I had read about all the mods and gyrations regarding long 223 rounds in 700's and thought there's no way it can be that complicated. So I dug thru my parts boxes and found a 223 box missing the rear spacer. The spacer in my XCR box is welded in and I didn't want to remove it. I narrowed a 308 follower to fit the narrow 223 box and installed it with a 308 spring.

The 75 gr AMax touches the lands in my XCR Tactical at 2.495

I seated them at at 2.475 and it feeds like it was made for them.



"after the bullet leaves the barrel it doesn't care what headstamp was on the case"
"The 221 Fireball is what the Hornet could have been had it stayed in school"