I'm getting 2625 fps from a 20" wylde with 24.5 varget, 77 smk, lc brass, cci primer loaded to mag length..
I decided to stop there...good accurate load though..
Like others have said, start low and work up, your rifle will tell you what it likes..
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I'm getting 2625 fps from a 20" wylde with 24.5 varget, 77 smk, lc brass, cci primer loaded to mag length..
I decided to stop there...good accurate load though..
Like others have said, start low and work up, your rifle will tell you what it likes..
I picked up 77smks from DSH the other day but it may have been the last box, its over max for .223 but I used 25gr of CFE223 and they worked great in my 10.5" just havent had access to a chrono yet.
I used hornady brass for some of my light loads and IMI 5.56 brass for the 77s but I have lots of LC brass just the primer crimps are a pain in the ass, I use a chamfer tool before I prime them but whats the cheapest ans easiest way to clean out the crimps, ill probably stick with LC brass if I start going hotter
There's 2 LBs of Varget in the Rumbler Auction FYI.Quote:
Originally Posted by NJC
Get the Dillon Super Swage...Quote:
Originally Posted by Capt. mike
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Amen! That gizmo is one of the best hundred bucks I have ever spent.:headbang:
Has anyone tried this? https://www.wideners.com/itemdetail....100001635&dir=
I have not. But you know IMI has as good a reputation for quality mil-spec brass as Lake City . . at least for the 7.62x51.
I don't worry about using MIL brass any longer... I've used Rem, Win, Fed, and others with no observed differences... this is an interesting internal capacity/volume chart... maybe years past there was a significant difference but it does not appear so. Without cut-aways and the ability to view the actual web area, they all appear close.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/909/iJqW5k.jpg