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.224 55gr Horniday SX

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22 April 2003, 04:41
scot
.224 55gr Horniday SX
I shoot them out of a 223 Rem with 26 gr 846. Case head expansion is normal. They leave a trace. Like a white tracer, and it goes several hunderd yards. Accuracy is good and on target performance is quite satifying. Anyone seen this trace effect before?
22 April 2003, 07:31
308Sako
Yes, it's the disentigration of the bullet in flight. With a 1 in 14 twist it usually occurs at just over 3500 ft/sec's at 600 ft elev, and Standard temp and pressure. I assume, that's right ASSUME that it's the jacket failure because of rotational velocity effects. I have used these pills for more than 25 years with great satisfaction. They were the origin of the "match" bullet for me because I theorized that the thin jacket more readily adjusted to my specific bore diameter than a harder jacketed bullet might. Enjoy the show, and what twist/velocity are you using/getting?
22 April 2003, 08:27
scot
Enjoy the show, and what twist/velocity are you using/getting?

1:14,

I have not Chronographed them, maybe I will,

Scot
22 April 2003, 11:42
N E 450 No2
scot, I have shot several thousand of these in my SAKO 223 at prairie dogs. My load was rather mild, but very accurate, 23.5gr. of IMR3031. I did not observe the white trace you speak about, but they are dyno-mite on varmints. [Big Grin]