Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Predators and Varmints 75 grain A-Max in 223 rem?

Looking for experience on game with this round in 223 rem. Mostly for predators, coyote, cougar, badger,bobcat, cougar,small hogs,

I am working on load development right now, hope to have more information to report soon.

Working on the same bullet weight but in a 22.250 this week..fast twist barrel.

for the 223, I use mid range powders...

4064, IMR 4895, Varget, RL 15, W 748, BLC2, AA 2520 to name a few..

the fastest velocity in a 22.250 with that bullet weight is surprisingly good ol IMR 4895 or IMR 4064...

Shot a couple of coyotes with em in a 223. Both dropped where I shot em. One at 100 yards one at 205. Didn't get out to see what kinda damge the bullet did, but it put em down fast.

Love that bullet on Game,whether SAAMI 223,223AI,224Wby,22-250,22-250AI,CHeetah or Swift.

Hint.............

i think all the 22s from 223 up r realy cool 75gr bullet pushers.

Have never shot the 75A-Max in anything smaller than a 223 or bigger than a CHeetah,so cain't really quantify that...though I'm hip on the notion in general.............

Anyone have experience on deerwith em? Pass throughs on lung shots?

Depends upon impact velocity and the size of the 'cage.

Have killed alotta Bucks dead however and will prolly add to the fray,come morning.

75BTHP



75A-Max




75 Scirocco II




Just sayin'................

Nice pics, I really wanna hunt those deer
one day. As Steelhead noted in another post those deer have much thicker hides and way more fat on em than our southern deer here. I'm sure the amax would get the job done. I'm gonna try sciroccos with the same load data as the amax and see what I come up with. The amaxes are shooting great though.

If they sucked,I'd not shoot 'em and they certainly do not.(hint)

The 75 S2's far greater bearing surface,do make more pressure than the 75A-Max,when talking like powder charges...so tread lightly there.

Rehint.................

A bearing surface glimpse,from left to right:

50V-Max,75 Hornie BTHP,75 S2,75 A-Max...............

What kind of twist do you have to run in a '250 to stabilize the 75 AMax?

1-8".

Is where you wanna be................

So I guess the factory 1-12" ain't gonna work, eh? <grin>

Might have to look for a new barrel with a bit quicker twist if I'm gonna get serious about runnin' that bullet through the gun...

ONLY move you've got.............

The heaviest bullet I've been able to stabilize in a 1-12 .223 barrel is the Nosler 69gr HPBT Match. Not in the same league as the 75Amax though.

I shot a 68 gr. BTHP match in a heavy bbl 1 in 12 and got it to shoot easily and well.
That said, it mighta been a fluke
I'm not quite the tight twist aficionado some here are...but in this case, I think its a pretty safe( ...sure..?...) bet.....

Bearing surface looks about same to me. I called the factory a few months back about the 75 S2's and at that time they had NEVER done any testing on the 224 bullet and said they were going to before they released their next manual.
Some of the guys at the factory had shot em in their personal rifles, but were reluctant to give me much data. I'm just gonna work up real lightly with my amax data I guess. I have 150 of em so Im gonna try emfor sure.

Eyes differ, but the bearing surfaces look VERY different to mine. I'd start a might bit lower than your Amax data.