.90 grain Bergers or 95 Match Kings at 900?

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The question is for those that shoot FTR or TR with the .223 out to 900, are you shooting better with 90 grain Bergers or 95 grain Match Kings?
Please note, this question is for those shooting 600 to 900 meters with target rifles with fast twist barrels, not 26", 1:9 twist barrel varmint guns for instance
Trying to decide and don't have a favorite yet ! LOL
I have been using both in the last while and have shot pretty well with both , but have dismissed most of my shooting notes in the last year due to arthritis and eye issues shooting TR, so I am starting over as far as testing goes.
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iron cat said:
The question is for those that shoot FTR or TR with the .223 out to 900, are you shooting better with 90 grain Bergers or 95 grain Match Kings?
Please note, this question is for those shooting 600 to 900 meters with target rifles with fast twist barrels, not 26", 1:9 twist barrel varmint guns for instance
Trying to decide and don't have a favorite yet ! LOL
I have been using both in the last while and have shot pretty well with both , but have dismissed most of my shooting notes in the last year due to arthritis and eye issues shooting TR, so I am starting over as far as testing goes.
Cat
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Tried both of those bullets with my fast twist 223. But it gave me much better groups with 75 gr Hornadys, so I've been sticking with those. - dan
 
Thanks for the inputs guys, I am also starting up a fastish twist 1:8 to be used at 600 and up and beginning with 69gr smk over cfe 223. I will follow this thread as I would like to try heavier as well.
 
remington jim said:
I don’t think 🤔 a 223 with any length barrel is able to shoot any heavier then a 85.5 gr bullet MAX. Effectively !
Meeting not enough FPS ! I think 🤔 the 80.5 is just right . The 223 is NOT a 100O yard cartridge in the WIND but on a calm day will hold its own . Jmo 🤷‍♂️
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How fast were you shooting them? I was able to get enough speed out of pretty easily with a long throat, I was at about 2710-2720. It's not a speed issue, it's a tune-ability issue and throat length, and barrel twist.
 
80.5 gr Bergers I also for practice shoot the Hornady 80gr ELDM Found even out of my 29"barrel just couldn't get enough velocity out of the 90's
 
Budweiser360 said:
Yeah that sounds about right. How are you finding them? What sort of results are you getting?
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If my wind call is good, both will shoot into the 5's or V's.
What I did find was a big difference in the bullet profiles , and the Match Kings sat in the neck of the cartridge " a bit better", but that did not seem to make a definite difference on the target at 900.
I am just starting to shoot with a scope at 900 however , all my other long range shooting has been done with a TR gun.
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Yeah I ran a 1-6.5" as well. I honestly didn't like that, It starts getting in sketchy territory spinning bullets that fast (300,000rpm). I'm capable of dropping enough points on my own, I don't need to drop 5 because a bullet decided to blow up.
 
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