reloading my .223

[sammyboy]

i'm thinking of starting to reload my own bullets for my remmington vssf in .223.Can any body give me any good starting point advice on what bullet weights and powders to use. the barrel is a 1-9 twist.cheers

[Landy]

Field or target, target 55grain FMJ will be good enough. Field 50grain V-max

Hodgdon Varget or BL-C(2) are good powers.

[varget]

for foxes etc

i use 27.5g varget © this is max load fed brass, fed primer, 55g vmax giving me 3150fps and sub .5" @100yds

[chrisv]

All the suggestions above are good, other powders that are popular in 223rem are Vit N130 & N133, H322 and Benchmark.

Your fast twist barrel should shoot anything up to around 75/80 grain bullets. (Hornady say 60gr Vmax needs 10" twist). 50/55s will probably do everything you want though, unless you want to do long range target shooting.

[Dead-Eyed Duck]

50g V max using 24.5g of Vit 133.

 

Remington or CCI bench rest primers.

 

Set the bullet back 10 thou' from the rifling.

 

Don

[sussex lad]

50g V max using 24.5g of Vit 133.

 

Remington or CCI bench rest primers.

 

Set the bullet back 10 thou' from the rifling.

 

Don

 

I cant get 50g V-Max to shoot at all in my barrel 1 in 8, gonna have to get some 60g

 

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