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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: 687976" data-attributes="member: 42602"><p><strong>Part 2/4</strong></p><p></p><p>So after building my workbench and loading some 223 for the Norc M4, I started loading some precision stuff and (after days of f******ing around in the woods) found a place with ~300 yards to shoot in. This place was later shut down due to douchbags who can't clean up their shells, but I digress...</p><p> </p><div style="text-align: center">My Reloading area as it stands today:</div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/PortageGuns137.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">My favorite place to shoot until it was shut down.</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/guns005.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/guns005.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/guns005.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/guns006.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/guns006.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/guns006.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">Not everything went as planned.....</div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/guns007.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div><p>The components I used in all of the development are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Lapua 223 Cases</p><p>CCI BR4 Small rifle benchrest primers</p><p>Hodgdon Varget</p><p>Dies: Lee Neck only - Redding Body only - Forester Benchrest Seater (w/o micrometer) - RCBS Universal Decapping die</p><p>Brass was universally deprimed and cleaned in my Stainless Steel tumbler before each firing. Most of the time, I'd just neck size only.</p><p> </p><p>Bullets:</p><p>Sierra 65gn Game King</p><p>Sierra 69gn Match King</p><p>Hornady 75gn A-MAX</p><p>Nosler 77gn Custom Competition</p><p>Lapua 77gn HPBT</p><p>Hornady 80gn A-MAX</p><p>Berger 80gn VLD</p><p>Berger 90gn VLD (Not part of this thread.... yet)</p><div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/TestBullets1.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/TestBullets1.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/TestBullets1.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/TestBullets2.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/TestBullets2.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/TestBullets2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div><p>Half way through the load development, I bedded my Savage 12. That was alot of fun and worth it in the end. No dramatic increases to the inherent precision of the rifle was noted, but looking at the unbedded stock, I could see a few hot spots. <a href="http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=683809" target="_blank">I made a thread dedicated to that if you're interested</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bored already? Here's a pic of a friend shooting my 12ga, totally applicable to this thread!!</p><p> </p><div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/Christina2.png" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/Christina2.png</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/Christina2.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center"><strong>***All final recipes are summarized at the bottom of this 'report'***</strong></div></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Haagen Dazs, post: 687976, member: 42602"] [b]Part 2/4[/b] So after building my workbench and loading some 223 for the Norc M4, I started loading some precision stuff and (after days of f******ing around in the woods) found a place with ~300 yards to shoot in. This place was later shut down due to douchbags who can't clean up their shells, but I digress... [CENTER]My Reloading area as it stands today: [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/PortageGuns137.jpg[/IMG] My favorite place to shoot until it was shut down. [URL="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/guns005.jpg"]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/guns005.jpg[/URL] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/guns005.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/guns006.jpg[/URL] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/guns006.jpg[/IMG] Not everything went as planned..... [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/guns007.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] The components I used in all of the development are as follows: Lapua 223 Cases CCI BR4 Small rifle benchrest primers Hodgdon Varget Dies: Lee Neck only - Redding Body only - Forester Benchrest Seater (w/o micrometer) - RCBS Universal Decapping die Brass was universally deprimed and cleaned in my Stainless Steel tumbler before each firing. Most of the time, I'd just neck size only. Bullets: Sierra 65gn Game King Sierra 69gn Match King Hornady 75gn A-MAX Nosler 77gn Custom Competition Lapua 77gn HPBT Hornady 80gn A-MAX Berger 80gn VLD Berger 90gn VLD (Not part of this thread.... yet) [CENTER][URL]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/TestBullets1.jpg[/URL] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/TestBullets1.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/TestBullets2.jpg[/URL] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/TestBullets2.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Half way through the load development, I bedded my Savage 12. That was alot of fun and worth it in the end. No dramatic increases to the inherent precision of the rifle was noted, but looking at the unbedded stock, I could see a few hot spots. [URL="http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=683809"]I made a thread dedicated to that if you're interested[/URL]. Bored already? Here's a pic of a friend shooting my 12ga, totally applicable to this thread!! [CENTER][URL]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/Christina2.png[/URL] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/Christina2.png[/IMG][/CENTER] [CENTER][B]***All final recipes are summarized at the bottom of this 'report'***[/B][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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