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New to reloading .223 Questions?? Help??
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<blockquote data-quote="Jamie557" data-source="post: 1178412" data-attributes="member: 88974"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I hope someone can answer my reloading questions. Thanks in advance!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I am new to reloading. I started loading .223 remington for my bolt action Mossberg MVP rifle as I figured .223 would be a great starting bullet to learn from. I am limited on how far I can seat the bullet because the rifle uses a magazine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Currently I am using this load:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">.223 brass is mostly Hornady with a few American eagle. All shot once in the rifle I am reloading for. It's loaded with 55 grain Vmax bullets (#22271) using Federal match primers with Winchester 748 powder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Case trim length 1.750 C.O.L. 2.235 Ogive 2.797 with Sinclair Comparator</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Now that you know about my loads my questions are concerning how to work up a load and what is safe. I have two reloading books. They both have different data.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Lyman says 55 grain bullet with W748 powder you can go 25.0 to 27.8 grains.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Hornady says 55 grain bullet with W748 powder you can go 22.7 to 26.4 grains.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I started off with 23.5, 24.0 24.5,25.5 grains of powder to test. None notably outperformed the others. I then loaded 25.5, 26.0 and 26.5 grains to test next. The 26.5 grouped the best. My chrono speed was High 3099, Low 3042 with Average of 3051 out of 20 rounds I tested. My best group was .58 inch. My chrono reads plain hornady factory 55 grain bullets at an average of 3056. So I am just below the average speed of my factory ammo.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">A friend of mine who reloads a lot and has been doing it for 25 years suggested that I load some 26.5, 27.0 and 27.5 grains to continue to ladder test. Then if 26.5 was still the best to test a couple rounds with a 26.3, 26.4 and 26.6, 26.7 grains just to see if the group tightens anymore.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">My question is???? Is this safe as the Hornady manual says to stop at 26.4. My brass looks perfect. I have no over pressure signs. Why are the manuals so different?? I couldn't see Lyman printing anything that would push you into dangerous levels but is this common to be different from load to load in difference manuals? As Lyman says I can go to 27.8 grains and still be safe. Thanks for any input.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jamie557, post: 1178412, member: 88974"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri]I hope someone can answer my reloading questions. Thanks in advance!!![/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri]I am new to reloading. I started loading .223 remington for my bolt action Mossberg MVP rifle as I figured .223 would be a great starting bullet to learn from. I am limited on how far I can seat the bullet because the rifle uses a magazine.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri]Currently I am using this load:[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri].223 brass is mostly Hornady with a few American eagle. All shot once in the rifle I am reloading for. It’s loaded with 55 grain Vmax bullets (#22271) using Federal match primers with Winchester 748 powder.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri]Case trim length 1.750 C.O.L. 2.235 Ogive 2.797 with Sinclair Comparator[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri]Now that you know about my loads my questions are concerning how to work up a load and what is safe. I have two reloading books. They both have different data.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri]Lyman says 55 grain bullet with W748 powder you can go 25.0 to 27.8 grains.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Hornady says 55 grain bullet with W748 powder you can go 22.7 to 26.4 grains.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri]I started off with 23.5, 24.0 24.5,25.5 grains of powder to test. None notably outperformed the others. I then loaded 25.5, 26.0 and 26.5 grains to test next. The 26.5 grouped the best. My chrono speed was High 3099, Low 3042 with Average of 3051 out of 20 rounds I tested. My best group was .58 inch. My chrono reads plain hornady factory 55 grain bullets at an average of 3056. So I am just below the average speed of my factory ammo.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri]A friend of mine who reloads a lot and has been doing it for 25 years suggested that I load some 26.5, 27.0 and 27.5 grains to continue to ladder test. Then if 26.5 was still the best to test a couple rounds with a 26.3, 26.4 and 26.6, 26.7 grains just to see if the group tightens anymore.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]My question is???? Is this safe as the Hornady manual says to stop at 26.4. My brass looks perfect. I have no over pressure signs. Why are the manuals so different?? I couldn’t see Lyman printing anything that would push you into dangerous levels but is this common to be different from load to load in difference manuals? As Lyman says I can go to 27.8 grains and still be safe. Thanks for any input.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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