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Rimfire5 · June 17, 2013, 06:36 AM

Over the last few weeks a range buddy has been shooting the 35 grain Hornady # 22252 V-Max .223 bullets in his Savage 10 FCP-K to see how they do in a 1:9 twist barrel. They sure are little bullets and won't seat out at the normal 2.250 overall length for a 2.250 because they fall out of the cartridge neck.

He was using Benchmark powder with loads from 24.7 to 25.1 grains at overall lengths from 2.090 and 2.200. The most accurate load in his rifle was 24.7 at 2.200 that shot to an average of 0.566. That isn't as good his average group size with most of his loads with bullets from 40 to 69 grain bullets.

June 17, 2013, 06:36 AM	#6
Rimfire5 Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2009 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 923	Over the last few weeks a range buddy has been shooting the 35 grain Hornady # 22252 V-Max .223 bullets in his Savage 10 FCP-K to see how they do in a 1:9 twist barrel. They sure are little bullets and won't seat out at the normal 2.250 overall length for a 2.250 because they fall out of the cartridge neck. He was using Benchmark powder with loads from 24.7 to 25.1 grains at overall lengths from 2.090 and 2.200. The most accurate load in his rifle was 24.7 at 2.200 that shot to an average of 0.566. That isn't as good his average group size with most of his loads with bullets from 40 to 69 grain bullets.