It sounds like you found your 5.56 (or near) pressure load. Keep us posted as you get a lot more down the pipe. A chronograph reading, along with barrel length, chamber, etc., would be interesting as well.
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It sounds like you found your 5.56 (or near) pressure load. Keep us posted as you get a lot more down the pipe. A chronograph reading, along with barrel length, chamber, etc., would be interesting as well.
I am going to try this load as well.
I have been useing a 25.8 gr load since just after tac came to the market.
LC brass
25.8 gr Tac
wolf 5.56 srm primer
2.2 oal
Velocity out of a 16 inch barrel = 2900 / 2950fps
1.25 to 1.5 inch groups at 100 / 10 shot
Some days it will do better groups, but the above is average out of several Ar's.
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This was my result (I didn't bother to get exact measurements), from 25 rounds of this load:
PMC brass
25.0gr IMR 4064
55gr Hornady V-Max
CCI 400 primer
16" (1/9 twist) AR wearing an 4x32 ACOG TA01NSN
NO wind at all at 100 yards.
I love 4064... it's beautiful powder.... How are you metering it for .223?
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Originally Posted by markm
I did that load before I got my powder measure & used the small scoop that came with my Lee .223 dies to get it close & then trickled the rest directly into the cupped funnel that was sitting on the digital scale
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10 shot group, 100y prone off the mag - support hand on AFG, Centurion 16" CHF, 1/7, Kalinka Optics 6x42 scope.
AA2230 - 23.6gr
Hornady 55gr FMJ w/ cannalure
Mixed LC brass trimmed to spec and reamed primer pocket
CCI 400
COAL 2.20"
No crono specs yet.