.223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

[B_Reynolds_AK]

The bullet barely touches the uncompressed powder. I’m loaded very long for a 223 though. When I had my standard FB tikka factory barrel on, I was crunchy at 25.0.

that isn't extremely compressed? 150 must be pretty dense powder.

 

[sierracharlie338]

25.0 N150. 2765 fps from the broken in 18” bbl.
Actually I just realized that I bumped up the load to 26.0 of N150 and getting 2792 fps now from the 80's.

Well you just cost me a rebarrel. Thanks pal….

 

[ACHILLES]

L to R 55fmj, 52smk, 62eldvt, 69tmk, 69.5HBC, 75eldm, 77tmk, 80eldm, 85lrht, 88eldm, 90smk

 

[Tx_6UM]

What is the most cost effective training bullet for reloading? I’ve been shooting the 55gr vmax since I got my Tikka, it’s been accurate and was consistently hitting an 8” gong at 400 with it today, but I’m concerned shooting much further than that it will be a hindrance. Or will the lower BC make me better at wind calls? Obviously I’d like to shoot the tmk but that’s a little more than I’m wanting to spend.

 

[Deere_Man]

What is the most cost effective training bullet for reloading? I’ve been shooting the 55gr vmax since I got my Tikka, it’s been accurate and was consistently hitting an 8” gong at 400 with it today, but I’m concerned shooting much further than that it will be a hindrance. Or will the lower BC make me better at wind calls? Obviously I’d like to shoot the tmk but that’s a little more than I’m wanting to spend.

77gr factory seconds from Midway are pretty cheap.

Factory Second Match 22 Cal (224 Diameter) Bullets 77 Grain Jacketed

MidwayUSA has just made a huge purchase of blemished bullets and we are passing the savings to our customers. Blemished bullets are bulk-packaged,...

www.midwayusa.com

 

[gman82001]

What is the most cost effective training bullet for reloading? I’ve been shooting the 55gr vmax since I got my Tikka, it’s been accurate and was consistently hitting an 8” gong at 400 with it today, but I’m concerned shooting much further than that it will be a hindrance. Or will the lower BC make me better at wind calls? Obviously I’d like to shoot the tmk but that’s a little more than I’m wanting to spend.

For an all around trainer the 69gr rocky mounting reloading bullet is awesome. We’ve got it out to 500 shooting at rocks and rock chucks consistently.

 

[wind gypsy]

What is the most cost effective training bullet for reloading? I’ve been shooting the 55gr vmax since I got my Tikka, it’s been accurate and was consistently hitting an 8” gong at 400 with it today, but I’m concerned shooting much further than that it will be a hindrance. Or will the lower BC make me better at wind calls? Obviously I’d like to shoot the tmk but that’s a little more than I’m wanting to spend.

You can get cheaper as exhibited but ELDs are usually available for $0.25/ea which seems pretty economical. The 73s seem to be a better fit than 75s for factory tikkas.