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Fast heavy hunting Load formula for .223?
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1019284" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>First off you will NEVER shoot tight groups cleaning a bore after every 2 shots. A clean cold bore shot most often will be quite a bit off from where the next shot from a fouled bore will hit. It takes some rifles firing 10 or 20 shots from a squeaky clean bore to settle down and start shooting accurately, especially factory production barrels. </p><p>Secondly, what load that shoots lights out in my rifle might not shoot at all in your rifle or it might be too hot for your rifle and perfectly fine in mine so you always need to start lower on the powder charge and work up slowly. With a case as small as the 223 you should not raise the powder charge more than .3 grs at a time between lower and heaver loads all the time searching for accuracy. Speed is nice but accuracy kills.</p><p></p><p>As for a Hog load an acquaintance of mine went on a hog hunt and discovered this load that they were using in AR15s in 223 Rem. Not sure what primer they were using but the powder charge was a max load of 25 grs of Accurate 2520 and the bullet was a Barnes 62 gr TSX HP BT . I am not sure what the cartridge over all length was but Barnes states that you should start with their bullets 50 thousands off the lands and never seat closer than 30 thousands of the lands. This fellow said that this bullet would go through both shoulders of a 150ish pound hog at 300 yards and usually put them down on the spot or they would not go far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1019284, member: 10178"] First off you will NEVER shoot tight groups cleaning a bore after every 2 shots. A clean cold bore shot most often will be quite a bit off from where the next shot from a fouled bore will hit. It takes some rifles firing 10 or 20 shots from a squeaky clean bore to settle down and start shooting accurately, especially factory production barrels. Secondly, what load that shoots lights out in my rifle might not shoot at all in your rifle or it might be too hot for your rifle and perfectly fine in mine so you always need to start lower on the powder charge and work up slowly. With a case as small as the 223 you should not raise the powder charge more than .3 grs at a time between lower and heaver loads all the time searching for accuracy. Speed is nice but accuracy kills. As for a Hog load an acquaintance of mine went on a hog hunt and discovered this load that they were using in AR15s in 223 Rem. Not sure what primer they were using but the powder charge was a max load of 25 grs of Accurate 2520 and the bullet was a Barnes 62 gr TSX HP BT . I am not sure what the cartridge over all length was but Barnes states that you should start with their bullets 50 thousands off the lands and never seat closer than 30 thousands of the lands. This fellow said that this bullet would go through both shoulders of a 150ish pound hog at 300 yards and usually put them down on the spot or they would not go far. [/QUOTE]
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