H335 and .223 reloading?

mlehtovaara said:
I would recommend against H335 if your going to be coyote hunting in the winter.

H335 is very temperature sensitive, and your load development now will mean nothing in the winter where the temperature will mean having to tweak loads quite a bit to get the same performance.
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The same goes for Win 748. To solve that little problem my 1:12's LOVE the 5 gr vmax's. To offset the temperature...I use magnum primers.

For 400 yards though, my goto is my 243 with 70 grainers (Noslers). The 223 at 400 yards and the 50 grainers does not have enough smacking power for my liking. You be the judge though.
 
paperslayer said:
stick with one bullet you can make work accurately. learn to read the wind. if you can drag a 4x8 sheet of plywood to a shooting spot learn to see how far bullets lean in the wind. stick with one bullet and get to know it! i don't care if you are shooting a 6.5x284 at 400, wind will affect that too. learn to rely less on the equipment and more on your skill. if it is a 40 grain or a 200 grain it doesn't matter
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:agree:
Used 55gr spsx for years and they'll say they're less accurate than the vmax, ballistic tips etc but after lots of long shots in the wind and getting to know how they drifted I was good to go. Since then tried 40's various 50's and 55's now settled on the 53gr vmax a real nice bullet. Now I have to once again get a feel for how the wind drifts the 53's and I'll get back to where I was with the 55 gr spsx. You said you're taking shots at 400yrds or so. You can fight the wind with speed and bullet weight but all bullets drift no matter like paperslayer quote says.(Good advice) If I know I'm shooting much past 300 yds especially in the wind the 243 with 75gr v-max is the recipe for me but the bullet drift is still there and getting a feel for the drift rate is the ticket
 
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