Thread: 223 on deer

Originally Posted by Tahr

Length of barrel. What bullet do you want the load for?

I measured it at 540mm but if you take into account the projectile in it Then perhaps 510mm which I think is 20 inch. It has Fl20 on the barrel and its a standard Tikka laminated stainless.

I loaded some 69gr TMK's with 24.5gr of AR2206H which gives me around 1MOA at 100 metres but feel it could do better as it wondered a bit the further out I shot.

I also want to load 73gr eldm's, I got 1.25MOA at 100 metres with 24gr's of AR2206H the lesser loads were poor but was worried I could be getting near max so am a bit worried about going much more unless someone has a load which is ok.

I also had a wee play with the 64gr sierra game changers but so far no joy there so was hoping you could help with how much powder you are using.

Cheers Adam

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

I measured it at 540mm but if you take into account the projectile in it Then perhaps 510mm which I think is 20 inch. It has Fl20 on the barrel and its a standard Tikka laminated stainless.

I loaded some 69gr TMK's with 24.5gr of AR2206H which gives me around 1MOA at 100 metres but feel it could do better as it wondered a bit the further out I shot.

I also want to load 73gr eldm's, I got 1.25MOA at 100 metres with 24gr's of AR2206H the lesser loads were poor but was worried I could be getting near max so am a bit worried about going much more unless someone has a load which is ok.

I also had a wee play with the 64gr sierra game changers but so far no joy there so was hoping you could help with how much powder you are using.

Cheers Adam

I wonder if your barrel is a 1:12 twist and its not stabalizing them?

Originally Posted by Tahr

I wonder if your barrel is a 1:12 twist and its not stabalizing them?

1.8 twist is my barrel

The 73gr ELDM's tightened considerably at 24gr of powder compared to 23.5gr so I was thinking about giving it another .2 of a grain to see if that tightens it up some more.