Thread: 223 reloading help

Originally Posted by Tahr

Slightly off topic, but I went to the 69grn Targex because of their higher BC, lower price and availability. BM2 was ok, but 2206 is great. 3k from 20” barrel (chrono). Warm load (work up) of 26grns.

Great on deer. Have used them out to 300 yds under ideal conditions.
And cheap enough to blaze away at bunnies and small critters.
And they are an NZ product.

what barrel twist are you running , @Tahr ??

Tim

Originally Posted by kiwi39

what barrel twist are you running , @Tahr ??

Tim

1:9 Its a little Savage ligth-weight thingy.
Groups .5/.75, a better shot would get one holers. I can only do that with one shot groups.

So, I do mine with 24.2gn and I get this group at 100 meters... they are 10 shots.
I use the same load for my 69gn SMK. I shoot it from my Tikka T3 Lite with a 20" barrel.