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  1. M

    .223 - 5.56

    What do you guys think about n140 vs n540 for 75-80 grain bullets?
  2. M

    .223 - 5.56

    Here are my numbers with tac across 19 shots. Starline brass, remington 7 1/2 primer, 24.0 grains of tac, sierra 77 smk, 2.260 oal. Most the shots are fairly consistent except for that one shot at the max velocity. No idea what's going on there. All charges were dispensed with a chargemaster...
  3. M

    .223 - 5.56

    I tried 24 grains of tac with the 77 smk last weekend and had some really bad chrono results. I'll post them here later.
  4. M

    Why is my lapua 223 brass not chambering and sizing?

    The 80 eld has been so so for me so I'm going to try the 80 smk rather than mess with the 75 eld right now. Virtually ever service rifle shooter uses them in a wylde chambered barrel so it should be pretty easy to get to shoot. Curious to see how your 75 eld loads settle in with the n540. Never...
  5. M

    Identifying carbon vs stainless bighorn origin?

    I have a late carbon steel action and a friend has an early stainless one. No difference in feel I could tell.
  6. M

    Why is my lapua 223 brass not chambering and sizing?

    Your starline brass measurements are right on with my new brass as well. I measured some factory 223 ammo I had on hand and it measures 1.454". I'd need to measure some more ammo but you're rifle should chamber factory ammo fine. Why virgin brass isn't sized down more beats me. I'm 100% with you...
  7. M

    Why is my lapua 223 brass not chambering and sizing?

    For reference, fired brass out of my wylde chamber measures 1.456". With redding type s dies and a redding competition shell holder (+.004) my brass comes out at 1.454". The match dies seem to be able to size brass smaller than the regular full length dies I've used. I'd have to measure again...
  8. M

    Who's switched to 2 stage triggers?

    No doubt I have more practice to do. Shooting groups to the rifles full potential over and over is not easy. I will shoot it a bit more before I decide if I want another trigger. I'm also not the most comfortable with the stock. Lop is a bit short among a few other things. Might try a chassis.
  9. M

    Who's switched to 2 stage triggers?

    Let me also say practicing trigger technique with no matter what you're using is obviously important and I'm working on that. It seems I'm either doing a nice slow pull pressure until it surprises me which is can make me flinch a bit at times or I'm pulling a bit too hard on the trigger and...
  10. M

    Who's switched to 2 stage triggers?

    Everytime I go to the range with my build I find things I like, and things I think I could benefit from changing. I'm currently using a triggertech primary set pretty much as low as it will go. The more I shoot groups the more I would like something a bit lighter. I find myself pulling a lot of...
  11. M

    223 80g ELDM 28"

    Got some more data today. I'm averaging 2710 fps with the 80 eld and 24.4 grains of varget from a 24" barrel.
  12. M

    223 80g ELDM 28"

    Do you shoot varget much with the 75s? Curious what the velocity difference is between h4895 and varget for that bullet. 8208 and h4895 are unobtanium but varget is very prevalent lately.
  13. M

    223 80g ELDM 28"

    Interested to see your ladder with the 8208. I have 200 80s left and am going to probably ditch them for the 80 smk or 75 eld.
  14. M

    223 80g ELDM 28"

    How has 8208xbr compared to h4895 in terms of velocity for you?
  15. M

    223 80g ELDM 28"

    I'd probably load 100 rounds of whatever you want it shoot it a bit before load development. Barrel should speed up a bit.
  16. M

    Shoulder bumping for a short spec’d chamber.

    I just had a similar situation with new starline 223 brass. On my comparator it measured right at what my fired brass does. It all chambered fine and I shot it without bumping the shoulders.
  17. M

    Large deviation when loading .223

    Agreed. Even after shooting groups I leave the garmin on while I'm shooting steel. More data never hurts. What's considered a good SD and ES for 223? I'm newer to this aspect of it. My last string of 30 shots was an SD of 11 and ES of 58. Pretty much all my SD's have been under 20 and the ES has...
  18. M

    223 80g ELDM 28"

    Bet it's going to shoot awesome. I was just shooting mine last weekend with the 80 eld. Its looking like varget is going to be more accurate for me than the 8208 xbr. 8208 with the 77s is awesome though.
  19. M

    seating depth test 8208xbr/77gr smk

    Don't bother, especially when you're limited to AR mag length. I'm shooting the 77 smk with 23.2 grains of 8208 in a wylde chambered bolt gun and its money. 2.260" oal. They're jumping over .100" if I remember correctly.
  20. M

    Accuracy International Picture Thread

    It's a jeep thing...
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