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Old 09-07-2007, 12:54 PM
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I shoot 55 grain Balistic tips out of the .223. A-max's shoot pretty good also.

You must be shooting a swift or some other wildcat if you're getting those velocities on 75 or 80 grainers?

I really have never found a need to switch from the Balistic Tips. They seem to shoot pretty solid and I even got a couple groundhog kills out to 500 yards with this load. (502 was my longest). I don't like shooting those 22's at that distance since you can't see the bullet impact. I like something that makes a crater when she hits, so I can tell if I have my windage right.

Besides, it's a solid 350 yard gun. Just depends on where and what I'm hunting when I break it out. Fun and fast to load. I primarily shoot 748 powder out of mine.
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