Reloading .223 REM for the Savage AXIS

[4Patriot]

Anyone have experience loading .223 for the Axis? What does your gun like the best? What loads have you worked up?

[bc83]

Mine liked 68 gr just off lands with imr 4895 and 53 vmax imr 8208 2.26 col try that combo 5 shoot groups under .5

[J.Baker]

Load for doing what? Hunting? Short or long range match/target work?

Just worked up a new varmint load for mine the other week. I settled on a 50gr Nosler BT over 26.0gr Ramshot TAC with a CCI BR4 primer. Ogive is currently at 1.893" and OAL is 2.300" so they'll fit in my Magpul mag's to use in my AR's as well. Shoots just under 1/2 MOA in my gun which is plenty accurate for punching holes in groundhogs.

[acemisser]

depends on what twist your barrel is. That makes a huge difference.

[darkker]

No two barrels are the same, and powders burning rate variations are large enough; you really need to do your own homework and see what makes your rifle happy.

[mattm0812]

68 and 75 sierras with 24.0 grains of varget

stock savage varmint barrel