.223 Mini 14 Mold Suggestions

[Glock Junkie]

I have a Ruger Mini 14 with a 1in7 twist rate. Whats the best bullet grain for target shooting with a 1in7 twist? After I get some suggestions on a bullet weight I need to start looking for a mold. I know finding a 223 mold is gonna be a pain LoL!

Thanx - Jon

[Bullshop]

NOE has a 70gn RNGC that should work good.

[Glock Junkie]

Seems like to me some thing more near the 60ish grain range might work better but I don't know lol. That's why I thought I would ask someone with more experience than me.

[grubbylabs]

NOE has a 22-055 that is a clone of the RCBS 22-055, for me they are dropping right around 62 grains with gas check and lube. They shoot well in my AR so far.

[Larry Gibson]

Trick is to get the heaviest design that will allow the GC to be seated to the bottom of the case neck and chamber easily w/o set back of the bullet. So a lot depends on the throat length of the rifle in question. The RN 60 gr designs are a fairly safe bet. Of course even with the GC seated properly the OAL must still allow loading in the mag.

Larry Gibson

[Bullshop]

Not trying to promote sales here but if you go to gunbroker and search for bullet man dan auctions. You will find a photo of each of those two NOE boolits. The 70gn is shown loaded in a 223 case with a boolit next to it so you can see where the gas check is inside. It is also shown with a caliper so you can see that it is within COAL.
A 1/7" twist will handle an 80gn jacketed bullet and an even heavier cast boolit.

[Glock Junkie]

Thanx for the input guys! Time to save up for a NOE mold. Maybe I will get lucky and catch one for sale on here.

[runfiverun]

you might wanna talk to bullshop about getting some samples of a few different boolit types to try.
a little money now could pay off in the long run.

[Glock Junkie]

you might wanna talk to bullshop about getting some samples of a few different boolit types to try.
a little money now could pay off in the long run.

Good idea!