My hunting load is what I use for plinking and nrl hunter, so I always have some loaded up.
6.5 creedmore
Nosler brass
Ginex lr primer
43.6 Staball
2.8165 oal
2780 fps in a tikka t3x with 24.3" barrel, just slightly slower in a savage with a 24" barrel.
I have had excellent results with just the standard Hornady 55 gr. soft point. That is what the kids use in both 223 and 22-250. Very efficient outcomes. My father-in law favored the Sierra 63 gr. smp.