Just wondering if anyone out there is running a standard .223 with a long throat cut in it? I need to keep it to a standard .223 chamber for use in F-class restricted, so please no "just chamber it to another cartridge".

The way it sits now with the factory Savage dimensions, a Berger 80VLD will touch the lands at about 2.478. We are looking to throat it out for use with Berger 80's and 90VLDs, since it's a 1-7 there is no reason to not shoot only those. So, where we would like to try and seat them to is approx 2.525 and that would make the 90's OAL to be 2.67. So we are going to take approx .050-.060 of throat out (extra to allow for a slight jump). Any else doing the same? How much more powder can you stuff in there, velocity increase, slower powder etc.. Let's hear some details :)

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