I see on Northland Shooter's Supply site that Criterion offers a 26" varmint weight 1-9 twist in .223AI and if Jim has one in stock I'm going to try that barrel and see how fast and accurate I can get the 53's to shoot out of that barrel.
fm1947 said:Looks good , how do you measure your groups, I measure two ways out side to outside then center to center but I never subtract the bullet size because the bullet hole will never be the size of the bullet its always smaller, center to center works best, unless it's just to small of a group then I just do outside, just curious, I see your post a lot
Save your money on building a 223 AI can't use them in FTR and for what you gain it not a option.and breaks are not allowed in F class shootingIA_shooter said:varmintshooter said:I shoot them in a 223 AI @ 3600 and the accuracy was good enough that I didn't look any farther. This was in a 9 twist. Never tried them in a 7 twist.
That's exactly why I am going to order myself a .223AI barrel with a nice brake installed soon. I want to be able to shoot the 50-55 grain .224 bullets in the 3500-3800 fps range and still be able to see the hits in the scope.
I thought about putting a barrel like that on this Savage 12 VLPDBM but I want to keep the 1-7 twist barrel on this to be able to use for some FTR shoots in the future so I'm just going to build a completely new rifle in .223AI this year. 8)
manitou210 said:Save your money on building a 223 AI can't use them in FTR and for what you gain it not a option.and breaks are not allowed in F class shootingIA_shooter said:varmintshooter said:I shoot them in a 223 AI @ 3600 and the accuracy was good enough that I didn't look any farther. This was in a 9 twist. Never tried them in a 7 twist.
That's exactly why I am going to order myself a .223AI barrel with a nice brake installed soon. I want to be able to shoot the 50-55 grain .224 bullets in the 3500-3800 fps range and still be able to see the hits in the scope.
I thought about putting a barrel like that on this Savage 12 VLPDBM but I want to keep the 1-7 twist barrel on this to be able to use for some FTR shoots in the future so I'm just going to build a completely new rifle in .223AI this year. 8)
A 1/7 twist shooting 80 to 90 gr bullets will out shoot the 55 so bad your not in same league beyond 250 yards shooting 52 to 55 gr bullets
sorry for being a little harsh
manitou
txnintn said:All,
I have a Remington 22-250 w/ a 14" twist. I've had nothing good to say about the 53 grain V-Max. I am unable to get the bullet to stabilize at any speed so far. .I have a few left from the 2 boxes I started with. My last loads ran 3625 fps and the groups were at least 1.5". The holes were oblong and ragged. l guess I be shooting Sierra's or Nosler's in UBR's factor class.
Txnintn
CatShooter said:txnintn said:All,
I have a Remington 22-250 w/ a 14" twist. I've had nothing good to say about the 53 grain V-Max. I am unable to get the bullet to stabilize at any speed so far. .I have a few left from the 2 boxes I started with. My last loads ran 3625 fps and the groups were at least 1.5". The holes were oblong and ragged. l guess I be shooting Sierra's or Nosler's in UBR's factor class.
Txnintn
The faster a given bullet is driven, the more stable it is.
53 grain pill @ 3625 fps is getting very close to a maximum load. 41 grains of H4350 launches a 52 grain bullet @ 3550 according to their site. However I have loaded up 9 maxium test loads. Maybe they will be in the 3800s.
That said, 3625 is VERY slow for a 22-250.
I shoot 53 V-MAxs in a 14" 22-250, but I drive them much faster.
txnintn said:CatShooter said:txnintn said:All,
I have a Remington 22-250 w/ a 14" twist. I've had nothing good to say about the 53 grain V-Max. I am unable to get the bullet to stabilize at any speed so far. .I have a few left from the 2 boxes I started with. My last loads ran 3625 fps and the groups were at least 1.5". The holes were oblong and ragged. l guess I be shooting Sierra's or Nosler's in UBR's factor class.
Txnintn
The faster a given bullet is driven, the more stable it is.
53 grain pill @ 3625 fps is getting very close to a maximum load. 41 grains of H4350 launches a 52 grain bullet @ 3550 according to their site. However I have loaded up 9 maxium test loads. Maybe they will be in the 3800s.
That said, 3625 is VERY slow for a 22-250.
I shoot 53 V-Maxs in a 14" 22-250, but I drive them much faster.