Originally Posted by Sheister
Should be screaming. My 223AI smithed by IT&D is pushing the 40's at around 3950 IIRC.... they explode like little bombs when they hit critters....

That's who did my faux Ti 223 ai with an 8 twist pac nor 3 groove maybe 15 years ago. It's got a 21" barrel and still shoots well. I'm still burning up a large stash of 75g amaxes but I have 75, 80, and 88 eldms waiting. I don't think it'll stabilize the 88s but I'll probably give them a try. I used to run 75s at 3100 but it was a hot load and when I switched lots of lapua brass it was too hot. I've found a good load with 8208xbr that runs 3000 and always shoots well. Sometimes I'll run 53g vmaxes at 3400 plus but 90% of the time it's been 75 amaxes.

My remage criterion 22 Creedmoor been getting all the field time lately.

Bb