I'm wondering how much difference I'll see switching from Hornady brass to LC in .223. My limited supply of Hornady has just about had it, and I lucked into 2K rounds of once fired LC, crimps removed, trimmed, sized and polished.
I've been loading a max load of 25.0gr Varget under 80gr Berger VLD's, getting 3070fps. It's the load my rifle shoots the best with...one hole at 100, sub MOA at 600.
I'm guessing at backing off the load to 23.5gr and going up from there (if necessary). I'd like to stay at 3000fps. I just have no idea how much of a difference the LC brass will make. I've always heard/read that it's thicker, but I've also read that it's not.
Yeah, I know about backing off considerably more as a starting point, but I'm just wondering what to expect.
Can anyone share the difference they've seen between using LC and other brass?
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