You didn't, you're fine. Just an opportunity to post a good reminder.
It is.I'm so dumb I thought this was an intelligent conversation.
Yep.What I've learned: Having a 75 grain bullet by itself is not an indicator of potential feeding problems. To determine if this particular round will have a problem in my particular rifle I'll need to try it myself. Right?
And even in pistols not anywhere near as valid as posted by many folks, without further info.
Yep.Unless you have bullets that exceed the length where it can't fit into the magazine, bullet weight means nothing when it comes to properly feeding.
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Same, thousands of them in several rifles, single and mag loaded, never a feed issue at all.
all my rifles have the M4 cut for receiver and barrel extension.
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Pics below are Hornady
75gr ELD
70Gr GMX (has the double cannelure)
73gr ELD
75gr OTM BTHP
Pay attention to third pic showing approximately aligned at seating depth, the 73gr ELD reliably feeds with M4 cuts but the 75gr ELD might not since its tip rubs the magazine wall (not mag length compatible, I single feed them).
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Last edited by lordmorgul; 10-31-20 at 11:28.
Normally yes, but cast bullet molds for .223 are almost entirely flat nose. On the positive. Been looking in to casting and coating them and videos of guys demonstrating it shows AR's feeding them as good as anything else.
99% sure I have seen factory compressed copper/fragmenting bullets that were flat nose and some lighter weight hollow points may as well be considered flat nose as well.
Yes that’s accurate, Of course you do not have to follow that exactly, but what works well for your load and gun starting low.
I load them at these lengths, but offer no suggestion it is optimal or better than their recommended max COAL. Point of fact I load every Hornady bullet I’ve got (4 more variants) slightly shorter than their own listed max COAL, and closer to or even shorter than Hornady loads it themselves, which as you posted above is shorter than limit.
75 ELD at 2.350”
73 ELD at 2.260”
70 GMX at 2.200”
75 OTM at 2.220”
I did try loading the 75gr ELD at mag length just barely touching the mag wall, it definitely cannot be crimped if that is done since the ogive is then starting well inside the case neck and I would not recommend (and won’t myself) loading that way again since even though I don’t crimp any of them the neck tension provided friction is reduced a lot with less bearing surface in contact with bullet. (And it would have a good chance of asymmetrically crimping or getting stuck on feed ramps when loading)
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Last edited by lordmorgul; 11-01-20 at 10:23.
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