Thread: CMJ Restrike Projectiles in 223, 308

Howdy

There was an old thread I found from 2014, OP @Simon. https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....8-223-a-13042/

Tried to resurrect it but system dicked me around so starting fresh

I'm interested how this worked out over time. I have a large qty of both 55 and 62gn FP Frontier CMJ Restrike projectiles in .224 dia as well as a qty of 308 Cal, 155gn Spitzer FP

I loaded some of the 55gn for my 22-250 and found them pretty effective on goats at around 100m. Don't have access to my notebook at the mo but from memory they were doing around 2600 fps so not super hot. No issues knocking them over tho,

I could not get any decent groups from the 223 with 55gn - 1:8 Twist, 16.5" barrel, Ruger Ranch II. Again just had them around 2500 fps. Using Benchmark 2

my Ruger does like 62gn Hdys so I got Bill Wright to bring me in 1000 62gn which I am about to start loading. Probably go with AR2206H

I did some with TrailBoss at subsonic and they seem reasonably consistent but not ultra accurate in terms of groups. I want to crank them up to around high 2000s, I don't think with the short barrel Ruger I can crack 3000fps. Not really sure I need to.

What I am interested in is how folk have found the bullet integrity at higher speeds and at what twist. Like, do they fall apart? At what speed from what twist rate?

@Simon, did you continue down the path? and what did you learn? Was there a later thread?

Is anyone else seriously using these for sub-200m hunting in any calibre?

Issues? comments? loads?

I am intending to do some load dev with the 30cal for my 30-30 and 308 for 100m average bush shooting. And in .22 cal for 22-250 , .222 and .223. It would be good to gather what informed data there is.

cheers

J.