223 pet loads Lets see'em

[GaCop]

77 grain TMK over 24 grains of CFE223. Bullet seated .010" OTL. 2843 fps in my rifle. .618" at 200 yards 5 shots. 83 degrees with 82% humidity. No wind to speak of. Fired from Factory stainless 26" barrel, fluted. Load is a bit warm in my rifle at the current seating depth but not close to max.

[wbm]

Pet Factory Loads

Hornady's Frontier 55gr HPBT Match 223 ammunition is available again so I got a couple boxes. Took them out this morning for another "test run". These have done well for me in the past. Always looking for factory ammunition that I can pick up, shoot in a clean barrel and expect decent results. The Frontier 55gr Match stuff has always done that for me. FWIW: These are done by Lake City for Hornady.

[wbm]

New load. Just foolin around today with H4895 and 60gr Hornady V-Max. Yemassee, 80, Clear, No Wind. 100 Yards

Axis 223
Boyd's Thumb hole Stock
Mueller Target Scope

Hornady 60gr V-Max
24gr H4895
ADI Brass
Federal 205
COAL-2.250"
3=.26"

[Dave Hoback]

Very nice! Wish I could do even CLOSE to that on my best day, LOL! Ah well, I had a time of very good accuracy. I can still hit what I aim at, no problem. But my days of ONE RAGGED HOLE, are long gone.

Great shooting wbm. Very impressive.

[wbm]

But my days of ONE RAGGED HOLE, are long gone.

Mine too David...well 99 percent of the time. Actually I was out with my AR and, new to me, Fiocchi 55gr FMJBT Range Dynamics. They did not do well in the AR but did great in the Axis.
Happened to have the 60 V-Max hand loads in my ammo box so i gave them a go in the AR...Meh...fair.

But they done good in the Axis!