No a 220 grn bullet will probably work fine. I have found that i like a bullet weight in the 155 to 175 area. I have loads with the 135 grn Nosler JHP that travel in the high 1500 to almost 1600 fps. I also have silvertips in the 155 jhp. I like the higher bullet weight moving in the 1200fps area. This combo in my opinion is a very effective round.