223 loads

[pdp440]

i am trying to work up a new laod for my ar-15 any body have any loads that shoot well in their ar's mine is a dpms

[#40Fan]

DPMS what???

[North Texan]

I have several loads for .223's, but my gun is a bolt action.[8D]

[HighDesertWolf]

been shooting 53 grain sierra match HP's over 25.5 grains H4895 with federal brass and CCI small rifle primers using a lee factory crimp at a COL of 2.255. this load produces some nice groups in my Del ton A3 mid length rifle on a dpms lower with open sights. Sofar out of 4 NRA hi power matches ive won 2 with this load.

[RLoving1]

26 grains of H335 with a 55 grain fmj or soft point will work for most ar shooting! I'm loading alot of them for plinking and going to work on some loads with Reloader 7 also.I'm pushing them out of a 16" muzzle,going to do some heavy bullets too since I have a 1/7 twist.

[HEAD0001]

Congratulations on the wins High Desert. I have a question for you. Do you find the crimp necessary? I load a 50 grain V-Max with H-335 in my Rock River. However I am not crimping. My load shoots about 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 inches at 200 yards. I am pleased with this accuracy(that is about as good as I can shoot any rifle). I have printed several groups at or under 1/2 inch at 100 yards. I do not do alot of shooting at any one time, and I never load more than 3 or 4 shells. I use mine strictly as a Ground Hog rifle. I am alsolooking for a good quality 5 round magazine that is flush or close to flush with the bottom of the magazine well.

Groung hog hunting with a HB AR is a blast. I am right back on the ground hog when I miss. I hate to admit that I miss, but the problem is that I still do it. I really like the fact of the fast second shot with the AR. Tom.

[RLoving1]

I wonder about the crimp also! I pulled the sizing button out of my dies and it wasn't perfectly round,bit I honed it down to .222 diameter and round now.Doesn't seem like the AR's would be generating as much recoil as bolt guns,so I have seated some without the crimp since they were non-canalured bullets.

[HighDesertWolf]

ORIGINAL: HEAD0001

Congratulations on the wins High Desert. I have a question for you. Do you find the crimp necessary? I load a 50 grain V-Max with H-335 in my Rock River. However I am not crimping. My load shoots about 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 inches at 200 yards. I am pleased with this accuracy(that is about as good as I can shoot any rifle). I have printed several groups at or under 1/2 inch at 100 yards. I do not do alot of shooting at any one time, and I never load more than 3 or 4 shells. I use mine strictly as a Ground Hog rifle. I am alsolooking for a good quality 5 round magazine that is flush or close to flush with the bottom of the magazine well.

Groung hog hunting with a HB AR is a blast. I am right back on the ground hog when I miss. I hate to admit that I miss, but the problem is that I still do it. I really like the fact of the fast second shot with the AR. Tom.

thanks!!, when loading for auto loaders I always crimp. I feel more confident about not having and issue with bullet creep during cycling deffinately dont want any issues with the bullets creeping to close to the lands. honestly I doubt the bullets will move out of the case mouth but just incase there happens to be not enough case mouth tension on the bullet I just feel its a good idea to add a crimp. However I do suggest using lees factory crimp and nothing else.

Im gonna take my AR with me this weekend for some rounds on P-dogs its a A3 upper and I have a nice Millett scope and rings for it so its just a matter of taking the rear sight off and slappin on the scope to be ready for some long range varminting. though its a mid length rifle with a 16" barrel it happens to be a 16" Heavy barrel so in a sense mine could be considered a short HBAR lol I think it will be a blast a deffinate compliment to the rest of varmint setups, A savage model 10FP in .223 and my bull barrel ruger 10/22.