223 Rem 50 gr varmint Grenade and BLC-2??

[g-manz35]

Anyone have load data for 50gr Barnes VG and BLC-2 for 223 Rem. I'm thinking max load is about 27.5 gr. Can someone give me some info from a barnes reloading manual? Pleeeeeeeeeease!!

I actually already have them loaded. I hope I'm not pulling bullets!

Thanks. George

 

[brybenn]

I couldn't find any either so I bought a pound of RL10x. Haven't fired them yet

 

[g-manz35]

So I went out to the range today and fired off 5 rounds each of 26.5, 27, 27.5 and 28 grains of BLC-2 under the 50 grain VG with no sign of over pressure. I was firing them out of a Savage Axis and had them stretched out to just short of the lands.
Two things to note. They will not load into the chamber without catching so I had to hand load each one. And they sprayed all over the place so I think I'm done with them for now. May try loading them up even hotter later.

George

 

[Scott_N]

I think I've heard more reports of the Barnes VGs shooting poorly to very poorly than good. Has any one had any luck with these bullets?

 

[brybenn]

I tried 19.2/20.2/21.2/22.2grs of rl10x. Best I could do was 3" at 75yards for 3 shot groups. I had them loaded out to oal of 2.2" and they wouldn't chamber so I reseated them to just barely off the lands. I'm not sure of the twist in the gun tho. I may try blc-2 tomoro