.223 Lead Free Bullets....

[6x47L Shooter]

Anyone get sub-MOA groups with Nosler 40gr Lead Free bullets? Or any others?
TIA

Andy

[thermaler]

I've got both 62 and 70 gr tsx's but haven't gotten around to loading them up yet--I will eventually. Kinda curious about this myself.

[rl550]

My load of 25 grs of varget with 62 gr tsx shoots .75 to .86" at 100 yds. It took some trial and error with the barnes for me , but its worth figuring out.

[thermaler]

My load of 25 grs of varget with 62 gr tsx shoots .75 to .86" at 100 yds. It took some trial and error... figuring out.Don't they all! : )

[rl550]

Yep , but these more than others. I think it was the fact that they are longer than lead jacketed bullets of the same wght.

[thermaler]

Meaning more of the bullet stuffed down into the case?

[rl550]

Yes i used a hornady bullet comparator to figure out proper seating depth. I ended up about .040 " off the lands and grooves. This worked best for me , but you might find something else works bettr for your set up.

[thermaler]

I'm kinda stuck staying near Barnes' max COAL since this cartridge will see it's way through my AR's as well; so I can't get any closer than a COAL of 2.255 or so. What did you end up with as a COAL? thanks.

[rl550]

I'm kinda stuck staying near Barnes' max COAL since this cartridge will see it's way through my AR's as well; so I can't get any closer than a COAL of 2.255 or so. What did you end up with as a COAL? thanks.

actually it is 2.25. I never measured it before without the comparator. I guess i could use it in my ar. If only PA would allow it for hunting.

[thermaler]

I just finished loading a test batch of 70 gr tsx's in lapua match brass with RL15 in charges from 22.5 to 24. Had a pretty tough time loading to the book specs--I'm guessing there's more than 102% compression going on since the bullets tended to creep out of their seating in the upper range--I ended up crimping all of them. I was also using a new set of Lyman 223 dies--the seating die was pretty screwed up--it was so dirty it looked like the inside of an uncleaned chamber and has some visible scoring!

[thermaler]

actually it is 2.25. I never measured it before without the comparator. I guess i could use it in my ar. If only PA would allow it for hunting.AR's or 223?

[thermaler]

If all goes well--the bullet should travel at somewhere around 2900 fps with KE of around 1300 flbs. And that's using an all-copper design which tends to deliver more damage for the weight than a lead design.

[rl550]

AR's or 223?

223 are legal. Using an AR-15 , not so much. It sucks. If I could it would be all i'd hunt with probably.

[rl550]

If all goes well--the bullet should travel at somewhere around 2900 fps with KE of around 1300 flbs. And that's using an all-copper design which tends to deliver more damage for the weight than a lead design.

You won't be disappointed with on game performance.