Originally Posted by JD8330
Seafire do you have a favorite 55 grain bullet for your unique 223 loads


Actually playing with it...

currently running 8.5 grains of Unique, playing at the range...at 100 meters..

have tried 55 grain Hornady, Speer, Sierra and Winchester... Plus some Nosler VG..
none are really showing any more accuracy than the other, at least to speak of..
all would more than enough to be minute of sage rat or gopher at that distant..
which is all I am really asking of it...

for targets I am using the Midway Rifle targets with 4 targets on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper..

at that distance... am doing as I care to say, minute of sage rat...some groups tighter than others..

also tried some 50 grain bullets...

50s, Hornady, Speer TNT, Sierra SMP, Winchester... same points of impact as the 55s at 100 meters.
none more accurate than the others..

Blue Dot does give tighter groups, I can tell ya that..

but hey, its off season, getting in range time... experimenting and playing around....

all of these are more accurate than any 22 Mag I have tho...

Rifle that has been road testing these loads is a Howa Mini Action, I got thru Whittakers
chambered in 223, 1 in 9 twist...

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