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CFE 223 in .223AI #11322163 07/21/16
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Anybody have any experience/load data to share? Im shooting primarily 55 and 60 grain bullets. "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

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Re: CFE 223 in .223AI ingwe #11322166 07/21/16
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,879 Missouri 1 10gaugemag Campfire Ranger
10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,879 Missouri	Tagged. The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

Re: CFE 223 in .223AI ingwe #11322185 07/21/16
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,724 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana
tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,724 Rural Utah USA	27.4 being max load as per Hodgdon.......std 223... my AI formula has always been +10% = max in the AI 29.7 grs CFE 223 being MAX....gonna have a full case fur sure... moly or bare ? my 223AI really runs well with 27.5/Benchmark pushing a moly 53 gr V max.....28" 9 twist.....didn't realize CFE was sooo slow....right next to BLC2......lotta of info on the 223AI down in the basement.............. T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: CFE 223 in .223AI tikkanut #11322294 07/21/16
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	I do the +10% thing too.... Bare. no Moly. "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: CFE 223 in .223AI ingwe #11324959 07/22/16
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 288 NE Oklahoma G gunner8305 Campfire Member
gunner8305 Campfire Member G Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 288 NE Oklahoma	I have pushed mine up to 31gr and running the coal at 2.41 with 53gr vmax's. Velocity was 3750. Quite nasty on the pdogs.

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Re: CFE 223 in .223AI gunner8305 #11324979 07/22/16
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OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Good to know. Thx. "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

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