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Light bullet weight
Hi just wondering in a .223 to shoot the heavy bullets a 8 or even a 7 twist barrel is need to stabilise the head , what would happen if you used say a 55 gn head in the same 8 or 7 twist barrel
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It works… I've shot everything down to a 40gr with decent / good accuracy, those things were screaming though! Hornady factory rounds and if my memory is correct they were moving at 3600fps out of the Lite barrel and 3675-3700fps out of the Varmint barrel…did not reach the 3800fps stated by Hornady in either gun, forsure it was because of the twist rate.
Currently I shoot the 55 & 60gr Nosler BT Spitzers and they are supper accurate for a varmint and target shooting. Shoots the factory Hornady 55gr Varmint Express V-max very well if you have the opportunity to buy them.
The 60gr Nosler is super accurate with 25.5grs of Varget in both my Lite and Varmint 223 T3's…just a little better BC and drop than the 55's…One of our favourite things to do at the hunting camp is shooting clay skeet targets at 400-500yrds, I love beating the 7mm & 30cal guys with my little 223 pee shooter…!
Makes for some good talk and laughs over beers after. Its also a super coyote load, these little pills absolutely hammer them!Worth a look if you are reloading, even IMR 4166 is the same charge +/- a bit will get you there as well.
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Thank you young man , I'd better start saving for my next rifle now I'm happy with the bullets available to me
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Check out the target picture using 55gr Noslers…perfect shooting conditions at the range that day.
200 yrd load testing. Notice that my T3 Lite almost shot 2 “identical” 5 shot groups at 200 yrds with a proper cool down.Cold bore shots are the furthest ones to the left on both groups. The remaining 4 rounds in each group are almost carbon copies…its amazing when you get a load that performs like that.
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