I recently picked up a Remington 700VS in 223 caliber. I've just started experimenting with reloads and was wondering what others have found as good accuracy loads with 52/53 gr HP bullets.

Thanks in advance.
Mark

I have found 27.5 gr of W-748-----CCI BR primers-----Win. brass weighed out----seated to barely fit in magazine at 2.30" pushing 50 plain or 55 molys gr V-max it actually likes the 55 gr better. I have tried probably 30 diff. bullets----nothing will shoot like the V-max------I started out with Lake City brass--what a joke---weighing cases they ran up to 11 gr diff. in weight-----all my Win. were only 1.5 gr diff.-----funny my accurized quarter bore won't keep V-max's on the paper-----but shoots Sierra 75's in bug holes-----

I shoot 27.6gr WW 748, a 50gr V Max(molied), stuffed into a Fed Gold case (weight segregated in lots of 50 ,primer pockets reamed, flash holes cleaned out)lit up with a Fed 205 primer. This load chrono's at 3,330 fps out of my rifle and shoots groups (5 shot) in the .2's and .3's. This rifle is a varmint synthetic 26 inch barrel,6X20 Leupold, Neco fire lapped, bedded, trigger worked 1 3/4lbs,and cryo treated at 300 Below (I'm not nessescarily a cryo fan I just won the treatment and this rifle got picked). I have heard H335 shoots very well also but I have 2 8lbs keg's of 748 and it shoots so well I quit after developing this load, it's the first one I worked up for this rifle ( as easy as this load came around I have a hunch this rifle will shoot about anything,these rifle's SHOOT!!!)---Shoot Safe---montdoug

[ 04-07-2003, 21:42: Message edited by: montdoug ]

I haven't tried alot of loads in mine. I started with Sierra 52 HPBT and IMR 4064. Played with oal alittle and have had several 1 hole 5 shot groups. Have had some really nice 10 shot groups 1/2 to 3/4" @100, I stopped there, and just had fun shooting it with those loads.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MDH1053:
[QB]I recently picked up a Remington 700VS in 223 caliber. I've just started experimenting with reloads and was wondering what others have found as good accuracy loads with 52/53 gr HP bullets.

I use 28.0 gr. of BLC-2 with either Sierra in my custom AR (1/14 twist, 26"). Group size is .35 or better for 5 shots. Velocity averages 3550 fps.

Regards,
Rick