Thread: The “you can’t go wrong” .223 load

Fed primer 25.5 2206h under both 65 game king and 60gr vmax both will shoot into the same group @100m in my rifle.

A middle of the road load that simply works in my Howa:
Winchester Brass
CCI SR primers
25.5gr AR2206H
55gr Hornady SP

I haven't chrono'd it, just sighted it in and started shooting animals, goats, pigs, deer and even head shot a couple cows that needed to be put down.

62gr Speer Gold Dot.
Winchester Brass
25.6gr 2206H
CCI 450 Primers
Doing the job on goats and fallow.

Originally Posted by tetawa

62gr Speer Gold Dot.
Winchester Brass
25.6gr 2206H
CCI 450 Primers
Doing the job on goats and fallow.

You be like Tahr. Too many rifles and too many projectiles. LOL.

55 grain Hornady #2266 and 28.5 grains of 2208 and a magnum CCI450 in PMC brass - this gives me 3307 fps from a 20" barrel. (I can neck size them for quite a while so its not even a hot load.)

But my general purpose load is really a 70 grain Speer. Which is 26.5 g of 2208 and CCI400 for 2950 fps out of the same 20" barreled CZ527


Both loads will shoot into around .75 to an inch for five shots depending on how I hold my mouth.

Originally Posted by BillyDixon

55 grain Hornady #2266 and 28.5 grains of 2208 and a magnum CCI450 in PMC brass - this gives me 3307 fps from a 20" barrel. (I can neck size them for quite a while so its not even a hot load.)

But my general purpose load is really a 70 grain Speer. Which is 26.5 g of 2208 and CCI400 for 2950 fps out of the same 20" barreled CZ527


Both loads will shoot into around .75 to an inch for five shots depending on how I hold my mouth.

I don’t think I can get that much 2208 into a case?

Originally Posted by TeRei

You be like Tahr. Too many rifles and too many projectiles. LOL.

But not enough years left to use them.

Originally Posted by Tahr

I don’t think I can get that much 2208 into a case?

25gr is pretty compressed

Originally Posted by Tahr

OK.

26.5 grns BM2 and 52grn Targex.

Rabbit, wallaby and bigger things if you come across them.

@Tahr, what is the twist rate of the rifle you are using?

Thanks

Originally Posted by imaca

@Tahr, what is the twist rate of the rifle you are using?

Thanks

1/8 and 1/9
I’m certain they will work in anything from 1/14

Originally Posted by Tahr

I don’t think I can get that much 2208 into a case?

You have to really want to.

I use PMC brass, trickle powder in very slow, and then I stand on it fiercely. Works pretty good. I am not shy about compressing powder, as long as I dont collapse the case seating the bullet and as long as the bullets don't back out overnight its fine

Originally Posted by BillyDixon

55 grain Hornady #2266 and 28.5 grains of 2208 and a magnum CCI450 in PMC brass - this gives me 3307 fps from a 20" barrel. (I can neck size them for quite a while so its not even a hot load.)

But my general purpose load is really a 70 grain Speer. Which is 26.5 g of 2208 and CCI400 for 2950 fps out of the same 20" barreled CZ527


Both loads will shoot into around .75 to an inch for five shots depending on how I hold my mouth.

Typo?

Originally Posted by TeRei

Typo?

Nah. You tamp it down with a post hole rammer.

Originally Posted by BillyDixon

55 grain Hornady #2266 and 28.5 grains of 2208 and a magnum CCI450 in PMC brass - this gives me 3307 fps from a 20" barrel. (I can neck size them for quite a while so its not even a hot load.)

But my general purpose load is really a 70 grain Speer. Which is 26.5 g of 2208 and CCI400 for 2950 fps out of the same 20" barreled CZ527


Both loads will shoot into around .75 to an inch for five shots depending on how I hold my mouth.

The fact you can still neck size them is not an indication. That load is way over maximum.

Originally Posted by omark

The fact you can still neck size them is not an indication. That load is way over maximum.

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