I am limited to a 500 yard range here. I have a 14.7" BA Barrel. I am not looking to punch 4 leaf clovers. I don't care about terminal ballistics and what it does to gel. I don't really have a lot of experience loading and shooting out to 500 yards. I am talking about hitting steel target, 16" or so, at 500 yards. The object here is to use what I run on the street, which is my 14.7 with a dot on top.
I know everyone favors 77 SMK and the like for "long range" .223/5.56. I know markm has a good load for the 77smk using 21.6 (21.8)gns of H322. What I want to know is would something like a 53 Vmax work just as well or better for this "shorter" distance? I am shooting with a Red Dot/Magnifier. I am kinda thinking the 53 Vmax would shoot flatter then the 77 SMK making it slightly easier to figure out holds.
Or am I just giving this too much thought?
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