The 75gr A-Max for .223 Remington

Check out the 53 gr vmax as well, it has a high bc for its weight and you can crank it up good and fast. I would think the 75 Amax should work though, perhaps not explosively though. Try doing some tests on dead animals or hunks of meat or something.
 
flyinlead said:
Check out the 53 gr vmax as well, it has a high bc for its weight and you can crank it up good and fast.
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.290 BC is pretty hard to argue against in .224 Cal

Not sure I personally want to add in a 4th projectile given I already have 50gr VMax, 55gr SBK & the afore-mentioned 68gr Hornady BTHP. If the 50's don't float well for me, those 53's will be their replacement based on that published BC.
 
If you are going to shoot the lighter VM's, save yourself some money and shoot the bulk Z-Max bullets... I called Hornady and they said they are exactly the same as the V-Max, with a chartreuse (zombi green) tip... Box of 500 for $74.99. Comes in 40/50/55 grain.
 
I've shot them out of a couple of 1-8 twist .223 Remingtons. A Tikka T3 Lite and a 22" Pac Nor barrelled M700. Never found a load I was 100% happy with for the Tikka, it was under MOA, but not like the M700. It shoots them extremely well. Max or close load of HVarget, lightly kissing or very close to the lands seems too be a common theme for success with these long match bullets.

They are a great long range choice for 22 CFs. I've shot lots of targets and steel with them, and wouldn't hesitate to use them for coyotes.
 
I use the Sierra 69 SMK, and if the wind is up and the range long, the 75 gr Hornady BTHP both over Varget.

If the velocity is up and the range short the expansion is good, almost too good. If the velocity is down and the range long the expansion is less or very little at all.
The jackets are probably too thin and separate at close range and aren't bona fide hunting bullets for most people.

I love 'em for problem yotes that the farmer, his son, the neighbor and his son and son's friends have taught all there is to know about game calls and suppressing fire. lol
 
I tried a box of 69 smk's once. I could only get 3/4 moa out of them which, I know, is nothing to sneeze at. I'm just fussy:)
The bigger issue was the zero expansion. I could hit shampoo bottles filled with h2o and they would only fall over.
Not one ever burst. If it can't pop them then game performance is poor and target practice is boring.
I have not used them since. I like using one load that works great for everything. No switching back and forth.
 
Any powder recommendations for the heavy weights? so far my T3 shoots best with 55 and 60 grainers. The bigger ones are still under moa but not as good. Maybe varget is not best for heavy weights???
 
Thanks for all the help....but, i realized my 223 will never be a 243. It's just can't happen.
So i bought a 243 and i'm looking forward to using it. oh, of course i'm keeping the 223.
i'll save it for the wife and kids and those time i just won't be making long shots. I just
could not part with that gun.
 
I have loaded these with BLC-2 and had no trouble stabilizing them in a 1 in 9", so your 1 in 8" will be fine. The 75 grain A-max mushrooms very well at .223 velocities and is deadly on coyotes. I have shot them out of my CSA 5.56 as well with its 1 in 7" barrel and they work well. The only issue is that to load them to magazine length, I found that you had to seat them very deeply and crimp them firmly with a factory crimp die. They were very good then and they hit like a hammer as far as .223 goes. I settled on 69 grain Noslers and PRVI's though as I was getting much better velocity results using WC735.
 
last time i bought hornady match ammo, it was a 75 grain 223 a max. the box stated to shoot them from a minimum 1 in 8 twist barrell. I shot them out of my 1 in 7, and was not really impressed to tell you the truth. (then again, i shot it out of a heavy barrelled ar platform) You can always try them, and check the paper for keyholeing
 
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