Doughnut in my 223 cases

[MarshallDodge]

PB has a Rem 788 with a 12 twist. That is truly a crippling twist rate in a bolt gun in .223.

Funny thing is,, I wasn't trying that hard with the load.

62 Hornady BTHP
22.5 SMP735 surplus ball powder that is a touch faster than H335
Magtech SR primer
PMC brass
Loaded to 2.260 on a Dillon 550.

I think I could get rid of some of the vertical if I turned up the powder charge a little more and used a CCI 450 but I was happy, considering I paid $250 for the rifle.

[anachronism]

I just checked again, no 62 gr BTHP to be had. I'll probably just buy 69 gr BTHP and be done with it. The only reason I mentioned Hornady 60 gr VMax is because the OP was working with 62 grainers. Hmmm, MidSouth shows a 62 gr BT Soft-Point. That would likely work better than the 62 gr FMJBT as well.

[markm]

Funny thing is,, I wasn't trying that hard with the load.

I had that happen with 6.5 creed. Wore my ass out trying to get accuracy out of that round. I finally gave up and just tossed some regular FED LR primers in to Hornady brass and just loaded stuff to shoot, and It worked great.