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I ended up loading up 55gr VMAX over Benchmark. It's what I took out to SD last time and they seemed to do OK. I ran some drift charts and at their speed, they seemed to drift less than the 40 and 50s grainers. I might have given up something in terms of spotting my hits. We shall see...
Thanks all for the input.
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You will definitely give up seeing some hits by using 55 gr rather than 40 gr bullets. I originally went to the 40's because they allow me to spot for myself and the 40 gr Nosler BT's have always shot very well in every rifle I have tried them in.
I no longer load anything heavier in my 223's, the great majority of my shooting is withing 350 yds though - my self-imposed limitation to keep my hit percentage up.
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223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.
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If you shoot a LOT of dogs, Speer 50 TNT's can usually be bought reasonably and I haven't come across a 222, 223,223 AI or 222 Mag that won't shoot them very well.
Agreed. I bought mine in the 1K count little ammo cans, and they're both accurate and very violent. Even the little Deuce hits with real authority.
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40 grain nosler varmagedon,there cheap and shoot great!favorite load is 14 hrs.bluedot ,rem.6.5 primer,in my 223 ack imp they cruise along at 3320 f.p.s.,no recoil,can shoot a ton of p.d.'s without barrel getting hot,incredibly accurate.
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40 gr v max works great
50 gr tnt also...
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