Yeah. I would have guessed so. I not suggesting someone try, but I don't think you can get enough Varget in a .223 case to cause damage.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
Yeah. I would agree with that. 26.0 is listed as a max charge for .223/69SMK. The first time I started getting near max loads and heard/felt the powder crunching I got all weird about it. I did find that compressed loads of Varget shoot way better then non-compressed loaded...at least in my rifles. Varget seems to work well for velocity and acceptable accuracy in my rifles but what a pain to load. Have to trickle charge each to get to the final weight. I have had good luck with H322 and its easy to load but I just don't get the velocity from it. I started getting away from ball powders due to temp swings. -30 in the winter to near 90 in the summer.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
This thread seems an adequate place to ask this, and I may be overthinking somewhere.
I'm shooting two .223/5.56 rifles, my 16" AR, 1:8 barrel, and a CZ527, 1:9 barrel. The AR will do fine with what I ask it to do with generic 55 gr ball, M193, or M855. It actually seems to like M855 a bit more than other stuff. I've been limited to 300 yards, but I'm wanting to start stretching it out a bit further. The CZ was bought more for coyotes and vermin, and for factory ammo at 300-330 yards, it shoots Fiocchi 55 gr Poly tipped ammo really well. (It actually shoots Fiocchi 55 gr FMJ really well, too, but the FMJ chronographs 180 fps slower than the poly in the CZ, and about 150 fps under Federal .223 in the AR.)
I'm a notorious cheap ass. I don't want to dump a buck a round for just smashing steel at 500 yards, at least if I don't have to. Is the difference between 68-69 gr ammo going to be that much from the 55 gr my bolt gun is already shooting well at that range? It's just been since I bought this particular gun that I've been shooting .223, and wind does a lot more to it than killing deer with a .308, so I'm trying to sort it out.
Consistent ammo and a good spotter are all you need. If you're able to get even sub 2 MOA and have a IPSC size target, you'll be able to ring it all day. It's just a matter of figuring out the come up.
If there's a good mound right behind your target, you can spot for yourself and get on target.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
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