Big fan of Varget here...24.5 gr Varget with 75 Hornady or 77 Sierra Match
So are these guys (gathered from various websites)
Disclaimer: use these loads at your own risk
24.5 grains Varget or RE15 with Sierra 77 or Hornady 75 is a good load.
24.5gr Varget with a 69 Sierra, 77gr Sierra or 75gr A-Max (the 75 A-Max loaded long for 600) all work great for Service Rifle
I am using 24.5 varget with the same bullet in LC brass with no issues at all and it is good to 600yds in my service rifle.
I'm using 25.0 Varget seated mag length with Rem 7 1/2 primers & LC brass. getting close to just shy of 2700 fps.
18" Douglas barrel w/ 1:8 twist.
My rifle loves 24.5 gr of varget with the 77smk.
23.8 - 24 gr of Varget with the 77 is a pretty standard load. Your 1-7 should like them alot. I doubt you'd see a meaningful difference between the VV and Varget for practical applications.
I've made a lot of good hits on paper and steel out to 850 with 24.2 of RE15 and 77 SMKs (2,632 / 18" Noveske); but I think 69s are more accurate in close.
The 80gr projectiles will never shoot from the 9 twist but i have shot heaps of 75 A Max projectiles form 9 twists with good results. as some rem barrels are buttoned they can get button slippage and end up over 9 twist. The 75gr Hornady HPBT and the 77gr Sierra are both proven performers in 9 twist 223 so if you cant get the A Max to stabalise try them the Hornadys have been as accurate as the Sierra 69gr.
Yea, another thread. Basically I am looking for anyone who's had success running 24.5grs of varget behind a 77gr SMK.
Yep. You can also use 24.5 for your 80s for 600.
I use 24.5 for 69's and 24.0 for 75's and 77's.
I settled on 24.2grains of Varget for mag length ammo using 69 or 77gr Noslers (or Sierra's).
In my 223 bolt guns 22 to 23 grains of Benchmark shines. Benchmark also works in the AR's, I just have a lot of Varget on hand and it always works well in the AR.
I get very good accuracy using 24.5gr Varget and 77gr SMK loaded to magazine length, but have found even better accuracy all the way to 25.3gr.
I used to use 24.5 for many years with very good accuracy, then moved up to 25.0 for my load now. Both are more accurate than I can hold. It goes where ever it is pointed with boringly repeatable regularity.
Varget 24.2gr has been very good to me, and shoots sub MOA in three different ARs.
Yea, another thread. Basically I am looking for anyone who's had success running 24.5grs of varget behind a 77gr SMK.
Thanks
Exact load I use for my 1-7" rifles. Great results.
Yup, just got back from the range. Gotta say, I do like the new recipe. 24.5 grs is my new base load for the 77's.
i meant to pm you back, but i started working up the load a bit more and it seems that the higher over 24 gr i went the worse the grouping started to get. Didn't notice a difference too much in 24 and 24.2 but 24.3-24.5 i noticed my groups starting to seperate a little bit. Still sub moa but had an average of .540moa with the 24gr and .82 with over 24.3gr. I am thinking for the way i load mine at least 24 is the sweet spot for my setup.
27gr of varget with those 55gr vmax's loaded to 2.235 oal and they are sub moa everytime.
25gr's of Benchmark, Rem 7.5 primers, LC or Win brass, at 2.255" is a sub MOA load and shoots very well from all the rifles I've tried it in, that's my 55gr V-max load since Benchmark meters so much better than Varget, I can crank them out on the progressive and have a **** load of sub MOA critter/paper blasters in no time flat.
What's your load in 55's, 69's and 77's with Varget?
I'm at 26.5 with a 55 grain Hornady SPT. Just out of curiosity for those of you with Chronographs, what velocity are you getting with 26.5 or 27 grains of Varget with a 55 grain bullet in a 1/9 twist 16" bbl?
I worked up to 24.5 with the 77 grain canelured bullet. Be careful and start with 23.5 or so.
EDIT: For a 16" 1/9, the accuracy load for 69g sierra HPBT is 25.3g of varget. I have seen many posts from people using a similar load with good to excellent results.
Hornaday 55 gr FMJBT, 27.0 grs Varget.
SS-109, 62 gr FMJBT, 26.5 grs Varget.
Hornaday 68 gr BTHP, 24.5 grs Varget.
I use LC same year brass, Wolf SRM primers.
I worked up to these loads, and they are safe and accurate in my rifle.
69 gr SMK ---> 24.5 gr Varget
55 gr FMJ ---> 26.7 gr Varget
That is all I shoot in .223 anymore these days.
77gr Match King, 24.5 gr Varget with a Remington 7 1/2 small primer.
Case: Win new or x1
Bullet: 69 SMK
primer: Rem 71/2
powder: Varget 25.3
OAL = 2.261
AR15 - Krieger brl, 26 in, SS, match chamber, fluted
DPMS upper -'Lo-Pro" ...no FA
RRA lower - 2 stage trigger
Magpul PRS stock
Young NM lite carrier and bolt
Solid 0.5 MOA from 100 yds all day if Im up to it
200 yds...1-1.5 inch 5 shot groups
Winchester 223 brass
24.0 gr Varget
80 gr berger VLD seated .005 off the lands
Winchester SR primer
shoot under .443 5 shot group in my 24" shaw super match bull barrel
shoots .557 with 80 gr SMK
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