Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
I am finally handloading .223
JimP:
Bumpin'
....done a fair bit of experimenting with .223/5.56 since this thread was started ..... found that a 53 gr TSX driven to 3K f/sec with a max charge of IMR 4064 works well on small deer at short range if they are broadside, and you don't hit the leg bone ...... not so well if one or more of those IF's ain't .....
a 50gr Zmax/Vmax over 1.6cc of H322 makes a good milk jug busting round .....
Dan W:
I am also working up a 62 gr TSX load, but my recent knee surgery kinda slowed the process a bit
JimP:
I bought a box of the 62gr TSX and a pound of CFE 223, intending to work up a stouter deer load for my daughter ...... but then decided I needed to stop fiddling around trying to make a varmint round into a deer killer, and built a .308 WIN for her....... PSA had a great sale and the gun works really well.
jschenck:
I enjoyed reading this thread - thanks guys!
So my reloading experience: I started about 1.5 yrs ago with a Lee single stage assembling 9mm rounds, just to learn the process. Last year around this time I bought a Savage 12FV in 223 and put a Nikon Monarch-3 on op of it. What a great rifle to learn on! I've been learning how to load rifle cartridges. Tried H335, Varget and CFE223 and a bunch of different types of bullets on top. I've hit targets at 600 yds but mostly shoot 100 yds. I'm comfortable with stating I can shoot 1moa, maybe better with my 12FV though I haven't settled on the "right recipe" yet as I am learning the process along with the gun and the whole precision shooting concept.
I just got my first gas rifle - a Seekins NX15. Excited about learning a bit more about loading for it but also realize that loading for an auto, I need to take into consideration the action puts the cartridge through. Anyway hope I learn enough to not break my expensive rifle.
I now have a Lee turret press and am loading 38/357, 9mm 308 and 223
Scared myself with a squib load - handed a friend my 686. Didn't know I had a squib load. Fortunately I saw it and had him pause before the next shot. My take away from this is to put a nice strong light directly in my press and check every case before putting the pill on top. This is not a hobby that can tolerate mistakes like this. Anyway hope someone can heed a lesson from my write-up.
JimP:
I've been rolling my own for ...... well, since the Clinton Administration ....... just started .223/5.56 the last couple of years ...... those tiny bullets are a PITA on a single stage press .......
if you have any questions jscenck, I have answers ..... might not be the right ones, but I've learned quite a lot in the last 20 years ......
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