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What sort of groups would you expect to achieve with .223 at 200m?

I normally zero at 100m and do not often punch paper at longer distances, although foxes are regularly taken at 150-250m. I am just interested in hearing how tight the groups can be expected to be at 200m.
 
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fo a huntin rifle a 3 shot group @ 2" or minute of angle(moa) would be great.
With tweaked reloads you may be able to do better.
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My Savage 110FP in 223 shoots 18 out of 20 in the X ring of an F class target at 200 yards. Roughly 1 1/2" as I recollect. This is prone, but from a rest.
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Good. I am shooting in the right direction! A 55gr V-MAX over 25.3gr H335 (Lapua brass, CCI 400 primer) was today shooting 1.728" groups at 200m and 0.931" groups at 150m.

The same load but with 27.5gr Varget shot 2.888" at 200m, although 2 shots of the 4 were flyers (self-induced I think). the 2 good ones were 0.480" apart. At 150m the Varget load produced a poor overall spread of 1.975". However, there were 2 individual 2 shot groups: 0.136" and 0.079". The max spread was 1.975".

All shots were off a Harris bipod with a basic sandbag at the rear - off the bonnet of a Land Rover Discovery (not the most stable base!)
 
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I shot at 223 at 100 yards and 200 yards in the same sitting.

The rifle averaged 1" at 100 yards and 2" at 200 yards.

What does it all mean?
If those numbers are 2:1, then there must have been no wind.
If those numbers were 4:1 horizontal dispersion, it would be ALL wind trouble.
 
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