Muttley Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Hi. I am in the process of changing bullet heads for my 223 rifle (Howa 1500 Varmint) to 55g Sierra Blitzking. I have previously been using Speer TNT 55g. Factory loads have been Winchester 55g or SAKO 55g. Can someone please give me a recipe for using the Sierras's? I don't want a rip snorting fast load, just something average that is good out to 200 yds. Also I would prefer a "common" powder that is not compressed. I have a large stock of CCI 400 primers and a mixture of Winchester and Remington brass. Any advise is much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 (edited) I run 26.0grn of Varget powder with a 55grn Sierra Gameking (1365) Softpoint. Varget seems to work well for me in .223 Edited March 16, 2010 by garyb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstevouk Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 using 55gr blitzkings with varget @25.5gr ....... as Gary said works well in 223 (and 308 ) hth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurf Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 what twist has your rifle got ? used to have a 223 got on well with vit 133 & also h335 as well as varget shooting a 60 grain nosler i found the best to be varget only slightly thou ,mine was a rem 700 customised fully with a 1 in 8 twist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley Posted April 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Just thought I would give an update. I have reloaded with the Sierra heads and have just had a shoot at some paper. I only had time to make 20 but results with the 25.5gr Varget are excellent. I could only shoot at 70 yards and was zeroed at 100. It printed groups of 5 at just under 1" in a bit of a cross wind. After playing around I found by bipod to be a bit loose, that is, it fell off when I put the rifle away. I am going to reload some more with 25.5gr and 26.0gr just to see the difference, if any. I recon a fox hit with one of these won't care too much! Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstevouk Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Your welcome bud, keep us informed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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