Something new to take to the range.

[Guest hawkeye10]

This is my new Savage model 12 in .223 and I have not fired it yet. Maybe I can go to the Woodbury range next week. I got over a thousand rounds of Wolf and some Remington ammo, other than those what would be some good ammo to shoot off the bench? Don

[mikegideon]

Barrel twist? Get some Black Hills loaded with Sierra Matchkings. not cheap, but accurate. Bullet weight will depend on barrel twist. I don't know if I would waste barrel life on Wolf. I shoot it in my AR carbines, but never in my varmint rifle.

BTW... NICE rifle

[bigwakes]

Looks sweet. Let me know how it shoots. A buddy of mine has been itching for one.

[Guest hawkeye10]

Barrel twist? Get some Black Hills loaded with Sierra Matchkings. not cheap, but accurate. Bullet weight will depend on barrel twist. I don't know if I would waste barrel life on Wolf. I shoot it in my AR carbines, but never in my varmint rifle.

BTW... NICE rifle

Barrel twist is one in nine. I have looked at Black Hills ammo on line but I haven't found a site with a good selection. Do you have any suggestions? Don

[mikegideon]

Barrel twist is one in nine. I have looked at Black Hills ammo on line but I haven't found a site with a good selection. Do you have any suggestions? Don

223 Remington 69 Grain Sierra MatchKing Hollow Point Box of 50

Black Hills Remanufactured Ammo 223 Remington 69 Grain Sierra MatchKing Hollow Point Boat Tail

EDIT: I'm pretty sure 69 gr is as big as you wanna go in a 9 twist.

Edited December 22, 2011 by mikegideon

[Guest dubaholic2]

model 12bvss..., gorgeous rifle. we had one at work in 22-250, that i really liked. its on my list. congrats on an awesome rifle. looking forward to hearing how well it shoots.

[Caster]

Hornady Tap FPD also. The 75g Amax is a great bullet. They work quite well in my CZ varmint

[mikegideon]

Hornady Tap FPD also. The 75g Amax is a great bullet. They work quite well in my CZ varmint

AMAX bullets are on my list. Playing with Berger 80gr VLD's right now. I have an 8 twist.

[Guest hawkeye10]

223 Remington 69 Grain Sierra MatchKing Hollow Point Box of 50

Black Hills Remanufactured Ammo 223 Remington 69 Grain Sierra MatchKing Hollow Point Boat Tail

EDIT: I'm pretty sure 69 gr is as big as you wanna go in a 9 twist.

I reload for hand gun but not rifle. I really didn't want to start reloading for rifle but at the cost of good ammo I might have to reconsider. Don

[Caster]

I reload for hand gun but not rifle. I really didn't want to start reloading for rifle but at the cost of good ammo I might have to reconsider. Don

NOT handloading for a rifle like that is heresy, blasphemy, and just plain wrong.

[Guest hawkeye10]

NOT handloading for a rifle like that is heresy, blasphemy, and just plain wrong.

I hear you Caster. I have a Lyman turret press do you think it would size .223 cases? Don

[mikegideon]

Caster speaks the truth! I think pretty much any decent press will do .223. These are surprisingly good for 16 bucks. I have a set. I use Redding dies now, but made a bunch of 400 and 600 yard shots with ammo loaded with the cheapies using 77gr Matchkings.

RGB 2-Die Set 223 Remington

[Dolomite_supafly]

For my Savage there is a huge improvement when reloading. With factory ammo it likes it shoots about .5"-.75". With handloads it shoots .25"-.5". Mine is a 7 twist 26" barrel and I shoot 69 SMK's over 24.5grains of Varget. I light it off with Wolf SRM primers. And this is with AR magazine length rounds. Turns out the most accurate load out of my AR also shoots well in my Savage.

You will be lucky if your gun shoots wolf under 1.5". My AR is capable of .5" with handloads but will not get under 2" using Wolf. Price, not accuracy, is Wolf's appeal to most people.

And Savages are the 10/22 or AR of the bolt action world. Anythign and everythign can be swapped without the need of a gunsmith. I do barrel swaps in 10 minutes. I also set my own headspace using my sized cases, not headspace gauges. This means the chambers are much tighter than factory and my brass lasts much, much longer. And if I need ot fire factory ammo I just crack the barrel loose and use the factory ammo to reset the headspace. There is nothing dangerous about having minimum headspace, it is when you have too much that you run into problems.

Dolomite

[Guest HCRoadie]

What scope is that? A stick like that will REALY benefit from hand loads

[Guest hawkeye10]

What scope is that? A stick like that will REALY benefit from hand loads

The scope is a Bushnell 4200 Elite 6-24X40. Don

[Guest HCRoadie]

Ahhh. That's why it looks so familiar

[IggyBcool]

What scope is that?

[IggyBcool]

NM found my answer