223 remington

Several years ago, I bought a Savage Axis in .223 Remington. I bought a nice Bushnell sight at a closeout and mounted it on the Savage. With the scope in place, it is difficult to manipulate the bolt without banging my fingers on the scope. I have used iron sights on every other rifle I...

Working on load development for my Mossberg MVP (1-9") and wondering if it would be better to try 40-50gr bullets, or 60-69gr?

I just used up the last of a can of IMR-4198 I bought in 1982 at Wal-Mart for $6.95. Even at 38 years, it still smelled right, looked right and delivered velocities 96% what it had when it was "young". It felt like I was saying good-bye to an old friend when I set the can down for the last...

The last time I loaded anything other than a handful of 9mm cartridges for immediate use was November 2016. Since then, I retired, moved to another state, rebuilt the loading bench I had as a teenager, unpacked everything and got set up again. I figured I got a little rusty, so I resumed...

Hey all, I’m looking for a 223 Remington rifle that can also shoot the 5.56 AR round. I am on a budget too sadly so would likely want to keep it under $400. Any suggestions? I know Ruger has an American ranch bolt action that I heard is nice and somewhere around my range. Any other options or...

Hello friends, I reload for several handgun calibers and have always been very satisfied with Starline brand brass. I'm branching out into rifle reloading, 5.56x45 specifically, and I'm curious whether or not the Starline rifle brass is of high quality. I've read that Lapua is considered the...

...because I can't pass them up. I was in Academy today and noticed a number of RCBS dies on clearance. Among which was a two-die set of RCBS small base 223 dies marked from $49.99 to $34.99. Now, I normally use a Lee full-length sizer on my 223 reloads for AR, and haven't had trouble, but...

I recently ordered a quantity of primed .223/5.56 cases that were supposed to have been pulled down as part of a de-mil operation. I was attracted by the price, but the Condition of the cases, Diversity of headstamps, Some (but not all) of the military brass had the primer crimps removed by...

...whether tis' nobler of the mind to suffer the possibility a case won't chamber or run them through the sizer once again and thereby work harden them? I recently bought some brass that was advertised as having been 1) decapped, 2) primer crimp swaged and 3) polished. It was indeed all of...

I loaded about 100 rounds of .223 Rem with 24 grains of AA2460, using my hornady manual based off a 35 grain bullet that isn't a Barnes... It's not hard to tell that this is my first load of .223 and when asking a question on another forum, they pretty much told me that those bullets would be...

If I were so inclined to put a traditional A2 setup carry handle and front sight on this rifle, could I and would it be functional? http://www.dpmsinc.com/24-SPECIAL_ep_140-1.html I know a carry handle wouldn't be a problem. My concern is whether the FSB rail section is equal to the task of...