Hi all.
I recently picked up a used Bighorn Armory barreled action to use in a .223 trainer I've wanted. My goal with this is to have a cheap to shoot centerfire trainer that I can use out to the limits of the round. I live in the Northeast so we arent' shooting 2000 yards around here. In fact, my home range maxes out at 300 and the 69 gr SMKs I reload to SAAMI length work great at that distance.
I had some minor reservations because the bartlein barrel that came with the action had a .223 Wylde chamber.
I don't really understand why a bolt gun would be chambered in .223 Wylde rather than .223 Rem but stopped worrying pretty quickly because with the action, barrel, trigger, 20 moa rail, and magazine, the price was less than a Bighorn action itself. I reload so I figured I could load long to put the bullets further into the leade.
This morning, I was thinking about loading big long bullets and then I realized that this might be by design. The longer leade of the Wylde chamber, originally intended to allow ARs to shoot .223 Rem accurately and .556 safely, just might be a great way to allow reloaders to load .223 Rem to handle longer bullets loaded into a longer than SAAMI length COAL.
Is this right? Does the Wylde provide a benefit over straight .223 rem chamber for reloaders who want to set a long 77-80 gr bullet out further and still have reasonable jump?
If this is true, I'm on to another question.
What is a good amount of jump for this kind of cartridge?
I would measure it by loading a dummy round long and let the bullet set back in the chamber. I'd measure the cartridge and then set the COAL shorter than the measured length by whatever jump I was shooting for.
Does this sound reasonable?
Thanks to all. I find that the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. Locally, I am a knowledgeable resource for several people. But this is a topic where I'm pretty ignorant but trying to fix that. Ha. Thanks again.
I recently picked up a used Bighorn Armory barreled action to use in a .223 trainer I've wanted. My goal with this is to have a cheap to shoot centerfire trainer that I can use out to the limits of the round. I live in the Northeast so we arent' shooting 2000 yards around here. In fact, my home range maxes out at 300 and the 69 gr SMKs I reload to SAAMI length work great at that distance.
I had some minor reservations because the bartlein barrel that came with the action had a .223 Wylde chamber.
I don't really understand why a bolt gun would be chambered in .223 Wylde rather than .223 Rem but stopped worrying pretty quickly because with the action, barrel, trigger, 20 moa rail, and magazine, the price was less than a Bighorn action itself. I reload so I figured I could load long to put the bullets further into the leade.
This morning, I was thinking about loading big long bullets and then I realized that this might be by design. The longer leade of the Wylde chamber, originally intended to allow ARs to shoot .223 Rem accurately and .556 safely, just might be a great way to allow reloaders to load .223 Rem to handle longer bullets loaded into a longer than SAAMI length COAL.
Is this right? Does the Wylde provide a benefit over straight .223 rem chamber for reloaders who want to set a long 77-80 gr bullet out further and still have reasonable jump?
If this is true, I'm on to another question.
What is a good amount of jump for this kind of cartridge?
I would measure it by loading a dummy round long and let the bullet set back in the chamber. I'd measure the cartridge and then set the COAL shorter than the measured length by whatever jump I was shooting for.
Does this sound reasonable?
Thanks to all. I find that the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. Locally, I am a knowledgeable resource for several people. But this is a topic where I'm pretty ignorant but trying to fix that. Ha. Thanks again.
