Soft Shooting .223
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OP, (as some others said) just go by a 9mm mpx or whatever version you like and use that. My 5 year old absolutely hammers my mpx(it is suppressed though). That is the softest shooting thing I can imagine and very accurate out to 100yds.
Already did, genius. Really, you should read more carefully before posting. You even replied to my suggestion about Blue Dot loads, and someone else beat me to a good link for them.
Reloder-7 and a light TSX, or get a can since you can efile form 4's now
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So I went to the shop today and looked around at my 5.7 reloading crap. Apparently midway did offer the blue tip V max as a component at one time or another. I have a few boxes of them. As my original reply though, I don’t believe there is any difference in any of the “color” offerings of the 40g bullets. Pic is all three colors that I know of. Left to right: pulled from factory loaded FN ammo(note the heavy crimp indentation), midway seconds v max, green tip Z max. All versions are 40g, polymer tip boat tail of the same construction from an outside view.I was under the impression the 5.7 rounds are designed for it's velocities. Are they not? I though the blue tip was different construction from red tip. I wasn't aware the blue tips were available as a component either. Maybe I have bad info, if so apologies.
Like a .30 110 tac tx isn't the same as the ttsx or tsx. Much lower expansion threshold. I thought it was a similar thing with the blue vs red tip.
I think if I was trying to do what you were thinking, I would use 60 grain VMAX, and I would load it with AA2200, like some poster already said, which is a very good choice, and its going to be in the 19 grains area. Or I would use SW Tactical Rifle, which will cycle an AR down around 18 grain loads. That will be ideal for what you want, and economical. With 1:8 twist, you want to use 60 grain is just about perfect. It will be pretty accurate too. VV N130 can work too, down under 20 grains.
This maybe off topic but I think getting a soft shooting 9mm PCC is an easier solution for 50 yard. Unless you really love developing a new load.
SP5, B&T APC9 series are all pretty soft shooting in my experience. Not worse than ARs at least.
Exactly. The common blowback 9mm carbines all have more felt recoil than a properly tuned AR. That heavy bolt mass has something to say about "soft recoiling".
Not that any of these recoil very much. But if the OP thinks a 5.56 AR is too much, he's not going to like a 9mm AR any better; only thing they do better for this topic is make less flash & blast.
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My ar9 sbr is way worse recoiling than any 556 gun I’ve ever shot.
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