Gentleman, just wondering if any of you have used these much on goats and deer. Have tried them with 2206H in my rifle and they shoot great. Mainly intend to use them on goats at longer range.
Cheers
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Gentleman, just wondering if any of you have used these much on goats and deer. Have tried them with 2206H in my rifle and they shoot great. Mainly intend to use them on goats at longer range.
Cheers
Sorry should say I'm running a standard .223
Yes my 1 in 8 loves them
Within the calibres limitations they work well
Mine start to tumble in flight somewhere around 880yrds
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Get ya money back. :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
Iv used the 80 on a few goats they worked well.
What is your load and MV if you don't mind sharing?Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
Mine likes Geco brass, CCI 450 and 24gr of 2206H with the bullet jamming slightly and a solid crimp. Haven't chronied it yet.
Will look when i get home
Am using lapua match brass with only a partial neck size to increase case capacity
I got sick of having 75gn Amax loads to fit the Sako mag, any longer then it was a pain to extract if you didn't fire a shot.
Personally I would prefer the tipped 77gn SMK for that reason, I've always liked the Blitzkings as well.
I've shot one white tail, dropped it on the spot.
I think the 77gr TMK is designed to run in AR mags. Believe the advertised G1 is similar to the A max. I'm running a Marlin X7 of all things. It has a long mag and a super short throat so I can pretty much jam any projectile on the lands if I like. They are slightly over length as is for the mag but I can sand a few mm of the mag block so they feed properly.
How do the Hornady 68gn HPBT go in the Marlin?
Good. I have found it isn't fussy. Have tried 53gr V max, 55 and 65gr Sierra GK, 68 and 75gr Hornady BTHP. Granted all but the 65's I'm basing the accuracy off of a single 5 shot group. 65gr GK is accurate as hell and works mint on goats.
I've cut back on the number of projectiles I have, used to have too many.
52gn
Horn AMax
55gn
Horn SP
Horn FMJ
Rem SP
Horn VMax
Sierra Blitzkings
Sierra HPBT
60gn
Nosler Partition
62gn
ADI FMJ
65gn
SGK
69gn
SMK
75gn
Horn Amax
77gn
SMK
80gn
SMK
:P
Just 62gn ADI FMJs, 65gn SGKs and 69 SMKs now, still want to try the 68gn HPBT and the 77gn TSMK though
I was hoping it would like the 55gr Hornady SP's you can buy in the bulk bags. But so far they shoot like crap.
@Beavis I am running the 75 amax in a t3 223 and have found then good at killing goats and fallow. Fallow have been within 250m and have been very devastating!
I'm using 2206h around 24gr also and cci primers they are mag fit
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I'm running 80amax at 2906 from 223 and it kills deer out to 200 with lots of bruised meat. Goats at 600 drop very fast too. That's about the limit I think. Could go further theoretically but a but risky really.
The 65GK IS the perfect bullet on big red stags.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beavis
I'm running 75gr Amax and 65gr gamekings In my savage......
Both shooting to the same POI
Using BM2 and 2208.
Bit of an update. Got to finally have a decent play with these today. They're doing 2880fps average out of the marlin. I dialed them out to 500m on my large steel plate and hit it everytime. Not terribly precise shooting as i wasnt allowing for wind so almost all hits were on the far right side of the plate (it's like an 18" dia). Grouping on my smaller steel plate at 300m was pleasing. Need to go goating now. Seems like it would be quite a potent load for the wee .223
Went to a shoot the other day and nailed cans at 700. Managed a can at 1000 to. Great fun
What powder and barrel length are you running?Quote:
Originally Posted by robhughes-games
That seem pretty fast for a 80gr 223 load.
I reckon it sounds legit. I can go half a grain higher with the 75's but it starts blowing primersQuote:
Originally Posted by Beetroot
I get 2840 fps with 80 gr A-Max from my Savage Model 12 .223, 1:7 twist 26" barrel.
24.7 gr 2208 in Norma cases.
Could squeeze more 2208 in, but this is a safe load shooting out to 1000 yards.
Have you shot that far? By my calculations that bullet needs a 1:6 twist at below 2400 fps. Friend has a savage trophy hunter 1:9 twist got some 68 gr hornady bthp loaded for him. Grouped perfectly at 100, at 300 wouldnt hit a tux bag sized target so somewhere inbetween it went pear shaped. Works out a 1:7 twist was the go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyclops