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Anybody use this stuff loaded with the V-Max? Specifically in .222 and .223?




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Yes I use a ton of the 223. It shoots great in all my 233's. The 50gr v-max shoots considerably better than the 40gr. I only buy the 50gr now. I think it's a great deal when I don't feel like reloading 1000's of 223. I use it for gophers exclusively. It shoots as good as reloads in many rifles. I would 100% recommend it. I have shot a few different lots and it's all been good. When it goes in sale for $20/per 50 I usually buy 500-1000.
Pretty curious about the 222 myself but haven't yet tried it. I like the 50 round boxes on the 223. The 222 only come in 20's. I plan on trying some
Of the 222 ammo this spring.

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flave,

SAS highly recommended the .223 50 grain version to me and a buddy. He was right....


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Trav,

I was running some of it thru the Howa Mini...

just the cheap generic, 55 gr FMJ....

it still gave me bugholes...

so a V Max had to be much better....


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40 gr V-Max .223 stuff shot good for me.


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The 50 grain VMax 223 shoots good in my bolt guns, but not as good as the more or less equally priced Australian Outback 55 grain Sierra.

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Here's a few of the 50 grain Vmax loads outta the RAR-P.... they shoot like a champ outta the cheap Ruger.

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I have shot both the 40 gr and 50 gr Fiocchi V-Max loads in a couple of AR's and bolt guns and they ran fine. The 40 gr load even chronographed at the factory velocity rating out of my 26" barrel Remington 700SPS Varmint: 3650 fps. (They ran 3167 out of a 16" S&W M&P 15 Sport). I like it well enough that I have about 2500 rounds of the 40 gr on hand.

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You guys weren't kidding.

Shoots extremely well. Very impressed. Thanks for all the replies.




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Either the 40 or 50 grain vmax variants is very good ammo in a variety of my or friend's rifles. This coyote lost her mind over a 40 grain "ping-pong" ball from Fiocchi.
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Cabelas has the Fiocchi .223 rem 50 gr Vmax on sale.....


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Originally Posted by frogman43
Cabelas has the Fiocchi .223 rem 50 gr Vmax on sale.....


$19.99 a box... I just grabbed a couple boxes....

Had a ball last Friday watching my 7 and 9 year old sons pound steel out to 400 running these rounds. Something uber fun about a suppressed .223...


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$19.99 per box of 50?


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Travis,

I shot some Fiocchi with the 50 grain Vmax in two different 222's and it grouped under 1" in both. Good stuff for a factory load.

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Good to know guys. Thanks again.




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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual.
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My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Shot quite a bit of the Fiocchi 223, 50gr VMax stuff out of a number of different rifles with MOA or better results out of each.
At one time I had 3 or 4 case of it. Working on the last case now, but most of that has been used to fire-form 223AI cases. Not sure if it holds true with the current production 223/50gr V-Max rounds, but all of the stuff I have had to this point had annealed case necks.


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My son-in-law and I just bought a 1,000 round case of Fiocchi 50 grain V max, and split it.

It works GREAT through my AR 15, and is accurate.

From 30 yards it will put 5 shots into 1/2" with a red dot sight.

With my 64 year old eyes this is about as well as I can shoot with a red dot sight.

It sure blows up Grapfruit well! (GRIN!)


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