Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles Remington 700 .223 heavy barrel with 1 in 12 twist. What bullet?

I found the same out also Tom...only went thru a couple of boxes of them, that I got cheap, but after that the regular pricing ( at least locally) I went with the other bullets...

I do have a habit of bouncing the bullet just in front of the rodent tho, so it is "Shrapnel" when it hits the little flea bitten rats.. makes for wonderful acrobatics, and shredded rodents...

I'd sure try the 53 VMax. It was designed to get the most out of 1/12 223s in the varmint fields. BC in the .290 range, about the best in a bullet of it's weight.

My 1/8 Ruger American Predator shoots them well.

My 223 1-12 loves 40 grain ballistic tips the nosler varmageddons and cfe 223 are my ticket to happiness

My Remington 700 with a 1-12 twist really likes the 55-grain Ballistic Tips.

It also shoots decently (in the 1 m.o.a. range, or slightly better) with the cheap, bulk 55-grain Hornady SP flatbase bullets, which I use for general purpose fun on the range. I wouldn't hesitate to use this basic Hornady bullet on coyotes. In my rifle, with a general-purpose load using WC845 surplus powder (close to H335), I can easily group that bullet into 3 inches at 300 yards if I read the wind properly. That's probably good enough for coyotes, though I haven't had the opportunity to use it for that purpose yet.