Thread: Scope Selection help needed. 223 varmant shooting. Shafted by redfield suppliers

Originally Posted by smidey

so what's the issue? i have a pack of hornady 223 55gr and the box says 3240fps. that info you see above is from a drop table selection listing hundreds of factory ammo types. from that table there are several horandy 223 rounds with 3240fps.

I'm not sure what i'm missing, can you enlighten me?

Typically the velocities printed on the boxes are massively inflated. I have seen variances of over 400fps.

I will be pretty surprised if your load is actually doing over 3000fps.