223 with 75gr Bergers behind 22 grains of Varget at ~2400 fps (labradar). Is this load too slow? It shoots lights out and produces good ES and SD. Or should I push it more. At 24 grains of varget I was around ~2700 with poor groups and numbers. Furthest itll be shot is 600 yards.
223 Velocity
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Varget was too bulky for my AR loads, so I switched to CFE223. The 77gr Prime Ammo is/was a powderpuff load (around 2500 fps out of my 18”), but it was very consistent. I regularly shot it out to, and beyond 600 on 12” plates.
I have a 20" Rem 700 also. It's kinda picky, my old load was the 73 eld with 23.5 Varget, anything more than that was like throwing rocks at the target. I recently switched to the 75 bthp and thought since the bullets were similar that same load should be close, man was I wrong. New load with the 75's is 24.5 of Varget and .020 longer. I cant tell you how fast it is but it takes 2.4 mils at 430. Here's 5 @ 430.
How to make 22grs of Varget shoot faster outa 20” barrel? That is a question for the ages.
One could find some heavier brass with less capacity. That brass would raise pressure and increase the velocity a little, maybe 20 FPS. Then you would have 2420!
