[BigBlack]

Okay not a huge selection at my local supplier so I picked up a box of these to develop some loads for my Remington 700 ADL .223. Initial load development was at 100 yards and yielded a .6” group at 24.5grs of powder. So I set up for group 2 and worked in 1 grain increments forward and back from 24.5 and shot a .6 group again with 24.5 and a .3” group at 24.6. I did a confirm loading and went back and shot a .5” again with the 24.6. So now that I have worked this up it dawned on me that I was using a match bullet and not a game bullet. I will use this rifle for varminting and paper punching. Will this bullet be sufficient for game or do I need to start over with a game type bullet. My varmints include wild dogs, armadillos, possums, coyotes etc..., with coyotes and wild dogs being my biggest varmint.

[electronrider]

Hornaday makes a 55 grain varmiter ( ballistic tip) that is real close to what you are shooting now.

The 52 grain SPmatch is what I am working on with my AR, and I am still trying to dial it down.

I also have a box of the 55 grain ballistic tips, and will be trying them out, to see how I like them as well.

[rcmodel]

It will make a great varmint bullet out to reasonable ranges.

I used the 52 grain BTHP Match from either Sierra or Hornady as a Prairie Dog & Coyote load for many years in a 22-250.

The .223 will do as well with it, just not quite as far!

I am now a Hornady V-Max or Nosler Ballistic-Tip fan however!

rcmodel

[BigBlack]

oops typo did .1 grain not 1 grain increments

[Schleprok62]

The Hornady BTHP will give similar results to the Barnes Varminators... I've used both on varmints... with great reuslts out to about 250 yards... P-dogs, tree rats... etc...