Thanks Micky Duck. Great, I'm only looking for minute of fallow deer & so far this load seems to shoot better than the factory ammo, I used in this rifle. Cheers.
Thanks Micky Duck. Great, I'm only looking for minute of fallow deer & so far this load seems to shoot better than the factory ammo, I used in this rifle. Cheers.
Im guessing that SHOULD read 2206h....24.5grns was my mild as heck go to load for 20 plus years in 223 50-55grn projectiles. only need to champher the pockets that were crimped...and usually hornady...cause I reckon they crimp too lol.
also sxxp SHOULD possibly read spsx??? spire point super explosive....VERY messy projectile..messy = good I used the 50 grn version years ago on wallabies..bit messy for dog tucker if hit in hips .
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Hi Grandpamac, Thanks for that. What is vertical stringing? Not looking to shoot long range at this stage. Usually if the deer are a long way away, I walk closer. The shooting range close to me is 100m so would have to find a friendly farmer I guess to try it out at longer range.
vertical stringing...... higher velocity will hit higher than slower velocity at longer range....so you get a group or string varying in height....
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Got about 6 kg's of mixed 223 brass here, about 9 or 10 differant brands. Went through and sorted some by headstamp then batch weighed within h/s groups. Only went to this trouble for accuracy testing, comp. ammo. and long range Rabbit/Magpie sniping ammo. General hunting ammo I just prep,load,shoot mixed cases no problem. Has to be said I don't hotrod my loads to wring out every last fps like some do, just not neccessary. Also just used to buy Belmont by the 1000 round case so didn't need to do much reloading as I used to but that may change if they can't get their shit together soon, still waiting for an order they said they'd supply back in July I think.
yes some circular crimped....pain as dont realise it till youve munted a primer trying to seat it....
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1. Remove crimp. Use stanley knife or any very sharp blade. Abt 2 seconds per case.
2. Anneal.
3. Trimm
4. Clean if you wish
5. Toss out obviously faulty brass.
6. FLS
7 Sort by brand
7. Load
8. Shoot
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A bit more bang is better.
I do it a bit different. Assuming brass is range pickups (or aka road kills), I deprime first using a Harvey deprimer, then into the SS tumbler to get rid of any grot that could end up in my dies. Once clean you can choose a couple of paths.
For a newby reloader I wouldn't stress about annealing, it's a function that can come later in your reloading career. Unless it's done properly I rate it as a waste of time although stopping necks splitting has merit. Likewise meticulously uniforming primer pockets, although I use Lapua brass which generally doesn't need uniforming.
I would definitely sort into brands, but I load to get the very best result possible and this is one step that helps achieve optimum results.
My own experience is FC is shite, irregular weights, flash holes punched off centre.
You're right Micky Duck. ADI AR2206H with Hornady 55gr Varmint SP SX #2260 projectiles.
Perfect Micky Duck. Thanks, that's what was catching me out!
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Thanks Oldbloke.
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