Ammo for "practice"?

[philcox]

@Formidilosus I have taken your "folks don't practice enough" to heart. I bought a new Tikka 223 and while I will use my 7PRC or 6.5CM for hunting, I am planning on getting a much trigger time as I can behind the 223. With that said, the reason I am not planning on shooting the 7 or 65 for the majority of practice is ammo cost. Thus my question ... do I need to "work up a load" for the 223, OR can I just get Factory (or bulk?) ammo and use that? I can get Fiocchi 50 round boxes running the 55g V-Max for $40, or I can get some Bulk (.223 5.56 55 GRAIN FMJ-BT) ammo from Lakeshore Ammo @ $450/1000. Reloading cost is not as big of an issue as the time to load is the biggest blocker for me.

I am guessing that your answer will be something like "you need to know what your system does. So whatever you use, you should make sure that rifle/ammo combo is at worst a 2.0 MOA off a bench or prone." So, is the 2.0 MOA a reasonable "pass if not" or should it be looser? (I am guessing tighter would be better, but not "required")

I had not seen this discussed before, so if it was, just point me to that thread.

Thanks.

 

[Formidilosus]

Nope.

Get some decent ammo, regardless of type- varmint bullets are fine. Thats for precision/group shooting. Then, use whatever bulk ammo for positional.

Most ammo shot can be bulk/cheap.

 

[philcox]

Nope!

Get some decent ammo, regardless of type- varmint bullets are fine. Thats for precision/group shooting. Then, use whatever bulk ammo for positional.

Thanks! So the 2.0 MOA would apply to the "precision" ammo I find (I think my Fiocchi are a bit below that at 10 round groups). So have what I need from that standpoint I believe.

 

[grfox92]

@Formidilosus I have taken your "folks don't practice enough" to heart. I bought a new Tikka 223 and while I will use my 7PRC or 6.5CM for hunting, I am planning on getting a much trigger time as I can behind the 223. With that said, the reason I am not planning on shooting the 7 or 65 for the majority of practice is ammo cost. Thus my question ... do I need to "work up a load" for the 223, OR can I just get Factory (or bulk?) ammo and use that? I can get Fiocchi 50 round boxes running the 55g V-Max for $40, or I can get some Bulk (.223 5.56 55 GRAIN FMJ-BT) ammo from Lakeshore Ammo @ $450/1000. Reloading cost is not as big of an issue as the time to load is the biggest blocker for me.

I am guessing that your answer will be something like "you need to know what your system does. So whatever you use, you should make sure that rifle/ammo combo is at worst a 2.0 MOA off a bench or prone." So, is the 2.0 MOA a reasonable "pass if not" or should it be looser? (I am guessing tighter would be better, but not "required")

I had not seen this discussed before, so if it was, just point me to that thread.

Thanks.

My AR shot that Fiochi 55gr V Max into this 10 shot group at 100 yards.

Bone stock S&W with a terrible trigger.

Murdochs has it on sale pretty regularly for like $38.

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[Lawnboi]

ADI World Class .223 REM 55 Grain Sierra Blitzking CASE200 UPC: 9332153003173

Global Ordnance. ADI (Australian Munitions). The Sierra® BlitzKing® selected for this load is designed for explosive expansion in varmints and small game with the accuracy of the MatchKing® bullets

globalordnance.com

This is the way.

If you have the tools to reload the brass is good.

Even for a picky shooter that 55 blitz king load seems to hammer in every tikka I have fired them from.

 

[Stache Attack]

ADI World Class .223 REM 55 Grain Sierra Blitzking CASE200 UPC: 9332153003173

Global Ordnance. ADI (Australian Munitions). The Sierra® BlitzKing® selected for this load is designed for explosive expansion in varmints and small game with the accuracy of the MatchKing® bullets

globalordnance.com

This is the way.

If you have the tools to reload the brass is good.

Even for a picky shooter that 55 blitz king load seems to hammer in every tikka I have fired them from.

Bought a box I’ll see if it works for me

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

ADI World Class .223 REM 55 Grain Sierra Blitzking CASE200 UPC: 9332153003173

Global Ordnance. ADI (Australian Munitions). The Sierra® BlitzKing® selected for this load is designed for explosive expansion in varmints and small game with the accuracy of the MatchKing® bullets

globalordnance.com

This is the way.

If you have the tools to reload the brass is good.

Even for a picky shooter that 55 blitz king load seems to hammer in every tikka I have fired them from.

FYI, they're ~5% off right now when added to your cart, I have no idea why but I was planning to buy more soon so that was my excuse.

 

[TX_Diver]

They also have 69smk for $10 more/200.

 

[TX_Diver]

@Lawnboi

$450 shipped for 600rds of ADI 55gr blitzing

$420 shipped for 600rds of AAC 77 otm

ADI worth a few extra $$$ vs the PSA/AAC stuff?

 

[Lawnboi]

@Lawnboi

$450 shipped for 600rds of ADI 55gr blitzing

$420 shipped for 600rds of AAC 77 otm

ADI worth a few extra $$$ vs the PSA/AAC stuff?

I havnt used the psa stuff.

The adi is worth it for brass alone if your a reloader.

4 factory tikka tubes have shot the 55bk better than any factory ammo I have seen except the 73eldm.

 

[Walkstoomuch]

I bought a case of the ADI Blitzking like suggested and it shot great. I'm curious if anyone has shot the Hornady Custom FMJ Boattail 55grain? They can be had for $0.40rd vs $0.70rd. Just looking for practice ammo.

 

[long hunter]

Practice with what you plan to shoot hunting

 

[Walkstoomuch]

This rifle is for practice only, I'm building an identical setup in a 6cm that I will use to hunt. Caliber minimum where I live keeps me from fulling committing to the 223. And when I do shoot the 6cm it will only be with the ammo I plan to hunt with.

 

[TX_Diver]

Shot 10 of the ADI blitzing today. Right around 1”.

Also shot a roughly 4” gourd that was growing on one of the backstops. Explosive results…

 

[Walkstoomuch]

Still curious if anyone has experience with the Hornady Custom FMJ Boattail 55grain? Significant savings over the ADI blitzking

 

[CC55]

Still curious if anyone has experience with the Hornady Custom FMJ Boattail 55grain? Significant savings over the ADI blitzking

This is 9 rounds of the Hornady FMJ. Need to move 0.1 mil to R. Shoots really well for decent price, but everything has shot well out of this rifle. T3 with19" barrel at ~2850fps.

 

[Mojave]

The key is the cheapest thing to shoot. Friend of the site THLR has said in his videos, that he likes to use the 6.5x55 Swede in Norway as it is the absolute cheapest ammo he can get.

 

[Walkstoomuch]

Thanks for sharing your group. My 223 is a t3 so should work well.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Been shootin the canyon lately with AAC 77gr OTM's. They shoot way better than they should for $0.50/round

 

[id_jon]

+1 for ADI 55gr blitz