Oldbloke wrote:US, the little whipper snapper.
Next I will be dead.
Gwion wrote:Hey Scooter. Invest time and cash into learning to reload. Then you can use trailboss powder and varmint style bullets to load your 223rem down to a hot 22wmr. I run 50gn zmax bullets with trailboss behind them out of an 18" barrel for about 1850fps. A 22wmr will do that velocity with full length barrel and 40gn bullets.
My absolute max range for that load is 140m because after 110m it start dropping really quickly. Also sounds roughly as loud as 22wmr.
Gwion wrote:No worries. I tend to use the reduced loads more often than the fulls when out pest shooting. Less noise disturbs fewer pest which means more targets to hand for longer. I also have a couple of 22lr for inside 75m but can't see the point in buying and paying for 22wmr or 22hornet when i can load the 223rem to suit.
bladeracer wrote:Gwion wrote:Hey Scooter. Invest time and cash into learning to reload. Then you can use trailboss powder and varmint style bullets to load your 223rem down to a hot 22wmr. I run 50gn zmax bullets with trailboss behind them out of an 18" barrel for about 1850fps. A 22wmr will do that velocity with full length barrel and 40gn bullets.
My absolute max range for that load is 140m because after 110m it start dropping really quickly. Also sounds roughly as loud as 22wmr.
You can load .223 right down to subsonic giving you .22LR noise with jacketed bullet accuracy.
ADI list 4.0gn behind a 53gn bullet at 1040fps.
It got 1180fps out of my RAR though so I'm going to try 3.0gn and the 35gn bullet.
Gwion wrote:Yeah, but as 22lr cost half the price of my cheapest 223rem reload and don't require my time to load and prep cases, i can't see the point of loading down that far. Also, with 22lr i don't have to ferret about keeping track of my spent cases.