Thread: Belmont 77gr SMK,223

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

you used them on animals yet @jakewire?

i'll eventually run out of 55 gr barnaul and belmont work well for my 308.

@Russian 22. the Belmont 55gr soft point works good. It's surprisingly consistent.

Originally Posted by Beavis

@Russian 22. the Belmont 55gr soft point works good. It's surprisingly consistent.

I currently have a lot of barnaul around. It works well.

Although the close range goats I have shot have tended to just blow up and spread the copper jacket all over the place like a frag grenade. Maybe it's juts too close. They still died pretty quick.

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

Could you please pull one and take a photo of the powder and what it weighs please

I'll do it late this week or the weekend and post

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

you used them on animals yet @jakewire?

i'll eventually run out of 55 gr barnaul and belmont work well for my 308.

Not yet, I'm still in the experimental stage for this rifle, I won't take it on any sort of hunt until I'm happy with the overall load be it these or some handload I'm preparing.

I got 100 rounds of this stuff. If I get to the range today I will run it over the chrony with a 14.5, 16" and 20" barrel.

excellent
My V3 arrived Friday night so I'l be able to try it with this next weekend. will be interesting to compare your speeds and mine out of the Tikka.

Ok some live data from the range

14.5"
2554
2544
2534
2554
2559

AV 2549
ES 25
SD 10

16"
2650
2624
2640
2650
2614

AV 2635

ES 36

SD 16

20"
2732
2704
2732
2721
2699

Av 2711

ES 33

SD 15

@jakewire

See that 50fps per inch rule of thumb is still pretty reliable

Those are pretty damn reasonable numbers for bulk pack remanufactured ammo. Kudos Belmont.

Couple of targets at 100m



Top left, 5 shots CMMG 16", Eotech (unmagnified). Pretty good aren't I.

Middle group, 14.5" Faxon pencil barrel, 5x Leupold Mk4

Another 5 shots with the 14.5"



Good enough for the purpose of these rifles. No doubt could do better with a higher mag scope. Now to game test.

Interesting results there, thanks Beavis

good velocities, quite a bit faster than the Hornady Steel Match 75 gr BTHP I chrono'd in 18.5" and 20" barrels.

@jakewire when you get some time can you pull one and show us the weight etc...

Yeah sorry mate @300-BLK , tomorrow night.
@Beavis, Maybe my lower 3000 figures with a full lenght barrel and muzzle forward suppressor wasn't too far off
Cheers.

@300-BLK



Why does it put stuff in sideways?????

I wonder which powder they are using? SMP maybe? The research I have done suggests it is St Mark 763, which is the same as Alliant MR 2000 from memory. It is a warm load.

Belmont action rifle would be my guess @jakewire @Beavis