Thread: Who still makes 0.223" diameter projectiles?

Originally Posted by Oldbloke

I'm a bit far too.

True, surely there is a good bugger on here that will go to a range with this man and rule out shooter error. Sorry I'm too far away also.

Originally Posted by shananah

Just a thought, as I understand it, this rifle has had the barrel shortened & threaded for a suppressor ex factory, probably since it arrived in NZ. I wonder how good a job was done on the shortening? That may not be helping your accuracy.

There is a chance that the threading/shortening job is causing issues, the rifle has also been bedded before I got it, this could also be causing issues, the crown of the barrel could also be causing some issues,

I think the bedding or the crowning is the two most likely issues on the rifle, I'll do some more shooting with other rifles and come back to this one with a fresh mind on it, should be able to see if my shooting is the issue doing some grouping with them instead of finding someone else to come and shoot this particular rifle.

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

True, surely there is a good bugger on here that will go to a range with this man and rule out shooter error. Sorry I'm too far away also.

I really appreciate that so many people would be willing to help, but I must say in black and white that I wouldn't be comfortable at this stage with having someone else coming to shoot my rifles, nothing against anyone on the forum or anything like that.

I'm going to go get some groupings with my 22lr, should be posted up soonish, might give an indication on my general shooting ability with a rifle I've been using for ages.

only had a chance to get 1 grouping while sighting it in as it was starting to rain, was still fairly decent (atleast compared to the 220 groupings) 1.3cm 5 shot group at 25m
I'll go out again to get some more when the weather clears up a bit, I could use the practice anyways

Don't shoot at a t shoot at a X that way you can centre reticle north south east n west. If you get me drift. Your cross hairs won't cover the X as that's sticking out in the ne,nw. Se,sw position. Try it. It works.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Don't shoot at a t shoot at a X that way you can centre reticle north south east n west. If you get me drift. Your cross hairs won't cover the X as that's sticking out in the ne,nw. Se,sw position. Try it. It works.

Mate, last I heard he was shooting off a fence post!

Before you worry about that, he needs to set up along the lines of bench rest.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Don't shoot at a t shoot at a X that way you can centre reticle north south east n west. If you get me drift. Your cross hairs won't cover the X as that's sticking out in the ne,nw. Se,sw position. Try it. It works.

I'll setup my next target like that,
I have a howa mini on the way so guess we'll get to see if its me or the 220 rifle pretty soon.

Originally Posted by Oldbloke

Mate, last I heard he was shooting off a fence post!

Before you worry about that, he needs to set up along the lines of bench rest.

Hah, don't worry I sorted that out a couple of pages back when I was informed I was being stupid shooting off a post, I'm shooting off soft bags prone on the ground, Will have a shooting bench sorted once the ground dries up enough to get some posts rammed in,
Going to soft bags was noticeably more stable but my groups still aren't good, my first solid try off bags was on page 6 with the wet target, anything prior to that is off the fence post, theres a noticeable improvement from the post, but still 8cm groups at 50m and 4cm groups at 25m.

As above, I have a 223 on the way so I'll get to test if im the issue or not, at least if im the issue I'll be able to shoot pills over 40gr inaccurately

"but still 8cm groups at 50m and 4cm groups at 25m."

What can I say,,,that's terrible.

You must know someone that can assist, not too far away??

Might be able to convince a family member to try and shoot the 220, not sure how they'll group at all as their eyesight is worse than mine

Should have a howa mini in my hands within the day, ammo will probably be Tuesday or so as I'm waiting on cases and some heavier projectiles, guess I'll be able to confirm soon enough,
although the 1.3cm grouping at 25m with a 22lr should indicate I'm at least capable of some sort of accuracy, the 220 grouping was 3x that at the same range.

Buy some factory loads to start with. Fiochi seems to be accurate for everyone who's tried it.you get new brass and get to test rifle with a known good load.

Should be able to get some 223 rounds tomorrow, no clue what the local H&F stock though,

Have the howa mini in hand, much nicer rifle than the 220, fitted up the scope and suppressor off the 220 onto it,
As long as I can get some MOA grouping with the howa I'll be selling the 220,

Originally Posted by NAKED_GOOSE

Should be able to get some 223 rounds tomorrow, no clue what the local H&F stock though,

Have the howa mini in hand, much nicer rifle than the 220, fitted up the scope and suppressor off the 220 onto it,
As long as I can get some MOA grouping with the howa I'll be selling the 220,

Better luck with the 223 mate.you

Went out with the howa mini today, went much better than the 220 did, seem like I might shoot a bit better left handed,
the howa doesn't like 55gr's by the looks of it, the 62gr's I loaded went well, 5 shot groups at 50m were 1cm left handed and 1.5cm right handed, could of just been the wind or coincidental but I'll test that over time.

Didn't find any factory ammo when I went in so ended up loading my own, 24gr of 2206h for the 62gr and 24.5 for the 55gr,
Will load up some more and push out to 100m and see what happens

55gr projectiles




62gr projectiles L/H 5 shot group


62gr R/H 5 shot group

The 55s need tried again

I'll do some further testing with the 55's at a later date but with the 10 rounds I loaded the groups were all pretty wide compared to the 62's,
I've got way more 62's on hand so I'll just continue developing a load for them,

I'll have to figure out the 55's eventually as to my knowledge the hornady 62gr bulk stuff isn't being made anymore so I'll be left with the 55gr as a cheap projectile choice.