Found a .223 load for my Tikka Lite.

[BigBamBoo]

I recently started reloading....and after much frustration...I found a load that I am happy with for my Lite .223. Below is my target shot at 100yrds. from the prone. Each group is a five shot group. All would have been under 1/2" groups except I pulled the first shot in the last group...overall I am very happy with the load.


Take care,Stan

[Skunk]

Hi Stan,

Nice groups. 5 shots each too. Please tell us about the load.

[BigBamBoo]

oops...guess I left that out. Here it is:

Black Hills fired brass FL sized and trimmed
50gr Vmax bullets
CCI primers
24.8gns of RamShot TAC
COAL  2.250

 This is pretty much a copy of factory Black Hills 50gr Vmax Red Box ammo.  Works great as you can see.

Take care,Stan

[1sourdough]

 I'm real close to your load for my main dogtown fodder. I'm off to SD 8-11 June with about 1200+ rounds of ammo. This is 2 days shooting with 2 shooters. I loaded mostly 50 grn V-maxes, some Blitz Kings, & a few SPSX, & 'dogtown' types. I did my own limited  cleanliness testing, which was looking through the bore after a similar number of shots. I compared the old standby H335 & TAC & found the TAC much cleaner. Last summer in SD I noticed the AR action getting fairly dirty after a good number of H335 rounds were fired. A quick field cleaning got the son back in action.