223 LR Bolt vs AR

[Beautiful Mulberry]

Bolt vs AR
What’s the furthest distance you’ve push either platform to?

I have 20” ar I through together to take out to foul bore. I have to get some together first.

 

[conditionzero]

I have an 18” that will gong steel at 550 no problem but haven’t gone further. A bolt, not sure how much further you can go. But you do have the advantage of seating long.

 

[KurtM]

I've got a 24" AR that I have hit Prairie Dogs at 500 yds occasionally. It will keep 5 rounds under a Quarter at 200yds with 69 gr Match Kings. I've hit 10" steel with it out to 800.

 

[Beautiful Mulberry]

That’s pretty good!

 

[rockchalk06]

I have an 18” that will gong steel at 550 no problem but haven’t gone further. A bolt, not sure how much further you can go. But you do have the advantage of seating long.

I back this up!

 

[Camo]

600 on steel with 18 inch ar platform.

 

[ClintC]

77gr or 80gr bullet can be pushed out pretty far. I’ll see how far I can push factory bergers soon hopefully. From a bolt and AR.

 

[Beautiful Mulberry]

77gr or 80gr bullet can be pushed out pretty far. I’ll see how far I can push factory bergers soon hopefully. From a bolt and AR.

That would be good info

 

[swampratt]

I went shooting with a friend to Okc gun club and they had 600 yard steel targets to shoot at.
Once I found my drop i was hitting them every time.
I had my drops for all the steel targets and it was too easy to ring them all.
Savage axis 22" .223 with my hand loaded 55gr Vmax.
I tried other bullets in that rifle 1:9 twist and nothing grouped tighter than that Vmax.
I do not have any rifles that have matched the accuracy of those Axis .223 rifles I have.

I shot 500 yard steel with a Lee lead 170gr bullet 1400fps muzzle velocity. The drop was ridiculous and I shot on 4 power.
I feel you just need to have a rifle and load that holds a good tight group then Send It

 

[Pochanaquarhip]

I went shooting with a friend to Okc gun club and they had 600 yard steel targets to shoot at.
Once I found my drop i was hitting them every time.
I had my drops for all the steel targets and it was too easy to ring them all.
Savage axis 22" .223 with my hand loaded 55gr Vmax.
I tried other bullets in that rifle 1:9 twist and nothing grouped tighter than that Vmax.
I do not have any rifles that have matched the accuracy of those Axis .223 rifles I have.

I shot 500 yard steel with a Lee lead 170gr bullet 1400fps muzzle velocity. The drop was ridiculous and I shot on 4 power.
I feel you just need to have a rifle and load that holds a good tight group then Send It

170gr .223????

 

[Beautiful Mulberry]

I went shooting with a friend to Okc gun club and they had 600 yard steel targets to shoot at.
Once I found my drop i was hitting them every time.
I had my drops for all the steel targets and it was too easy to ring them all.
Savage axis 22" .223 with my hand loaded 55gr Vmax.
I tried other bullets in that rifle 1:9 twist and nothing grouped tighter than that Vmax.
I do not have any rifles that have matched the accuracy of those Axis .223 rifles I have.

I shot 500 yard steel with a Lee lead 170gr bullet 1400fps muzzle velocity. The drop was ridiculous and I shot on 4 power.
I feel you just need to have a rifle and load that holds a good tight group then Send It

That’s pretty good

 

[swampratt]

170gr .223????

HA. I forgot to put in that 170gr cast load was shot from a 30-06.
Would not be much case volume left in a .223

 

[Beautiful Mulberry]

I was thinking you was onto the next project

 

[JCann]

I've got a 24" AR that I have hit Prairie Dogs at 500 yds occasionally. It will keep 5 rounds under a Quarter at 200yds with 69 gr Match Kings. I've hit 10" steel with it out to 800.

That’s damn good because we know ol Kurt don’t use no bipod, bag, bench, shooting sticks, friends shoulder, or any aid whatsoever. He loathes those who do. It’s strictly run and gun with a red hot barrel.

 

[KurtM]

I only loath a select few, and it isn't the bipodstickbag crowd. Politicians come to mind, but I digress. When I shoot Prairie Dogs I simply walk around, find a nice place to lay down and use my day pack for a rest. I do zero off a bench with sand bags, but once zeroed, I try never to shoot off a bench again.