Thread: 223 on deer

Originally Posted by zeropak

those were doing 2760. 73gn ELDM with 25gn of 2208. Just using those up and will change to 25gn 2206h which is giving me 2950fps. This is a max load and shoots very well. By all reports the TMK's go well. But man its hard to fault the performance of those ELDM's.
What powder are you using?

For those reading this thread, these are extremely hot loads, to the point of being dangerous. GRT (albeit not calibrated with old mates brass capacity COAL or exact barrel length ) gives a pressure of around 70,000 psi for 25 of AR2206H behind a 73 gn. There is a 223 Tikka action in a local gunshop that has amoung other damage a cracked bolt and it took the shooters eye out - permanently!. This was with factory ammo, if you are operating any action in this pressure range there is the potential of catastrophic failure.