urbanrifleman
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Honestly, I had fantastic results from the older 75gr Amax in .223 Wylde chamber in muy service rifle when I shot high power. I was able to reach almost 3,000 fps accurately with a max charge of N540. Coming off of 600 at Camp Perry, my windage was as much as 30% less than the folks shooting 69gr pills. I never tried anything heavier because the velocity from a 223/5.56 drops FAST after 75gr, so the heavier stuff ended up spending a lot more time in the air and getting pushed farther than the 75s.
My bigger concern with the 224 stuff is barrel life. The big .224 stuff seem to be a lot more overbore than the 6mm. Even though they may not be pushing as much powder, I would think the barrel would get hot faster, and the barrel life would be limited. I can see myself putting 300 rounds through this rifle on a 3 day trip, or maybe 500 rounds in a year. It would be nice to get more than 2 or 3 years from it. Then again, barrels are supposed to be consumable right?![]()
My barrels are $319 currently. 22xc or 6xc should get to about 2000 or 3000 rounds. I don't think there is much difference between them.
You really need to look a CURRENT AVAILABLE bullets. Not what guys USED to shoot. There are very few choices now. Probably should stick to Hornady.