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5 October 2014, 21:23 #16New Member
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For most of my .223 these days I've been doing 26.5 gr of CFE 223 w/ a 55 gr Hornady FMJ @ 2.220 OAL. All my AR uppers love it. In .40, I do a 180gr cast lead flat cone nose w/ 4.4 gr IMR PB @ 1.125 OAL, VERY soft shooting. Still working on a 9x19 load I like--124's were too blasty w/ Power Pistol, now switching to 147's w/ Titegroup and working out issues w/ crimp and OAL, was getting some keyholes out of the last batch
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6 October 2014, 08:55 #17
Still burning thru my stash of AA2230 for plinkers..which are very accurate extreme or hornady 55gr fmj
Also picked up a few other kinds of powder to play with, as i have some 77's to play with
To add to the others i know have some new powders i have not played with yet... AA2520 , 8208 XBR, and TAC..
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8 October 2014, 18:09 #18
My go to accuracy load is LC brass and cci primers with 24.6gr of RL-15 under any of the 75/77gr match bullets. TAC, if you can find it anymore, works well also around 24gr.
As always, work up your own loads.
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9 October 2014, 17:20 #19
For AR plinking/general purpose:
55gr FMJ
26.3gr CFE223
LC brass
CCI #400 SRP
2.240" OAL
Precision AR Loads:
52gr Nosler Custom Competition BTHP (used in 1:8 twist Rainier Arms match barreled AR and 1:9 twist .223 bolt gun)
22.5gr Alliant Reloder 10x
LC Brass or FC .223 Rem headstamp
CCI BR-4 Primer
2.250" OAL
69gr Nosler Custom Competition BTHP
24.1gr RE15
LC brass
CCI BR-4
2.250"
77gr Sierra TMK
23.6gr RE15
LC Brass
CCI BR-4
2.262"
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9 October 2014, 23:18 #20
.308:
168gr Nosler CC BTHP
43.6gr RE15
2.810" OAL
CCI #200 Large Rifle Primer
Federal GMM Brass
All these loads produce MOA or better out to 300 yards (Havent been able to test further) if I do my part. Remington 700, 16" heavy barrel with 1:10 twist
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20 October 2014, 11:22 #21
Anyone getting any accuracy from 69 or 77gr bullets and h335? I need to cook up some heavier loads for my 18" gun, and there was no varget available locally, so I picked up some h335. I was able to muster about 2moa out of factory loaded 55gr vmax, but I'm sure the gun is more accurate than I am.
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20 October 2014, 16:56 #22
last year when pickings were thin i tried some 69gr SMK's and H335...Compared to my pet load for 69gr smk's - (24.9 grs of varget)
I ran a mid 23 grain load , if i remember correctly. it was decent accuracy but not great.this was out of my 18" rainier match..Much dirtier load and probably a 1.5-2 MOA load at 100 yards...the varget load is under a moa for me out to 200 so far.
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20 October 2014, 17:56 #23
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21 October 2014, 12:56 #24
Ya i would save the h335 for plinkers...
For me and my guns i get way better results from 55gr/AA2230 powder then the h335...i think its cleaner also...meters very well, which makes it nice as i use a hornady powder measure. Which it drops within a tenth of a grain..which is plenty fine for blastin ammo..which shoots right at a MOA for me..about 2 MOA with the h335 loads...
Just rambling....Oh and cabelas had a ton of TAC on the shelves.........i didnt pick any up as i have a small stash of it already..lol...i havent seen varget for a very long time..have a little in reserve...did pick up a pound of 8208 XBR last week to try out some heavier loads with..
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21 October 2014, 15:37 #25
For all your reloaders, where's the cheapest place you buy your components from? I have a about 1500 federal primers, and 1000 cci's. Mainly looking for cheap bullets, because they pickins are slim here in MD.
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21 October 2014, 19:15 #26New Member
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For varmints, I shoot 50grn Z-Max bullets with 26 grains of Varget under them, great accuracy with them, the same load works for Combined technologies 50 grain bullets.
I load 69grn SMK's for anything past 300 yards, those get 25.3 grains of Varget.
Plinking I load 55grn FMJs from Xtreme bullets, also burning Varget. I forget what charge I use, I don't shoot a lot of them.
All .223 loads get loaded to 2.255 C.O.A.L.
For 45acp I shoot 200grain Bayou Bullets, 4.6 grains of Scot Solo1000, I scored 18 pounds of that old stuff. I also load the same bullets with WST.
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21 October 2014, 20:30 #27
As far as bullets, are you interested in match rifle ammo like SMKs and Nosler CC's or 55gr FMJ plinkers?
For all plinking bullets, I buy from Xtreme Bullets. 9mm, .45 (I buy plated pistol bullets) jacketed 223....I wait til they have a sale or free shipping and place a big order. Usually come out with 55gr FMJs around 8 cents per and 9mm (147gr RN) in the low $40s per 500. .45 is around $50/500 for 230gr.
For match bullets, .308 and .223, I find them locally at Sportsmans Warehouse at a better price than PSA locally as I live around Columbia SC. Sportsmans sells Sierra and other major brands online
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21 October 2014, 21:39 #28
RRA 5.56 1/7 barrel
77gr ncc bthp
24.3gr VN140
Cci 41 primers
I get about .42 moa out of this load
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22 October 2014, 13:30 #29
Standard AR mag length.
24" bbl RRA upper, 1/8 twist.
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22 October 2014, 14:03 #30
I pulled one of the ten rounds fired but the others were pretty tight.
Same load listed earlier:
52gr Nosler Custom Competition
22.5gr Alliant Reloder 10x
2.250" OAL
CCI BR4 primer
LC Brass
Shot from my .223 bolt gun @ 100yds
I also get pretty good results from 21.5gr of IMR 4198