Thread: Who still makes 0.223" diameter projectiles?

Originally Posted by bluecod1967

just a thought get a 224 lee tumble lube die lube ya 224 projectiles and swage them down my 224 die comes out at 223.5 maybe worth a crack if ya cant get 223 projectiles easily

It's certainly a thought, was also mentioned on the last page about trying to swage the .224" projectiles down, certainly will be an option if I find that the .223" shoot better in my rifle, the .223" projectiles certainly don't seem to come up often

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Shooting over a fencepost means you are kneecapping yourself. At very least get into a damped prone. Or any decent prone position. Ok so lightweight n short only.

its quite a tall fence post, just have to stand with a wide stance to get inline with everything, currently its the best setup I have for repeatability until I make a more permanent shooting rest out the back of the farm, only have 60m of flat where I'm shooting at the moment so once I get the gun shooting better I'm sure I'll want to try 100m+ which will require a change in position.

Originally Posted by Crusty

I'm hoping to take mine to the range on Sunday, will let you know how I go and what loads work.
I'm going to load up some Hornady 40gr and some Sierra 40gr using 2207 and 2219.
Remember that the original projectiles are round nose, flat base. So quite short and work in the slow twist. I think 224 projectiles will make the case neck too tight in the chamber.

I'll load up some .224s too and see how they go.

I'm using the sierra 40grs, cause they're the cheapest I've tried 2206H but it was too slow so moved on to 2207, you're right about the necks being tight in the chamber, but I'm turning the brass down, without turned brass I couldn't chamber .223" projectiles or .224". It will be interesting to see what results you get, I got sick of trying to filter through the russian forums with the poor translation from google, be good to get some results in english