I am in the process of purchasing a 14.5inch barreled ar15 with a 1in7 twist. Can someone please help with projectile suggestion for hunting and any load data would be greatly appreciated. Cheers
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I am in the process of purchasing a 14.5inch barreled ar15 with a 1in7 twist. Can someone please help with projectile suggestion for hunting and any load data would be greatly appreciated. Cheers
With such a short barrel choice you are planning on short range use only? ie under 200 yds?
1 in 7 twist tends to suggest a heavier ie longer bullets, but 55gr is always worth a try.
I suggest avoiding barnaul bullets.
BM2 seems to work well as a powder and its relatively cheap and easy to come by, though 2208 does fine.
I have been using 2206h with 50gr zmax , will that powder work? Yeah close range hunting , mainly fallow deer
2206h and bm2 are the common powders used for a 223. For deer is important to avoid frangible projectile. I use and recommend Barnes 62g ttsx. Expensive but with it for deer.
Sierra 65gn Gamekings
Cheap
Accurate
Effective
Don't mind a jump to the rifling.
Here is my recipe that is very accurate in dpms with 16'' barrel and Nea with 18'' barrel.( 24.5grains of AR2206H, 60grain hornady softpoint #2270, OAL set at 2.260'')
Works well on large billys, have some 60g hornady hollow point projectiles that shoot just as good but yet to see how they go on goats.
Show of hands for those loading for AR (14.5-18") .... : BM2 or 2206h?
Anything suitable for hunting being used in 70-80gr? And still fit in the mag?
ADI 62g on 23 grains of 2208, NEA 14.5".
Lovely.
Anyone used speer 70gr?
My 16" CMMG is spitting out 65gr Serrias with the help of some BM2.
The only thing holding it back on accuracy is the Shakey Old Blind Bugger yanking on the Trigger.
Cheers
Pete
223 is great but it needs to be going as fast as possible to be effective, 2208 and 2206h are pretty limp out of a 14 inch gun.
I'll parrot my usual load. 26gr 2206H. 68gr Hornady BTHP. 2800 fps from a 14.5".
What powder would you suggest dr watson? Thanks Beavis
Interestingly after putting a lot of different rounds over chronograph I found Privi blue box 55gr soft point to be a good value all round load. 2970 out of my 16 inch gun and will put 3 under 1moa.
Brass case and 70 cents a round ... I will only reload if I'm chasing a few more FPS.
For general hunting I can't go past the Privi.
Vitivouri make a number of pistol powders that work... Although it breaks the bank.
2207 has worked well in the past.
Where do you get PPU that cheap Doc? I will run it if I can get it at that price.
It really depends on how much you want to buy... I purchased a few thousand rounds a while ago so that's bulk price. I believe gun city still stock the ppu soft point. Could be worth grabbing a couple boxes and seeing if your gun likes it.
Could potentially do an order of like 10000 odd rounds through our club
Having a hard time finding min and max loads and OAL for 2206h and the 65 gameking, can someone shed some light please?
Just use the data for their 63gn projectile or 69gn SMK.Quote:
Originally Posted by matto1234
Don't be hung up on the OAL either. Either focus on distance from rifling or seat it to fit the mag.
Try Belmont Action Rifle Powder.
Belmont Powder | Product Categories | Belmont Ammunition
26.3gr with a Hornady 55gr SP, Murom SR mag primer shoots under 20mm in my 16" BCM @2900 fps.
Fallow, goats, wallabies no problem to 300m, cheap too :thumbsup:
2206H 62gr projectiles upwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommy
I use 24.5gr of 2206H for my 69Matchkings (competition) and probably the same for the 65gr game kings - which i would use for hunting fallow
Work up from 24gr?
Yep. I did.
FYI, my OAL to projectile ogive was 49.76mm, which works in most AR mags.
Oops, was looking at my Sako .223 SGK load.Quote:
Originally Posted by dogmatix
Sure that's not 57.28?Quote:
Originally Posted by dogmatix
Nope, I measure from the Ogive, not tip.
Thanks dogmatix ill give that a go!