62 grain BTHP

[markm]

Awesome. I think we've only gone to 900.

[soulezoo]

Because one can never have too much ammo...
I dropped the coin for 1500 of these. Will give them a whirl. I was trying to stick with 69 smk, but can't beat this cost/performance.

[noylj]

>35 MOA of up to get to 1K, 24 MOA of up to shoot this at 875 yards...

I'm lost. What does this mean?

[tigershilone]

>35 MOA of up to get to 1K, 24 MOA of up to shoot this at 875 yards...

I'm lost. What does this mean?

Adjusting the elevation turret on scope 35 and 24 moa values to get center crosshair hits at those ranges.

[markm]

In other words, aim 35 inches high at 100 yards to get a hit at 1000.

[CrowCommand]

Appreciate the heads up.

Ordered 1k to test vs 55gr in my new build. Just got some loaded this week....can't wait to choot em.

[Kansaswoodguy]

I've not tried those 62gr but I shoot a lot of the 75gr hornady hpbt match out to 800yds. I have trouble with them destabilizing when they go subsonic and have switched to the 77 SMK they seem to make the trasition without any issues. I was hitting 1000yds with the 77gr smk Saturday but couldn't see my hits but could hear the 4'x4' gong ringing. After repainting the gongs I could see the hits and will adjust my dope for next weekend. Very difficult to see hits at that range at all but when your buddy's are pounding on the gongs with 6.5's and 338's near impossible.

308sako that is some very fine shooting.

[AndyLate]

Caught the last day of their sale and ordered 500. Hope I can shoot them half as well...

[Yooperboy]

That is a great round. I strictly load hornady in 55gr. and 62gr. in .223 and love them. I get them a little cheaper though. about 7-8 cents a round on sale. enjoy the fun

[ride57]

Here is a interesting tidbit from Bill Wylde. I thought this was a longer reply, anyway he helped get the Canadians to 1000 yds with the 62 grn bullets. It is here in the archives to.
As posted by Bill Wylde on THR:

Posted By: Bill Wylde
Date: Thursday, 13 November 2003, at 8:46 a.m.

In Response To: Re: .223 Wylde

The case dimensions of the Wylde reamer are that of one of the NATO prints. Not a thing tight about it. As I recall, there were two NATO prints in use. I don't recall the print number used, but do have it in old records somewhere.

Throating was about the only change. The decision was made to make the freebore diameter .2240" as a good bullet seal. That done, excess freebore made little difference to accuracy. One of the reasons the magazine length 69's shot so well in the chamber. It so happened that the 80 grain Sierra seated to the lands was about ideal at .2470" OAL. Simple luck.....All of it.

The initial reamer(designed in 1984)was mainly geared toward Canadian 5.56 ball, as I was experimenting with their issue ball for competitive purposes. This operation was slow in getting off the ground, and really didn't start happening until about 1990. The use of 5.56 NATO ball in Canada was a short lived affair. Handloads were allowed in about 1994.

Just prior to this time the AR's were gaining great strength in the U.S. The military finally got involved. The rest is history.

You might ask how the the 62 grain 5.56 ball worked for Canadian LR prone shooting to 1,000 yds? It was supersonic in barrels of 28", and longer. It also was very competitive with the 147 grain 7.62 ball in use there at the time. The wind drift differential at long range (7.62/5.56) was about 15% in favor of the 7.62.

Those days were very interesting.