I do not have a .223-but the cheap ammunition is tempting.If I do buy a 223,it will likely be a single shot H&R or a bolt action Savage -not a semi automatic.How accurate is this 223 ammunition advertised by the crate?Is it non corrosive-or worth buying for casual target shooting[which would be my intended purpose] or is the best you can expect shotgun patterns?
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We took out a Tikka T3 and a heavy barrel CZ 527 a few days ago and that ammo from CanAm, Norinco, shot into 3/8 inch, as long as we did our part.
It has one issue. The primers are hard. The T3 had a few misfires but the CZ, gobbled it up nicely.
It isn't dirty either. Brass cased, lead core and reloadable. If you had bought it during their Black Friday sale, it worked out to 28 cents/round, delivered to your doorstep. When you include travel time or mailing costs of components, not includeing brass, that's very close to what it costs me to reload. For ammo this cosistently accurate, reloading is hardly worth it.
It has one issue. The primers are hard. The T3 had a few misfires but the CZ, gobbled it up nicely.
It isn't dirty either. Brass cased, lead core and reloadable. If you had bought it during their Black Friday sale, it worked out to 28 cents/round, delivered to your doorstep. When you include travel time or mailing costs of components, not includeing brass, that's very close to what it costs me to reload. For ammo this cosistently accurate, reloading is hardly worth it.
Yes, it shot into 3/8 inch, center to center out of two very consistently accurate rifles. Not just one lucky group but once it was sighted in, as both rifles had new scopes on them, for several groups in a row.
The T3 has a medium weight, 1-8 twist barrel and the CZ has a heavy weight 1-9 twist barrel.
The groups were both 3 and 5 shot and were fired at 100 yards from a covered bench off heavy rests/bags.
To say we were pleasantly surprised, would be an understatement.
These groups were shot by two of us, on both rifles so I don't think it's an anomoly.
Those are very nice shooting cartridges in our rifles.
As I mentioned, the T3 fireing pin spring is a bit weak and there are some misfires. My CZ527 didn't have any issues with it. Nice clean burning powder as well. Clean up after 50 rounds was a snap with almost no jacket fouling left in the bore after the initial carbon clean up.
One blast of Wipe Out, with a 15 minute soak time, cleaned the bores back to bare metal.
great, match ammo = 50% price increase
I would be hard pressed to handload much tighter groups than that.
I'm going to pull some of the bullets and using the powder in the cases, load in some 67 grain soft points to see if they are as good.
Anyway, I will repeat, the rifles are both match grade even if they are factory built.
I just didn't expect this ammunition, at such good prices to shoot this well. Certainly not my experience with Norinco 7.62x51. I won't go into that stuff.
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Umm... Isn't one of the RULES of handloading, that you CAN NOT put a heavier bullet (67 grain) in place of a lighter one (55 grain)...
BE CAREFUL!!!
Cheers
Jay
It depends on a lot of things other than the ammo.
Good stable rest, tight chamber, decent bedding, paralax free scope, decent trigger, good shooting conditions. My results were from a stable bench with all of the above being excellent. The scopes used were a 6.5x25 Weaver World Class and a Shepherd 3.5x10 with AO.
Then there is another factor, the shooter and if he/she knows how to handle the rifle under contolled conditions.
The range we were using, is 15 feet deep and maybe 20 feet wide. Target boards are facing south and it is virtually wind free. This time of year, there is no mirage or heat currents to raise the bullets.
The newer Savage rifles shoot very well. To bad they are so darn ugly.
