sisiphunter
02-15-2011, 11:38 AM
Hello all,
Thought I would put on a little range report here, since I have gotten so much help here. from bench at 100 meters. 15-20k winds mostly at back and slightly from left, 0 degrees C, mostly sunny.
Rifle: Savage Edge, 223 rem, scope with Tasco 6-24x42, harris bipod.
Best loads: R-P new brass, Hornady 50gr V-max, 26.5gr Hogdon Benchmark, COAL: 2.346" produced consistent groups at .474" measured at outside of bullet holes. [smilie=w: and this from a $300 rifle WOOFTA
Best Cast Load so far: this was my first attempt at shooting cast from a 223, usually do larger caliber rifles. new R-P brass, Lyman 225415, 55gr. alloy used is 2lb w/w, 1 lb pure Pb, 100gr 50/50 for the tin and about 300gr Linotype. water quenched from mold gave about 16 BHN on my LEE tester. Sized to .225 with Hornady GC and LLA. Only aged a day before I shot them, just had to go shoot 'em up.
Best load was with 10.7gr IMR4198 which gave .957" groups, next best was 1.06" using 11.5gr of Rx7.
All loads were over CCI400 primers.
These loads were safe from my rifle and showed no signs of overpressure. My cast loads were minimum loads and the V-max loads had been worked up to max or near max. WORK UP YOUR OWN LOADS USING CREDIBLE LOAD BOOKS. (had to throw that in just in case ;) )
Thanks for all of the help guys, I plan to get better groups with the cast load next trip out. I think I may need to get a bit harder alloy though. Thanks again, Matt
Thought I would put on a little range report here, since I have gotten so much help here. from bench at 100 meters. 15-20k winds mostly at back and slightly from left, 0 degrees C, mostly sunny.
Rifle: Savage Edge, 223 rem, scope with Tasco 6-24x42, harris bipod.
Best loads: R-P new brass, Hornady 50gr V-max, 26.5gr Hogdon Benchmark, COAL: 2.346" produced consistent groups at .474" measured at outside of bullet holes. [smilie=w: and this from a $300 rifle WOOFTA
Best Cast Load so far: this was my first attempt at shooting cast from a 223, usually do larger caliber rifles. new R-P brass, Lyman 225415, 55gr. alloy used is 2lb w/w, 1 lb pure Pb, 100gr 50/50 for the tin and about 300gr Linotype. water quenched from mold gave about 16 BHN on my LEE tester. Sized to .225 with Hornady GC and LLA. Only aged a day before I shot them, just had to go shoot 'em up.
Best load was with 10.7gr IMR4198 which gave .957" groups, next best was 1.06" using 11.5gr of Rx7.
All loads were over CCI400 primers.
These loads were safe from my rifle and showed no signs of overpressure. My cast loads were minimum loads and the V-max loads had been worked up to max or near max. WORK UP YOUR OWN LOADS USING CREDIBLE LOAD BOOKS. (had to throw that in just in case ;) )
Thanks for all of the help guys, I plan to get better groups with the cast load next trip out. I think I may need to get a bit harder alloy though. Thanks again, Matt