Thread: 223 mag box length

Originally Posted by rusl

Thanks for the input, I guess I need to think about why I want the heavy bullets, I was thinking better bc and less wind drift, which is why I'm going to a 223 from my 17hmr, got sick of the wind blowing it away.

Thinking it through its sounding like it will be quite a custom rifle and I'm starting to wonder why I don't just do some thing like load my 308 with 110gr v max's for windy or longer shooting days and have a simple stock 223 for 0-200m sort of shots.

Ya gotta think how far to follow this or you'll end up like me - down a rabbit hole. I was sick of 55gn 223 getting "taken" by the wind so went to a 6mm Creedmoor, however a 243 will do exactly the same thing if you get a fast twist barrel (and there is a Howa in 6mm CM). The issue then is you are burning nearly double the amount of powder just to gain a bit less windage. In some ways buying more ammo to practise reading the wind might be a better bet!