Currently I've been doing a lot of testing of cfe223 in my savage 223, 26 inch barrel, 1 in 7 twist bolt action.
I have been testing 75g Hornady bthp, 77g Sierra hpbt, 80g Berger vld, and 82g Berger LR BTHP.
So far they have shot pretty well, averaging 1/2 to 1 1/2 moa groups, with the 82g Bergers shooting the best in my rifle.
Lately I have been reading a couple of posts on here that claim CFE223 can be made to ignite more consistently with magnum primers.
I have never used or even owned Magnum small rifle primers, always CCI 400.
Has anyone here ever did some side by side comparison with this powder and magnum and regular primers with the exact same load and actually proven this in their tests? If yes, I may be tempted to try some magnum primers, ha, if I can even find any, but would love to hear any comments.
Thanks
I have been testing 75g Hornady bthp, 77g Sierra hpbt, 80g Berger vld, and 82g Berger LR BTHP.
So far they have shot pretty well, averaging 1/2 to 1 1/2 moa groups, with the 82g Bergers shooting the best in my rifle.
Lately I have been reading a couple of posts on here that claim CFE223 can be made to ignite more consistently with magnum primers.
I have never used or even owned Magnum small rifle primers, always CCI 400.
Has anyone here ever did some side by side comparison with this powder and magnum and regular primers with the exact same load and actually proven this in their tests? If yes, I may be tempted to try some magnum primers, ha, if I can even find any, but would love to hear any comments.
Thanks