223 with Berger 80.5 & N135

[Downhill]

Looking for insight with this combination.
26" 7 twist. VV's data seems really conservative. Varget is working great but N135 is in H4895's ball park and wanting to give it a go.

 

[Walt Krafft]

23.5 N135 under an 80 is a known good load. But work up to it. It is too hot in some rifles.

 

[Jeff Porter]

I run 23.4 N135 with 80.5 Berger just under 2900 fps. Hammers. Sample load as H4895. Just swap powder in my rifle

 

[Acyr]

I tried it. Went from mild to wild really quick. I prefer N140 for 80.5's

 

[kyotekiller25]

I use N540 at 24.5g from a 28" 8T. Gets 2970fps and 1/2 MOA.

VVs data is warm in my rifle.

 

[NZ_Fclass]

Just having a new 223 built for FTR/300m 28in 7 twist. I usually shoot 75g Hornady Match with Varget, but will be moving to H4895 (ADI2206H). 23.5g shoots in my current Tikka based rifle, in Lapua and Lake City brass. I expect that 77g Sierra or 80.5's will be the better load. Federal Gold or RUAG primers, but I have some Ginex to test.