Which .223 rifles take heavy bullets?
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What you need is a barrel with a quicker twist rate to shoot longer (heavier) bullets.
1/9 barrels seems to be able to shoot anything up to 70 grains.
My ar-15 has a 1/7 twist and it'll shoot 77 grain bullets no problem.
1/9 barrels seems to be able to shoot anything up to 70 grains.
My ar-15 has a 1/7 twist and it'll shoot 77 grain bullets no problem.
heavy bullet for 223,
Hello Airborn, I just got a Tikka T3 today, and Like I told you the other day, it would handle heavy bullet pretty good, it got 1in8 twist, which are by far the fastest twist manufacture offer, the other are the Savage and Reminton700 Pss, if you like to see it, I will show you...
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Hello Airborn, I just got a Tikka T3 today, and Like I told you the other day, it would handle heavy bullet pretty good, it got 1in8 twist, which are by far the fastest twist manufacture offer, the other are the Savage and Reminton700 Pss, if you like to see it, I will show you...
gb
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Yup. I've got the Tikka T3 Tactical 24" 1-in-8 twist in .223 and my hand loads are doing 5 shot 1.125" at 300yds. These are hand feed only as they are longer than magazine length (2.330" OAL) 75 gr Hornady #2279's (BTHP Match).
jed said:
all the reminton offer for the line of Rifles in 223 caliber are 1in12 twist, that included the Heavy varmint rem700 and Rem700 VSSF, the only rifles that offer the faster twist of 1in9 which are great for heavyer buller are the rem700PSS, I have own a few in the pass, they are great rifles even for starting out, worth every buck, hope this help...
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The question you are asking is really a question of bullet stability, this takes into account the rifle twist, bullet diameter, length and wt as a minimum. You can add other things if you want to increase complexity.
My Rem700PS .223 has a 1:9 twist and was designed to shoot 69gn bullets, i can get great results with Berger 73gn bullets. If I use Hornady 75gn Amax bullets the best result I can get is 1.5 inches at 100 yards, if I use Sierra long range 77gn bullets (these do not have the nylon tip and are shorter) I can get .25 inch groups at 100 yards.
For the most part, in a given cal, heavier bullets are usually longer but as I illustrated above there can be important differences.
If I was buying again I would go with a 1:8 or 1:7 twist rifle to take advantage of the heavier .223 bullets that are becoming available.
The question you are asking is really a question of bullet stability, this takes into account the rifle twist, bullet diameter, length and wt as a minimum. You can add other things if you want to increase complexity.
My Rem700PS .223 has a 1:9 twist and was designed to shoot 69gn bullets, i can get great results with Berger 73gn bullets. If I use Hornady 75gn Amax bullets the best result I can get is 1.5 inches at 100 yards, if I use Sierra long range 77gn bullets (these do not have the nylon tip and are shorter) I can get .25 inch groups at 100 yards.
For the most part, in a given cal, heavier bullets are usually longer but as I illustrated above there can be important differences.
If I was buying again I would go with a 1:8 or 1:7 twist rifle to take advantage of the heavier .223 bullets that are becoming available.
Mil Surp?
For what rifle? AR or Bolt?
When I first got my bolt gun I tried some MilSurp IVI, first of all it was very innacurate, second the NATO and SAAMI specs are not the same, I have a few instances of stuck bolt, and went searching when I realized that the NATO spec are not the same as SAAMI, I passed my milsurp ammo to a friend with an AR-15
Airborn_69 said:
For what rifle? AR or Bolt?
When I first got my bolt gun I tried some MilSurp IVI, first of all it was very innacurate, second the NATO and SAAMI specs are not the same, I have a few instances of stuck bolt, and went searching when I realized that the NATO spec are not the same as SAAMI, I passed my milsurp ammo to a friend with an AR-15
