If you have any experience with loading this little bullet in 223 please share your results and observations. velocity, accuracy and if used on game terminal performance.

Stevens mod 200, .223, 22gr. 8208, OAL=2.355", 8 shot 1" group at 50 yds.

Savage 12vbss-s, .223, 22.5gr. accurate 2200, OAL= 2.325" 2940 to 3030fps., 7 shot 1/8" group at 50 yds.

How'd you do with your MAS last season? roegr

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How'd you do with your MAS last season?

I carried it on one trip but didn't see anything

Have used it for caribou in my wifes 223. Good bullet, hangs together well except at really close ranges. Kills well. 60 Partition is a bit better.

When our oldest son was app. 7 or 8, he used this bullet in a .223 Rem single shot (NEF) and took his first deer using it. Bullet performance was excellent. The frontal shot was around 75 yards, and the bullet penetrated perhaps 20 inches before coming to rest near the spine. The retained weight was around 42 grains.

He also used that bullet/load combo to kill a number of smaller animals (along with cactus, water-filled plastic bottles and anything else he could safely plink). It's certainly one of the best options out there for folks who use the .22 centerfires on smaller big game.

I normally prefer H335 for the .223, but with the 64 grainer, it was Re-15 that got the nod as I had lots of it on hand back then. The MV was around 2900 fps from the 22" barrel.

Sub-MOA groups were the norm, and this bullet has proven to be quite accurate in a number of .22 caliber centerfires given an adequate twist rate. It is a bit fragile inside of 100 yards in the 22-250 and Swift, however.

For game, don't forget Barnes Triple Shoks. They will hang together and penetrate, even through bones.

Aaron

They work really well in my PSS with 24gr of Benchmark. "Cranium Cracker" for does.