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The .30 cal has gone a little out of fashion of late hasn’t it? Never mind, my 308 Win and 30-06 are still my go-to rifles when I want to hunt something of any size or toughness. Keep it up Guy - nice rifles and shooting!

A 127g XBullet at 3500fps. Holy Smokes! Should handle just about anything on your continent or mine!!!

Recently came into a bulk lot of the Hornady 87g Vmax, which I thought will be great for forming loads in my 243AI and for general pest control work. They have a pretty nice sleek profile for their weight and are designed to work in standard twists - though my barrel is a 1-7”. To get an idea...

By the way my calcs above were way out. Aggregate group size was more like about 0.59MOA not 0.47. Maths and me = not good!

Yes its future is secured. Accurate as any rifle I own; holds six in the internal magazine and feeds slickly; the trigger is perfect and the rifle balances and points extremely well in the old Vanguard plastic stock. I might tidy up and paint the stock because it came off an old beater rifle...

Whoops, I did it again! The above group earlier in this thread and below two are the only three groups I have shot out of this rifle. I swapped scopes, mounts and adjusted the zero in between as well! The below two groups were shot off the tailgate of the truck. About 0.47 MOA aggregate.

Scotty I would like to DBC it, I’m just not sure where to get the kit here! I think I will pursue it though as John B swears by it. As a further update for anyone ever looking for some data... I wrote to ADI and asked them about H4895 (called AR2206H here) in the Fireball. Their response was...

Bit of an update. For anyone who might be after a load with this cartridge using a powder other than those generally listed, I tried a load of H4895 with the 25g bullet due to the fact I generally have this powder in bulk. 18g of H4895 under the 25g Vmax gave 3550fps from the 20” barrel. (I...

With three young kids I figure one can NEVER have too many 223s. Or worse case I can give it away to someone who might be down on their luck and needs one!

So I got onto a blued Howa 223 Rem in the classifieds. Just a barreled action advertised at an extremely low price. I rang and grabbed it as a donor action sight unseen. I fully expected (and was happy to receive at the price) a clapped-out, pitted old farm gun with a shot out barrel. I had...

Two touching - with the third an inch away, is still a great hunting load East! I’d be inclined to call it good and hunt with it...

I don’t think you can go wrong with H4895; about 45g and a standard primer.

I had considered the danger factor... No way I was getting closer than 250 yards!

The Fireball has taken its first shot in anger. A fat rabbit at a lasered 255y, was facing away so the only shot I had was his back. I aimed dead centre and that’s indeed where the 20g Nosler connected. Being able to see the impact through the scope before hearing a nice “pop” sound is lots of...

Thanks guys. Truckie, my intention is to run the rifle around starting loads and pressures for the reasons you outline. 3700fps with a 20g and 3450fps with a 25g will do all that I need. This rifle will be a 350 yard proposition at the very most and an extra 2-300fps will do almost nothing...

Rifle came with the Hogue stock that has the full length alloy bedding block. I have to say it’s a LOT stiffer and more solid than the pillar bedded version.

G’day guys. Just picked up my new to me Rem 700 in 17 Fireball. It’s a totally new thing to me, I’ve never owned anything below .22 calibre. Got the rifle home this arvo and hurriedly mounted a scope, loaded up some rounds with 20g Varmageddon Tipped 20g bullets and put a minimum book charge...

Thanks Idaho, interesting data. I believe I’d have little trouble extracting another 100-150fps however I dont feel the need. I reckon this load is running at the very most around 55kpsi. Having said that, if I come into some R26 I would be tempted to push on and see where it takes me!

A brief update... The rifle has come together quite well, along with loads and performance. It was always somewhat of an experiment to see what I could put together for a very low budget, allowing me to do a variety of things from hunting on foot, shooting from a vehicle and a little target...

I’m late to rejoin however I’d reiterate, for bullets 55g and up in the .223, the readily available H4895 is tough to beat for speeds and accuracy. The ONLY reason I’d look elsewhere is if H4895 became hard to get. I can’t see that happening. 8208 is an excellent powder but in this application...