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Need a load for my AR using 70gr Berger VLD's. Was shooting Win 748 but have ran out and cant find any. Got a shelf of 70gr Bergers but no powder. Please share your favorite .223 load using 70gr bullets even if it's not an AR...
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Got both of those but it doesn't like either with this bullet....
Powders that I have on hand. Can pick something up as well..
RL-15
Varget
H-4895
H-380
CFE-223
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Got both of those but it doesn't like either with this bullet....
Powders that I have on hand. Can pick something up as well..
RL-15
Varget
H-4895
H-380
CFE-223
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I use TAC and benchmark both for those bullets but I would think everything you list on hand with the possible exception of H380 would work wonderfully
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I'd be trying Varget,RL15 and H4895, but I would expect Varget to shoot well if your rifle is solid!
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Varget has been doing very well for me, with rem 7 1/2 primers.. ![[Linked Image]](http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt32/Rancho_Loco/IMG_0008_zpsa7f893d2.jpg) 25 grs. of TAC and CCI SRM primers also rocks..
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Rancho, what does the Varget load chrono?
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Haven't put them over a clock, but they dope at 3,000 fps in a 22" barrel.
Pretty much the same for the TAC load.
Ymmv..
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Any of you killed any critters with the 70 gr VLD's?
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Just coyotes.. I really want to smoke some deer with them.
I think Burns might have used them on some big game.
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How do they work on yotes, big holes?
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I use the 87 gr VLD in my 243AI and they arnt to bad. I have never shot any of the target bullets is why I ask.
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How do they work on yotes, big holes? 70 grainers out of a 243 or bigger will kill yotes like you wouldn't believe. 223 shouldn't be that much different, although I once shot a coyote at 400 yards with a 50 gr. BT leaving the tube out of a swift @ 3900 and it just bounced right off. Seriously. 
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3/4 inch exit, through the ribs, haven't put one into the shoulder yet. I don't shoot for fur, so I don't know if that's good or not.
I really need to send some into some WT's..
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