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The Ultimate Collection of 223 Reloading Data - 7 Brands of Bullets - 1 Year of Work!
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<blockquote data-quote="Haagen Dazs" data-source="post: 687975" data-attributes="member: 42602"><p>I've been loading for my 223 for the last year and a bit now and (excluding the Berger 90gners I've got in the basement) <strong>I'm DONE!!!!</strong></p><p> </p><p>This is going to be a post of my findings and final recipes for you reference. Feel free to add your own and comment! Bear with me cause there's LOADS of data *pun intended*.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align: center"><strong><u>*****Fixed the problem with the invisible pictures. Had to break up this one post into 4 different posts******</u></strong></div><p></p><p>I first bought the rifle after getting my RPAL in 2010. I decided on a Savage 12 VLP DBM in 223 with a 1:7" twist. An official shout out goes to Elwood Epps for hooking me up. The wait was antagonizing (2 months..?) But once it landed at the store, it was literally at my door with 24 hours! And the price was the best by far.</p><div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/019.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/019.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/019.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div><p>Ok, so anyway, I first outfitted it with a cheap bipod and a Sightron SIII 8-32x56mm FCH. I later sold that for a Vortex PST 6-24x50mm FFP MRAD, <a href="http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=660622" target="_blank">but after learning the turrets were not up to the task</a>, I sold it and bought an SWFA SS HD 5-20x50mm FFP MRAD and will never own any other scope. <strong>Dealers: bring these into Canada!!!</strong>. The rings were and have always been Burris Signature ZEE rings with inserts and the base is a Farrel 20MOA. Shout out to<strong><span style="color: green"><span style="font-size: 18px"> Mystic Precision</span></span></strong> for supplying ALL of the reloading equipment, tools, gauges, and components you see in this thread! Also, I added a Horus ASLI at some point; a great tool! </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns157.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/PortageGuns157.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns157.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns158.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/PortageGuns158.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns158.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">Shown with the Horus ASLI:</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns159.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/PortageGuns159.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns159.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns160.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/PortageGuns160.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns160.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">With the Vortex PST 6-24x50mm FFP MRAD:</div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/Portage052.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">The chronograph is a ProChrony, pretty much bottom of the barrel so (as with any chrony results) take the measurements with a grain of salt.</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns161.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/PortageGuns161.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns161.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div><p></p><p>So....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Haagen Dazs, post: 687975, member: 42602"] I've been loading for my 223 for the last year and a bit now and (excluding the Berger 90gners I've got in the basement) [B]I'm DONE!!!![/B] This is going to be a post of my findings and final recipes for you reference. Feel free to add your own and comment! Bear with me cause there's LOADS of data *pun intended*. [CENTER][B][U]*****Fixed the problem with the invisible pictures. Had to break up this one post into 4 different posts******[/U][/B][/CENTER] I first bought the rifle after getting my RPAL in 2010. I decided on a Savage 12 VLP DBM in 223 with a 1:7" twist. An official shout out goes to Elwood Epps for hooking me up. The wait was antagonizing (2 months..?) But once it landed at the store, it was literally at my door with 24 hours! And the price was the best by far. [CENTER][URL="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/019.jpg"]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/019.jpg[/URL] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/019.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Ok, so anyway, I first outfitted it with a cheap bipod and a Sightron SIII 8-32x56mm FCH. I later sold that for a Vortex PST 6-24x50mm FFP MRAD, [URL="http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=660622"]but after learning the turrets were not up to the task[/URL], I sold it and bought an SWFA SS HD 5-20x50mm FFP MRAD and will never own any other scope. [B]Dealers: bring these into Canada!!![/B]. The rings were and have always been Burris Signature ZEE rings with inserts and the base is a Farrel 20MOA. Shout out to[B][COLOR=green][SIZE=5] Mystic Precision[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] for supplying ALL of the reloading equipment, tools, gauges, and components you see in this thread! Also, I added a Horus ASLI at some point; a great tool! [CENTER][URL]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns157.jpg[/URL] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns157.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns158.jpg[/URL] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns158.jpg[/IMG] Shown with the Horus ASLI: [URL]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns159.jpg[/URL] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns159.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns160.jpg[/URL] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns160.jpg[/IMG] With the Vortex PST 6-24x50mm FFP MRAD: [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/Portage052.jpg[/IMG] The chronograph is a ProChrony, pretty much bottom of the barrel so (as with any chrony results) take the measurements with a grain of salt. [URL]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns161.jpg[/URL] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns161.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] So.... [/QUOTE]
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