Thread: Does anyone know someone who professionally finds the right reloading round for rifle

Originally Posted by steven

and its 223?

Reading into 223 at the moment and my first impressions is it can be made to get to 1000yds but its a big ask and seems almost a specialized gun/barrel and chamber to do it, ie 80gr and even 90gr long pills and a chamber reamed to suit.

PS. Terminal ballistics will do load development as well I think. Extensive Field-Tested Rifle & Cartridge Research - BallisticStudies.com and accurise your rifle.

For 1000yds Palma and FTR I use a specialist gun to get there with extreme accuracy (1/4 moa and better). You need to have a specialist gun and that with a 308w cartridge!
@ebf has an old single shot omark he has developed to do it as well so its possible to start at $400 ish and work your way up.

My son is shooting FTR using a .223 calibre rifle.
He is using a standard Savage Model 12 .223 with a 26" barrel with 1:7 twist.

This standard rifle shoots out to 1000 yards with Norma brass, 24.7 grains of 2208 and 80 grain Hornaday A-Max projectiles.

It is possible to shoot a .223 accurately out to a 1000 yards without a lot of expense.
All that has been done is to fit a scope to the rifle and do some load testing.

The key is the 1:7 twist barrel that allows the 80 grain A-Max to be used.