Posted: 11/3/2007 4:28:48 PM EDT
Is the heavier weight RG ammunition, ie 62 grn & 67/69grn readily available in quantity and quality, and from whom? ...and you can wish me a happy birthday now..... |
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62 grain available in the north no problem......in the south...ask your favourite Gun Plumber Mark. Radway generally a bit pooey as not meant for accuracy but for mowing down nasty pasties in sand pits.......homeloads better...make buwwets at home.....happy shooter...no tar in bawwel. Happy birthday by the way......21 I assume  If ever we meet I'll buy you a pint.   (just joined HRA for next year so hopefully you will be able to take me up on the offer if the feckin aydjuts haven't band the shootists from Bisley by then)I look like this....  only slightly less yellow and a lot bigger
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Yes I know about you Mark but when you get famous and established and stop answering your emails I will need alternatives................. Anyone tried Prvi Partizan .223 Match 75gr?...or can recommend any factory .223/5.56mm? |
I found a site that would load up .223 for you to your spec's, it worked out about £40 per 100. I don't get time to reload so i was thinking of trying this route, I'll try and remember the site. Steve |
If/when I get an upper built it will need to chamber 5.56 Rg 'cos I can't afford the really expensive stuff and I have neither the space or time to homeload... ..and yes your guess is correct, but it hasn't done that bloke Clooney any harm, but then neither has his film career or millions in his bank account.. |
Bloody hell, Don't tell me i guessed your age right ( Didn't work on the lotto numbers last night ) Does this help you at all www.budgetwebsiteservices.co.uk/gt/ammunition.shtml I'm not sure where you are, but these sell a few different types of .223 according to there site. I Tried the PMC Stuff and it seemed o.k. to me Steve |
You mean HPS.......I would keep away |
Why ? I was thinking of going down this route. Have you heard bad things ? Steve |
Friend of mine got some 223 HPS - and experienced someting like a 30% misfire rate. I gave him some RG and that went fine, so it wasn't the rifle. Personally, I wouldn't go anywhere near HPS. Use RG or reload. |
Have you heard the one about HPS advising a customer to put their ammo on the car dashboard on a sunny day to warm it up to increase the velocity... 
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Yip, I'm not sure that's sound technical advice I'll reload my own. Steve |
Ah, that's a bummer as HPS are just down the road from me. Doesn't sound right as they advertise it as 'target' ammunition that you can have machine-loaded or hand loaded  Stiil, there seems to be a few viable options about. Whilst I have the attention of the assembled intelligentia am I right in my assumption that an RG chambered gun will eat anything but a SAAMI spec'd one will not take RG? |
No It all depends on the reamer. The reamer I use, which is a closely guarded secret but is commercially available, and is the one used by the USNG and AMU shooting teams, as well as some prominent gunsmiths in the US, will devour RG...in most cases...Sometimes is can be a little stiff at first, but generally they all loosen up.Sometimes on hot days, it can be a little sticky, but that could also be put down to certain batches of the ammo. The reamer I use BTW is a .223 SAAMI spec. I also have 5.56 and Wylde. I found the Wylde to have issues with RG |
