Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles 223 load info

My best results over the years with reduced loads in the .222/.223 family is SR4759, an excellent bulk powder that should give some velocities in the 1800-2000 fps range.

JB, Do you download any other calibers?
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<br>Red

red,
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<br>I've loaded the .223, .270, .30-30, .30-06, and .300 Win Mag in years past. Probably some others my feeble mind can no longer recall. I see very little info these days for the powder. The older Lyman and Speer manuals always had a few reduced loads using SR 4759.
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<br>I guess my interest subsided over the years. I consider myself to be more of a varmint and small game hunter these days. But it was always fun to shoot (usually cast) light loads with my big game rifles. Back in the days when we could hunt turkeys with a rifle, reduced loads using SR 4759 put them down with little meat damage. I do like the versatility it adds to a centerfire rifle cartridge.
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<br>Unique and some other pistol powders will work, but the experts say they build pressure fast (and don't fill the case as well).
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<br>Regards,
<br>JB

BCR,
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<br>Hadn't seen any updates on your load development for the Savage 223. I recently got a Savage 10FP Tactical in 223 and have come up with some good ones. 26.6 W748 over 55 gr Vmax, 27.3 Varget over 40 gr Nosler BTs. I'd like to know how you've done with yours.
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<br>Dave
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<br>I got the idea for both loads from wizard

My favorite 223 load is:
Bullet: Nosler 50 gr BT or CT 50 gr Bal. silver tip
Powder: WW748
Load: 27.7
Brass: Winchester
Primer: Federal 205 match

I get great accuracy with this load and consistantly get under 1/2" groups @ 100 yards with it out of my Ruger MKII Varmiter.

Hope that this load helps you out, I have not found a 223 as of this writing that it does not shoot good from.