22 ARC Ballistics: Every Load We Found, With Sources

Every 22 ARC factory load we retrieved, with the test barrel, zero and sight height its figures actually belong to.

22 ARC ballistics: every factory load we retrieved

5 factory 22 ARC loads were retrieved from Hornady. All of them are published on the same 24 in test barrel, so their velocities are directly comparable with each other.

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Every 22 ARC factory load retrieved, with its barrel, zero and sight height

Load	Weight	Published G1 BC	Test barrel	Zero	Sight height	Muzzle (fps)	Muzzle (ft-lb)	200 yd (fps)	200 yd (ft-lb)	100 yd path	300 yd path	Full published velocity row (fps)	88 gr ELD Match	Hornady	81543	88 gr	0.545	24 in	200 yd	1.5 in	2,820	1,554	2,491	1,212	+1.7 in	-7.3 in	0–500 yd in 100-yd steps: 2,820 / 2,652 / 2,491 / 2,335 / 2,185 / 2,040	80 gr ELD‑X Precision Hunter	Hornady	81544	80 gr	0.485	24 in	100 yd	1.5 in	3,010	1,609	2,626	1,225	+0.0 in	-10.9 in	0–500 yd in 100-yd steps: 3,010 / 2,814 / 2,626 / 2,447 / 2,274 / 2,108	75 gr ELD Match Black	Hornady	81541	75 gr	0.467	24 in	200 yd	1.5 in	3,075	1,575	2,672	1,189	+1.4 in	-6.2 in	0–500 yd in 100-yd steps: 3,075 / 2,868 / 2,672 / 2,483 / 2,302 / 2,129	70 gr CX Superformance	Hornady	81539	70 gr	0.392	24 in	200 yd	1.5 in	3,125	1,518	2,643	1,086	+1.4 in	-6.3 in	0–500 yd in 100-yd steps: 3,125 / 2,877 / 2,643 / 2,421 / 2,209 / 2,008	62 gr ELD‑VT V‑Match	Hornady	81542	62 gr	0.395	24 in	200 yd	1.5 in	3,300	1,499	2,803	1,081	+1.1 in	-5.6 in	0–500 yd in 100-yd steps: 3,300 / 3,044 / 2,803 / 2,574 / 2,357 / 2,150	Maker	Symbol

Taking only the loads that share a full basis — supersonic, a 24-inch test barrel, a 200-yard zero and a 1.5-inch sight height, which is 4 of the 5 supersonic loads here — the published 300-yard path runs between 5.6 and 7.3 inches below the line of sight.

How far the published tables and the published coefficients agree

Of the 5 22 ARC loads here that publish both a coefficient and a velocity table, all 5 were checked by recovering the coefficient the table implies and comparing it with the one printed on the box. All 5 reproduce the maker’s own velocity row to within 0.6 fps at every printed distance.

For 5 of those 5 the recovered coefficient lands 1.9% to 2.0% above the printed one, across the 5 Hornady loads here. Every load here is Hornady, so this page on its own cannot separate a Hornady modeling convention from an industry-wide one; the same offset appears across other makers on our other cartridge pages.

How this 22 ARC ballistics data was worked out

Figures here are the makers’ own. Where this page computes, it integrates a point-mass trajectory on the standard G1 drag function in the ICAO standard atmosphere with no fitted correction. Method, constants and uncertainty budget. Run your own barrel, zero and conditions.

Every coefficient on this page is printed to 3 decimals, so the coarsest carries a rounding of plus or minus 0.0005 before any calculation happens. Propagated through the model across the 5 loads here, that gives an expanded uncertainty of about 2 fps (k = 2) — so treat two velocities within roughly 2 fps of each other as the same number, ours included. Coefficient rounding, not the solver, sets that figure.

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Common questions

How much does a 22 ARC drop at 300 yards?

Between 5.6 and 7.3 inches for the 4 22 ARC loads here published on the same 24-inch test barrel, a 200-yard zero and a 1.5-inch sight height. If you are shooting one of these, that range is not your answer: 22 ARC 80 gr ELD‑X Precision Hunter at 10.9 in (100-yard zero, 1.5 in sight height). They are published on a different zero or sight height, so they are listed with their own figures rather than averaged in. These are the maker’s own figures for their test barrel in a standard atmosphere; yours will differ, so confirm your own drop on a range before you rely on any of it.

Which 22 ARC load shoots flattest?

On the one basis these can be compared on — a 24-inch barrel, a 200-yard zero and a 1.5-inch sight height, which 4 of these loads share — it is Hornady 22 ARC 62 gr ELD‑VT V‑Match, 5.6 inches low at 300 yards, against 6.2 in for Hornady 22 ARC 75 gr ELD Match Hornady…. Loads published on a different barrel or a different zero are in the table but not in that ranking.

Do these numbers match my rifle?

Not exactly — every figure here belongs to the maker’s test barrel, not yours. Put your own barrel, zero and conditions in.

Sources

Data updated September 2026.

Every figure on this page was read from the page or interface listed below, and a copy of each source was archived at the moment it was read, with its retrieval time and a checksum, so the page can be audited against what the source actually said on that date.

1. Hornady, 22 ARC 62 gr ELD‑VT V‑Match — https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/22-arc-62-gr-eld-vt-v-match
2. Hornady, 22 ARC 70 gr CX Superformance — https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/22-arc-70-gr-cx-superformance
3. Hornady, 22 ARC 75 gr ELD Match Hornady Black — https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/22-arc-75-gr-eld-match-hornady-black
4. Hornady, 22 ARC 80 gr ELD‑X Precision Hunter — https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/22-arc-80-gr-eld-x-precision-hunter
5. Hornady, 22 ARC 88 gr ELD Match — https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/22-arc-88-gr-eld-match
6. JBM Ballistics, standard G1 drag function, 79 points of Mach against drag coefficient — jbmballistics.com/downloads/mcg1.txt

Data updated: 23 August 2026