Blue Dot and the 223

[Wirehair2000]

I was reading about reduced loads with Blue Dot on the Calhoon site and was interested to see if anybody has tried this or other reduced loads for the 223.

Cheers---Ken

 

[joe-nwt]

I have.

Go the the accurate reloading forums. Do a search there, a gentleman that goes by the name "seafire" has posted scads of info using bluedot, for the 223 and many other cartridges also.

 

[savagefan]

Blue dot loads as per Calhoon are my gopher getters. 12FV in .223 excellent performance with V-max and Calhoon's own. A lot less noisy than a full on load and the barrel just doesn't get that warm even when the gophers seem bent on suicidal rodent wave attacks. At 13 gr per load, that's a lot of shooting in a one pound container.

 

[todbartell]

I did some loads with Blue dot in my LVSF 223



12 grains of Bluedot with a 40 grain bullet did 2980 fps avg, and could be considered close to max. 5 grains of Bluedot would do 1450 fps avg.

with a 50 grainer, 12 grains of Bluedot would do 2730 fps



Its nice for low noise shooting, especially a load with 5-7 grains of powder.

 

[joe-nwt]

I did some loads with Blue dot in my LVSF 223



12 grains of Bluedot with a 40 grain bullet did 2980 fps avg, and could be considered close to max. 5 grains of Bluedot would do 1450 fps avg.

with a 50 grainer, 12 grains of Bluedot would do 2730 fps

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Yep. I tried 13gr behind a 50grSPSX. Seemed OK until they sat out in the sun. Then I popped a primer. Bluedot did seem amazingly consistant though, for a pistol powder in a rifle case.

 

[troutseeker]

Go to savageshooters.com, they have lot's of loads for .223 including ones for blue dot.

Troutseeker

 

[Gatehouse]

I beat Bartell at last years Haggisfest, using Blue Dot loads in 223.

The best part of beating Bartell was that I used HIS ammo!!