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Royce, did you tell me your 223 is a Tikka? Do you know if it's the 1/8 twist bbl?

If so, I've got some 77gr Noslers loaded up for my AR15s, and I'll bring some of that ammo along to see how it does in your 223.

Shane
My 223 is a Ruger Hawkeye with a 9 twist- I am sitting here contemplating taking the damn thing someplace and trading it.- I bought it wanting a gun that would shoot into 1 inch or less with standard bullets. The purpose was to use it for a LOT of practice from field positions on both varmints and plinking.
I foolishly sold my Tikka 223 last year because I thought my 204 was going to replace it, but have since decided I want both.
I bought a box of Hornady 68 BTHP, but not sure if it makes sense to shoot those out of a 223 when I have a 243 that will shoot cheaper bullets at a flatter trajectory.

Fred

OK, well I'll still bring alomng some 77s. They shoot fairly well from my 1/9 AR with a 16" bbl. Who knows, they may fly in the Ruger.

But, I hear you on wanting to find happiness with factory fodder. I've only had about 1.5-2.0 moa accuracy from the 55gr milsurp stuff, but that was in the ARs.

The Hornady 68gr BTHP should be a good baseline test for sure.

Royce u oughtta' play around some with 22's at distance. We were screwing around with my MR Picuda out to 300 yds. just yesterday and it required this PFI 22 Long Rifle Rapid Reticle 21 MOA 200-yd. line with about 18 more MOA to hit 300. Hit a 6" snow patch with it 1 out of 6 shots using 200-yd. 10 mph windage for reference with Fed. VP Wal-mart bulk. Sure was fun though, and the kids and wives really love it. Great for LR practice/trainers--
300 yds.-


3-9x PFI 22 Long Rifle Rapid Reticle--