New 77g 224 bullet

[DarinC]

Ran across these guys at our last match and can’t seem to find much out there on them.

I’m only a hundred or so into them, So far they are absolutely hammering and really remind me of a Berger Hybrid. And best of all, they’re available.

Mead 22 Caliber (.224 Dia.) 77gr BTHP Match Varmint 100 Per Box | Mead Industries, Inc

22 Caliber, .224 dia. MEAD 77gr BTHP bullets! 100 per box! Match Varmint!

meadammo.com

Anyone else played with them?

 

[Skint Back]

I love them and so does my MK12.

Would like to hear from some others though. Since I have only pinged steel with them.

 

[Cfshooter]

For that price i will just stick to Bergers.

 

[Skint Back]

It’d be cool if someone conducted ballistics gel testing… I will say, Their 77gr bullets look awfully funny sitting next to my SMKs.

 

[357Max]

It’d be cool if someone conducted ballistics gel testing… I will say, Their 77gr bullets look awfully funny sitting next to my SMKs.

Got a picture?

 

[ballisticdaddy]

Ran across these guys at our last match and can’t seem to find much out there on them.

I’m only a hundred or so into them, So far they are absolutely hammering and really remind me of a Berger Hybrid. And best of all, they’re available.

Mead 22 Caliber (.224 Dia.) 77gr BTHP Match Varmint 100 Per Box | Mead Industries, Inc

22 Caliber, .224 dia. MEAD 77gr BTHP bullets! 100 per box! Match Varmint!

meadammo.com

Anyone else played with them?

The Berger 77 grain is an OTM with a tangent ogive it's not a hybrid. Can you confirm the stated BC of .475 of this bullet as the Berger is .374 which seems like one hell of a difference?

 

[357Max]

The Berger 77 grain is an OTM with a tangent ogive it's not a hybrid. Can you confirm the stated BC of .475 of this bullet as the Berger is .374 which seems like one hell of a difference?

Not calling them liars, since there's no real industry standard for BC measurement. There's no way this bullet is beating the snot out of a .228 G7 77 RDF.

.243 G7 must be at Mach 3. Pictures of their loaded rounds show the bearing surface of these 77's stuffed all the way flush with the neck i.e. Ogive pushed way back like a 75 eldm. Bullets like that tend to shoot like shit in my AR's.

I'd like to here some range reports on these.

 

[Skint Back]

Got a picture?

From left to right: Nosler, Mead, then SMK. All 77gr

 

[Cfshooter]

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From left to right: Nosler, Mead, then SMK. All 77gr

How dp they shoot? HAve you tried to seat them long?

 

[03machstock]

Ran across these guys at our last match and can’t seem to find much out there on them.

I’m only a hundred or so into them, So far they are absolutely hammering and really remind me of a Berger Hybrid. And best of all, they’re available.

Mead 22 Caliber (.224 Dia.) 77gr BTHP Match Varmint 100 Per Box | Mead Industries, Inc

22 Caliber, .224 dia. MEAD 77gr BTHP bullets! 100 per box! Match Varmint!

meadammo.com

Anyone else played with them?

How fast are you pushing them? What gun set up? Easy to load for?

 

[Skint Back]

How dp they shoot? HAve you tried to seat them long?

I have, out to 550y through an 18" Daniel Defense. I don't have any evidence, but I was getting consistent headshots on my steel silhouettes at that distance. And was able to get .6-.7 MOA while zeroing.... I bought more when I got home.

 

[03machstock]

They also have an 85gr listed on their website…

 

[impactaddict]

I have, out to 550y through an 18" Daniel Defense. I don't have any evidence, but I was getting consistent headshots on my steel silhouettes at that distance. And was able to get .6-.7 MOA while zeroing.... I bought more when I got home.

details on load?

 

[Skint Back]

details on load?

Sorry, no load data. I was running factory loads. I stumbled in here curious about the performance of this bullet after I saw Mead’s client list and taking it out to distance the other day.

EDIT: I also did not get a chance to chrono their factory loads. I plan to very soon though.

 

[Old Corps 8541]

They also have an 85gr listed on their web site. Interesting , Midway list an 85 gn 2nds. They usually only have Sierra and Hornady "2nds" BUT as far as I can find , Nosler is the only one offering an 85 gn.224 bullet. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/102640471?pid=469813

 

[03machstock]

Just ordered some 77 and 85gr pills to try. I called them and they said they designed the bullets around the 22 creedmoor and they’ve been having great success with them.

 

[03machstock]

ill try to get some loaded up this week.

 

[Pharmseller]

Lower limit velocity is 2500 fps, though.




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[oldnewguy]

AP has the G7 BC for the 75gr and 85gr as .222 and .245, respectively.

 

[03machstock]

AP has the G7 BC for the 75gr and 85gr as .222 and .245, respectively.

What is AP?

 

[357Max]

What is AP?

Applied Ballistics

 

[DarinC]

I ended up only running 2 hundred of these then picked up a bunch of their 85’s. Have some tests lodes up for the 223 ai and planning on trying them in my 8 twist a22 arc, hopefully they will stabilize

 

[03machstock]

I ended up only running 2 hundred of these then picked up a bunch of their 85’s. Have some tests lodes up for the 223 ai and planning on trying them in my 8 twist a22 arc, hopefully they will stabilize

Care to share any load data? Do they like jump? Average groups?

 

[Cfshooter]

I ended up only running 2 hundred of these then picked up a bunch of their 85’s. Have some tests lodes up for the 223 ai and planning on trying them in my 8 twist a22 arc, hopefully they will stabilize

How did they do?

 

[DarinC]

waiting for me to shoot them
Hopefully I can get some time in the next few days to get them down range.

 

[03machstock]

Shot the meads today, I could probably tune either one to work, but I’ve got better results with similarly priced or cheaper bullets so I’ll probably stick with them. Everything was shot with varget. I’ll keep them on the shelf for the next barrel.

 

[Cfshooter]

Shot the meads today, I could probably tune either one to work, but I’ve got better results with similarly priced or cheaper bullets so I’ll probably stick with them. Everything was shot with varget. I’ll keep them on the shelf for the next barrel.

Thanks for the update. I will hold off on those.

 

[DarinC]

Finally actually shot more than a few of the 85’s today with shooters world match and they absolutely hammered.
2750 in my 223ai jumping about .050 and they’re 1/4 moa even though I’m running them through my progressive with a powder drop.

Love them.

 

[Skint Back]

 

[jzerfoss]

Anyone do more testing with these?

 

[Skint Back]

Anyone do more testing with these?

If you trust my data. I've only taken it out to 550 yards with a DDMK12 shooting steel silhouette. It did alright I guess, velocity is not where I'd like it to be.

-10.3" DD barrel, 10 shots, AVG 2252fps with an SD of 16.4

-18" DD barrel, 10 shots, AVG 2566fps with an SD of 17.4

 

[MustangGreg66]

Anyone else have any more experience with these?
Do they load ok at AR mag length? Is their stated BC accurate?

Shot the meads today, I could probably tune either one to work, but I’ve got better results with similarly priced or cheaper bullets so I’ll probably stick with them. Everything was shot with varget. I’ll keep them on the shelf for the next barrel.

Was that from an AR Or bolt gun?


American Reloading has Blems that may be these bullets. Only thing I'm going off of at the moment is the name in the description. No other manufacturer came up when I used the search term "Match Varmint BTHP"

https://americanreloading.com/products/223-77gr-match-varmint-bthp-blems-500ct?variant=41516385435742#long_description

Currently torn on whether to order some to try out. I have plenty of 75gr ELDM for the bolt gun and 69smk for the AR... but there always seems to be an itch to tinker.

 

[03machstock]

Anyone else have any more experience with these?
Do they load ok at AR mag length? Is their stated BC accurate?

Was that from an AR Or bolt gun?


American Reloading has Blems that may be these bullets. Only thing I'm going off of at the moment is the name in the description. No other manufacturer came up when I used the search term "Match Varmint BTHP"

https://americanreloading.com/products/223-77gr-match-varmint-bthp-blems-500ct?variant=41516385435742#long_description

Currently torn on whether to order some to try out. I have plenty of 75gr ELDM for the bolt gun and 69smk for the AR... but there always seems to be an itch to tinker.

Bolt gun

 

[Jdowns0415]

I got some projectiles and the 140 projectiles. Weight was consistently 76.6-77.1gr across all 100 projectiles. The lengths varied widely across the 100 I have. I’m gonna load them up tomorrow or Thursday and hit the range on Friday with them in a 18 inch AR barrel. We shall see what happens. I’ll be running them out to 850 to see how the claimed BC lines up. I’m gonna use the Mead and Applied Ballistics one and see which one is actually closer.


Will report back

(UPDATE)

So the 140 gr 6.5 bullets I loaded shot great.

The 5.56 load was 24 gr of tac RUAG green fire primer loaded to 2.260. They would only hold like 4 moa seated short. Single feed 2.300 shot better, I think so much of the bearing surface is in the case they need to be right at the lands because of the profile to shoot good. However, the applied ballistics BC on them is accurate. I was hitting the 920 yard plate consistently with them and it had about 1.8 mil less drop than the sierras. 2800 fps out of a 18 inch barrel. Definitely worth looking into if you can load them longer than 2.260