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Trying to get my .223 to shoot
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<blockquote data-quote="johnlittletree" data-source="post: 1439223" data-attributes="member: 105653"><p>What have you done to trouble shoot so far? Have you checked the chamber and throat? Have you checked out the inside of the barrel? How confident are you about the bottom metal? Torque on bottom metal? Any movement of the action in the stock or points of contact?</p><p></p><p>After that I would say to change one thing at a time. So since you have 8lbs. of powder start with the bullet weight and shape. I would not invest in a bulk buy up front. I would get one little tub of 55grFMJBT's because they are cheap especially from say Sierra. Work up a load start at 100m and work up. Then once we know it is not the barrel, stock, machine work, bottom metal etc....Buy another small bag or plastic tub of 62gr. etc....And work you way up. Something is not right and until you figure out what that is do not buy bulk anything. If a 5.56 NATO or .223 does not shoot with your current bullet and can not be made to shoot with the 55 and 62 grain projectiles it is definitely gun not so much powder, primer, brass etc....I am assuming all your brass is with in SAAMI specifications? I am also assuming you have already covered the basics like case prep, OAL, neck tension etc.....</p><p></p><p>Also never start with VLD or Hybrids on a new gun. Tuning a new gun can be a royal pain sometimes and breaking with convention and going with extreme anything is seldom the best way to start. In fact when I get a new rifle built I always use factory ammo if the chamber SAAMI if it is SAMMI MIN I usually try factory ammo and turn to hand loads but only my competition guns use non-SAAMI chambers. Nice hand loads can hide problems in a gun but fairly cheap factory ammo not Gold Medal stuff shows any flaws real fast. Before you even get the bore scope out! Layout dye like Dykem can be a good partner in finding points of contact we do not want in a stock! I have heard of guys using magic markers or smudging but I have never had any luck with that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnlittletree, post: 1439223, member: 105653"] What have you done to trouble shoot so far? Have you checked the chamber and throat? Have you checked out the inside of the barrel? How confident are you about the bottom metal? Torque on bottom metal? Any movement of the action in the stock or points of contact? After that I would say to change one thing at a time. So since you have 8lbs. of powder start with the bullet weight and shape. I would not invest in a bulk buy up front. I would get one little tub of 55grFMJBT's because they are cheap especially from say Sierra. Work up a load start at 100m and work up. Then once we know it is not the barrel, stock, machine work, bottom metal etc....Buy another small bag or plastic tub of 62gr. etc....And work you way up. Something is not right and until you figure out what that is do not buy bulk anything. If a 5.56 NATO or .223 does not shoot with your current bullet and can not be made to shoot with the 55 and 62 grain projectiles it is definitely gun not so much powder, primer, brass etc....I am assuming all your brass is with in SAAMI specifications? I am also assuming you have already covered the basics like case prep, OAL, neck tension etc..... Also never start with VLD or Hybrids on a new gun. Tuning a new gun can be a royal pain sometimes and breaking with convention and going with extreme anything is seldom the best way to start. In fact when I get a new rifle built I always use factory ammo if the chamber SAAMI if it is SAMMI MIN I usually try factory ammo and turn to hand loads but only my competition guns use non-SAAMI chambers. Nice hand loads can hide problems in a gun but fairly cheap factory ammo not Gold Medal stuff shows any flaws real fast. Before you even get the bore scope out! Layout dye like Dykem can be a good partner in finding points of contact we do not want in a stock! I have heard of guys using magic markers or smudging but I have never had any luck with that. [/QUOTE]
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