223 224?

[model 12 toby]

can u shoot 224 out of 223. who would be insane enough to make a bullet .001 different.

 

[jhord]

Its not as insane as them making us use .243" bullets in our 6mm rifles... :

 

[fdshuster]

220 Swift, 221 Fireball, 222 Rem., 222 Rem Magnum, the before mentioned 223, 224 Weatherby, and the list goes on and on. All use a 22 cal. jacketed bullet with a diameter of .224". ???

 

[model 12 toby]

i just wanted to double check and make sure the 224 55 grain v-maxes i bought will shoot out of my ar. lol. ;D

Dumb question i know but had to make sure

 

[jhord]

You did right. .223 shoots .224" bullets. It's confusing, but .223 is the name of the cartridge and not the size of the bullet.

 

[alf]

And to add to the confusion, early 22 Hornets used .223" sized bullets....

 

[model 12 toby]

did anyone shoot 224s through 223 hornets? lol. what did it do?

 

[MGYSGT]

I never buy .223 sized bullet for my Hornet. I only shoot the .224 sized bullets (it's hard to beat VMax or Blitz). I have not noticed any problems in my newer Hornet barrel by Contender or an older Hornet barrel in a Sako bolt gun.

 

[Kenny474]

I always used .224 bullets in my Hornet. It easily had over 15,000 rounds through it when I traded it in. No issues. And a few months after I bought it, it was reamed to a K-Hornet. Still no issues.

Kenny