.223 loads

[Spydr]

Just want to reload a match type bullet. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[beltfed]

69 grain SMK, Hornady 68 & 75 grain BTHP. Varget (between 25 & 26 grains -use a manual, and work your loads up!). 205M primers. Winchester cases.
In a nut shell, this is what I use for my ARs, 1:7 twist barrels.

Knowing what this is being fed through would be a big help to narrow your selection.

 

[rkaine]

I've been told that using CCI BR primers makes a big difference - I am just starting to reload and will be loading for .223 long range - the recipe I was given was Hornady 75 gr A Max, around 24 GR Varget (which is within the specs in the Lyman manual) with a CCI BR primer. This is for a Savage 12fvss, 26" barrel, 1 in 9 twist.

On same topic, anyone have a reduced load for .223 - looking for something for the indoor range, 50 yards. Just needs to stay level for 50 yds.

 

[Levi Garrett]

Varget, RL15, I loaded some 52 and 53 match with 25.5 Gr of RL-15 , Sweet.
Frank

 

[Danny Boy]

H4198 serves me well for 50 and 55 gr VMax.

Going to Hornady 68 gr BTHP, I have to switch to Varget which gives me something to play with in the upcoming weeks. I wonder if that would be a compressed load given the length of the 68 gr bullet? What is the OAL in your case?

Danny

 

[beltfed]

OAL is 2.260". The powder doesn't compress if you use a drop tube. I use a little blue Forster Bonanza one I picked up from Russell's

 

[todbartell]

if 1:12 twist, try sierra 52 or 53 gr, Matchkings over Benchmark, use F205M primers or CCI BR-4
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[chuckwagon]

748 and H322 work good for me with a 50gr vmax or a 52 match.

 

[River Rat]

I have owned 4 or 5 223's and have always had the best results with Varget and 748,

 

[contact148]

I use the surplus powder from higginsons wc 735 24 grns under a 55 grn FMJBT bullet

 

[Janeau]

Barnes 50 gr VarminAtor, 26 grain of AA2460, CCi primer in a prepped case.
I get 1/2 inches, 5 shot group at 100 yards and got a few at 1/4 inches when the right conditions were present.
As usual, use caution and start low and work up the load to 26 grains.
I got this combination on www.gunblast.com when reading an article about the same rifle I own, a Bushmaster Varmiter.