Bear1142 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 (edited) Take the poll. What rifle bullet weight do you use? E Edited December 12, 2007 by Bear1142 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgary Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 55s for hoser stuff, 69SMKs for anything past 200 b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 For me.. I voted as if Long range.. is 250+ Like Bruce.. Otherwise all 55s.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Here in the Northeast, anything past 300 meters is rare. For the long shots I use Nosler 55 Balistic Tips. I'd use Hornady 75 BTHP's if I really needed to. Tried some leftover highpower ammo one day, the Hornady's over RL 15 shot a nice tiny group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Gonsalves Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I voted "other" as I use 60 grain for it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 69's everywhere. Just easy to load and affordable. Keeps things simple too. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpd54 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Voted other cuz I use 55's out to 200 and 69 GMMK out past that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerjg Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I use 55gr FMJ-BT Hornady for everything out to 100-200 yards. Beyond that ive had great luck w/ Hornady 60gr V-Max and the 68gr BTHP bullets. Ive tried the 69grSMK's but my JP barrel prefers the 68's. Ive just started tinkering w/ some 73gr Berger match bullets and the 75gr Hornady's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Freeman Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 55s from 3 yards to 425 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear1142 Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 Yeah, I use 55's for hoser stuff, but I'm interested in long range (over 200.) Call it market research. Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobob Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 55s for everything except extreme long range. At Ironman it was 55gr. American Eagle out to 400yds. with no problem hitting that wasn't traceable to either me, or the scope that I found out later had a parallax problem. On the long range bonus stage (500 and 600 yards) I used a different rifle, a 20" Bushmaster, shooting Black Hills with the 69gr. Sierra, and had no problem making the hits. The only disadvantage of using 55s that I can tell is wind resistance, or lack thereof, when there is a stiff crosswind and the range is over 300 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Payne Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 55's for everything, near or far. Works well with my TA-11 BDC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 The only disadvantage of using 55s that I can tell is wind resistance, or lack thereof, when there is a stiff crosswind and the range is over 300 yards. or a friggin laRue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxshooter Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 69 grain one bullet for everything. You have to keep it simple when you get this old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.E. Kelley Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 147's for the close and quick, 168's to go the distance. Oh, I'm sorry you are talking about mouse carbines. In that case 55's and 69's Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear1142 Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 Patrick, Thanks for coming down off the power mountain and mingling with us wimps! Wow! 45 votes so far and no 75/77 stuff....interesting. Keep it going! Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Once a year when I have my Match Director hat on there is nothing more frustrating then having to explain to a competitor that his 52gr or slow 55 gr. is not activating the reactive target and he will be scored as a miss. Maybe this thread will encourage a few more folks to use two loads. One mouse load for paper and a 69 gr. or heavier load for the steel. This way we can have some far shots in the match. I'm still looking for that reactive targets that can be moved by a 55 gr. .223 and hold up to a squad of Heavy metal guy's and gal's. It's not out there yet. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Freeman Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 We shoot MGM flash targets and LaRues out to 425 yards every month. No problems with seeing hits or knocking over a LaRue with 55s. Must be that thin Colorado air at 5,500 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Erik, Rest assured. I'll be testing 68's, 75's and 77's on the new gun. They're all sold in bulk so basically...same price as anything else. I'm not worried about wind. A 55 is just fine going out to the short distances (< 500m) that we shoot. I'm with Butch in that I'm more concerned with down range energy than wind. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRUBL Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Talk to the High power guys.......they went from 55's to 68/69's and at that point were VERY competative with the .308's from 100 to 300 yards......then they went to the 75/77's and the rest is history. In our game.....at an averge match, there probably is not need for anything over 55.....(meaning out to 300yds) Infact, the 'real' ballistics really are not to much different between any of the bullet wts. After 300yds......whoa....start using the 68/69's. and once you go to 68/69....no need for 55's any more, that is if you're reloading. No need to have 2 special recipes.....just work on one. Now.....we start seein LOTS of targets at that 600yd mark, I may go to 75's......but I dont think you'll see a steady diet of it anytime soon. When I shot highpower, I had a barrel that I could not get to shoot the 77 vld's any where near as good as I could get the 69mk's to shoot.....sooo I went that route. (NOTE>>>>>this was back in 87, when they had just come out with the 'VLD's' and you couldnt load them to box length.....that is, till Hornady came out with the first 75 grain that could) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkbrd Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Used the 77SMK for the long range Benning targets on stage 1 and 7 and they took them down with authority. They shot the same zero at 250 as my 50 grainer's. But hit steel HARD at 300+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbullgpd Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 55s for hoser stuff, 69SMKs for anything past 200b +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 69s everywhere for matches. 55s for plinking and practicing out to 200. I have enough issues at matches that I don't need to add to the disaster factor potential by adding a second type of rifle ammo to the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Religious Shooter Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 69's for everything is too rich for my blood. 55 FMJBT for close and 69's for 100+ yard stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 The only disadvantage of using 55s that I can tell is wind resistance, or lack thereof, when there is a stiff crosswind and the range is over 300 yards. or a friggin laRue... You just gotta HIT LaRue's Butch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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