Thread: What bullet for 223 and goats?

Originally Posted by Tommy

Bought a pile of those a while back and aboouut ready to load em finally. Roughly how much and what sort of powder were you putting behind them?

hey there im using 21gr 2206h thats safe in my 222 groups well and goats and deer dont like it cci primer and pretty scientific with seating depth i just start a bullet in an unprimed empty case put it in the gun and close the bolt on it then put the case in my press set the seating die up so it just touches the bullet then wind it an 1/8 of a turn down thats what works in this particular rifle

Originally Posted by northdude

hey there im using 21gr 2206h thats safe in my 222 groups well and goats and deer dont like it cci primer and pretty scientific with seating depth i just start a bullet in an unprimed empty case put it in the gun and close the bolt on it then put the case in my press set the seating die up so it just touches the bullet then wind it an 1/8 of a turn down thats what works in this particular rifle

21gr seems quite light?

Originally Posted by Tommy

21gr seems quite light?

in my book 20 is min and i think 23.5 max which is compressed i dont do compressed loads i load for accuracy not speed shot goats to 230m no probs