Loading 5.56 for short barrel

[NJC]

/ inego montoya/

I dont think that means what you think it means


/inego montoya/

[e.money83]

Quarterback reference, then?

[NJC]

i was unavailable, out of town.

but out of pocket goes much better with us operators ;-)

[e.money83]

[Capt. mike]

NJC let me know how that recipe turns out I got 1700 of those 75grs that need to be loaded up

[NJC]

hope to know here in the next month or so.. will keep you posted.

[Capt. mike]

Loaded up a few mags of the 75gr last night used CFE 223
Max load was 25gr with a 75gr vld bullet at 2.25. I went ahead and bumped the charge to 25.5gr as I have gone higher with the 77gr smk before, threw a light crimp on them and painted the tips with black nail polish to tell the difference between the 75s and my m193. Ilk try and touch a few off and see how they do

[Rumbler]

'probably don't need to tell you to be damned careful. That VLD sticks way down inside the case to get a C.O.A.L. of 2.25.

I won't pretend that a compressed charge is 'death waiting to happen', hell I load a lot of compressed charges. But once you get to that powder touching the bullet point even as little as 1/10gr can make a disproportionately big difference in pressure. Ultra consistent charge weight measurement needs to be the rule of the day.

[Capt. mike]

Im running these in a 16" and honestly I dont really need the extra 1/2 gr but im in the go big or go home mindset and Ive used a heavier charge with the 77smk which are slightly longer so I feel safe with the load but I know pushing past max 223 loads things can escalete quickly. I want to duplicate the tap 5.56 load rather than the weak .223 tap which from what ive seen is down 150~fps from the 5.56

[e.money83]

I don't know much about reloading, (I've read a lymans manual from 92, and a hood bit of the materials available here and there) but that sounds scary as Fuck from everything I've read. I think I'd have to back that shoot down a notch and work my way up to what was comfortable/effective in my gun.