ok my friends father in law said he had some .223 hollow points he would give me. No problem,BUT something is bad wrong here the case is a rem. .223 BUT the bullet is .170 in diameter. Here it is and in a pic next to one of my varmageddon's i loaded any ideas where this weirdo came from?
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welp okie i put 3 varmageddon 55 gr. and 3 PT 60 gr. 100 yrd in. still learning to "squeeze" the trigger but not bad for newb to rifles the varm. were 25 gr. tac powder and PT was 24 gr.tac. baby was kicking crap outta wife (due in june) lol had to stop.
the straggler is a flinch getting use...
ok i loaded varmagedon with ram shot 24,25,26 grain uhhh cci primer, rem. brass. and uh WOW i got savage put together after paint job used some FMJ i had to check and zero it in. no problem then shot in 3min. intervals 24 grain they smack same holes. went to 25gr. same shooting blam a lil dead...
i seen the liquid sealer for primers,bullets uhhhh dont have any is it a must ? also will clear nail polish work? wife asked that one lol. just a question
im getting 55 gr. .223 ready loading them with tac just got them today and made a bunch test rounds. also have some 60gr. PT lol will try those with varget and a few with tac
kk thats what i did LOL..... i didnt crimp them either they were kinda tight going in ALSO... i have a test casing NO primer and looser fit and i check it in my gun made it long and closed bolt checked it and went .050 back welp it is what nosler book said max should be..... what would happen if...
ok i got the 55 gr. today in mail from powder valley and 60 PT only problem is i cant find load data on them is it ok to use the one's for var. BT? im using tac powder. gonna try tac and varget for the PT's but need to know if its ok to use data from BT on the .223 varmagedon's?
well clear coat is finished wife getting me a bi pod for valentines day HAHA i love her. it was punching .5 at 100 with factory that was using arm for a rest from bed of my truck. with bi pod and hand loads should be interesting to see how it goes. will get finsihed pics later for oyu folks
geh just realized my varmagedon bullets,partion,powder and rest stuff be here tomorrow when i get off work roflmao hope its dry cant load till her coat is done :)
ok pics dont do justice.......... inside white its broken up by the 2 colors below
once i get her clear coated will get her in the light and get good pics of it wasnt sure and was ready to cry having to start over LOL. but took ropes off and BLAM..... exactly what i hoped for.finished to come...
that would be why i had to buy a new imoact gun lol, (was old and wore out but wasnt a good time to die on me ROFL. thanks folks have to get to town to get other colors and smaller softer rope
it will be a lighter olive matte have to sit down and figure out scheme, either air brush tiger it or painter tape it and cut the scheme into tape and remove cut outs :/ lol would take time but oh well used krylon fusion for stock bases coat adheres WELL to synthetic used dura for rest. took for...
I realize not being a high end rifle, but none the less it being my only rifle and first lol, it has become a project. i had to resize the forend it was touching the barrel instead of floating so did some minor work with a mill to fix that problem, reduced the trigger from 5.75-6 lb. trigger...