fit the rim of a .22 LR, take a LEE shellholder meant for a case that takes a large primer and install it on your ram.

Next push up your .22 cartridge from beneath the shellholder until the bullet sticks out of the hole in the center of the shellholder far enough to enter the jaws of your collet.

Now hold the rim of the .22 cartridge up against the bottom of the shellholder while you very gently tighten your collet.

Gently raise the lever to pull the bullet.

The description makes it sound tedious, but actually doing it is faster than pulling any other caliber I've tried.
Just remember that the bullets and cases are very fragile and require a lot less force than you're probably used to using.

Keep in mind that the rim, loaded with priming compound, is directly touching the solid steel underside of the shellholder.

If you get a lot of duds that don't fire the first time you try them, pull the bullets and look inside the cases. You'll be amazed at how haphazardly the priming compound is applied.

Some cases will have compound covering the whole interior of the case head, others only half of the very outside rim and a few with none! Remingtons seem to be the worst, followed by Winchester with Federal a distant third. CCI and Aguilla are almost always near perfect, even with their cheaper ammo types.

If you are going to do it, like said above don't use Varget. I agree Red Dot, Unique, Trail Boss and a few of the other old stand-buys for light loads will be better choices.You can go really old-skool and use any of the SR powders.

The Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook 4th Edition is showing 44gr lead bullets in the 22-250 and the powders they list are Red Dot, 700X, Green Dot, PB, SR7625, SR4756, SR4759, AA5744, IMR4227, IMR4198 and WW748.

See if you can find some 40gr bullets in the batch and give it a try although the bullets are so short and they are a heeled bullet so I'm really not sure it you will be able to seat them well.