I did not consider the Speer Gold Dot until watching these videos.Thank you!

I'm going to try and use these to replace my target bullet (Hornady 75gr BTHP) for .03 cents more a round. Its nice to know that my target bullet is also designed for more than shooting paper. I''ve never been disappointed with any speer bullets I've used in the past. Hard to beat better and cheaper. Great Video!

Awesome vids for us handloaders. Great starting data for velocity and accuracy expectations.

Thanks for all the great work you do. I truly enjoy all of these videos. Not mention trying new bullets and powder that i can apply to my reloading

The 168gr 30 cal. Gold dots are awesome! Great expansion

That's great Johnny I was going to trying these bullets in my stag. And now I am definitely going to be a great bullet for my son to hunt with. Thanks for everything you do Johnny can't wait to see more.

I really like these bullets. They still don't retain a great deal of energy down range in 22 caliber but they certainly will be effective on deer out to 250-300 yards. In 6mm and larger they should be ideal for hunting where I live in the West. Sold out atm pretty broadly, however...

Your expansion tests are impressive and comprehensive. That being said, last hog I shot was with my Wilson Combat 300BLK 16" bbl at 110gr VMax at 2000ish fps. Bastard came out at 96.4gr at 50yds and penetrating from right shoulder to left hind quarter while exploding three ribs and liquifying the right lung and all of the guts.

24.0 grains of Varget/RL15 is a go to load for a TON of service rifle competitors when using 75/77grain bullets. They just load and shoot. No testing. Always shoots well. The load data for 223 was pretty weak. To test your RL15 - Load up 24 grains under some 77SMK's or 75 hornady.

I just ordered 300 of these bullets, love how they shoot

Home from church and what do I find? ANOTHER new Johnny's reloading vid! Wooohooo! It's been a great weekend! Keep em coming boss! Happy New Year sir! God bless!

*Thank You for loading this one. NOW, "in 2019/2020", these 75 grain gold dot are available commercially loaded.*

Awesome series JRB. Gold dots are such a good bullet. Fantastic in pistol and rifle calibers. For the next test with this bullet maybe try AA2520 for speed and then 8208 for a accuracy powder. Both should do well. 24.0 grains of RL15 is a standard accuracy load for 77 grain bullets, so I’m surprised that powder didn’t perform. I picked up a couple thousand of the 64 grain version RMR Reloading was selling before these switched to 62 grains and went retail. They perform excellent also. And yes I believe I have read online that it is the exact same bullet in the federal fusion load. I have always loved and used Nosler partition bullets for hunting, but the way these bonded bullets consistently expand even at high velocity and stay together with great accuracy I may just be switching some of my go to hunting loads over to try. Great vid.

The sine wave when charting the reloader 15 was pretty cool. Went down, back up, and started down again.

I have powder that's over twenty years old and still works good

Keep up the great videos! Love following your reloading antics, 223 and 308 shooter!!

Why not 2520, the king of the mk262 series?

Love the response jonboy keep up the good work

Your old powder is fine brother. 2000MR rocks. Keep up the good work.

Great job as usual, that bullet would also be great for AR platform hog hunters.

I just bought a box of these to try, can’t wait to see how they shoot!

Waiting for my 223 dies in the mail can't wait to start using them

I have 2 Ruger RAR's. One in .223 and the other in .22-250 - Both have 1:8 twist. Wondering how these would do on the RAR ?

Cool timing, I just picked up a box of these on a road trip to check out one of the larger shops in the area. Pleased to see the gold dot rifle bullets performing in line with the pistol versions. At least the older generation pistol bullets. I haven't tried the G2's after seeing them puke on test after test.

I couldn't get those to shoot at all in my psa premium chf 1n7 twist factory loads, I'm talking 6 inch groups....64gr shoot great. 64 gr stops in the skin on back side of a 200 lbs deer, I shot it in the widest part of rib cage, was shot on the run and dropped at 40yrds. Usually if shot closer to shoulder they exit. They expand at very low speed, great long range bullet.

I don't know what is going on with your RE-15 results. I'm surprised. I shoot the 75 gr Hornady BTHP Match bullet in a 1 in 8 twist 18 in Daniel Defense STW bbl. I referred to the Hornady load manual,the page for " AR-15 Match loads" I'm a Varget fan. I buy 8 lb jugs, Its my "go to" powder for 69 gr bullets and 308 168 gr. I also stock H-4895 for my Garand. I had some Ball C-2 on hand. Like you do, I loaded a bunch and took my chrono to the range. I admit I really wanted Varget to win. Not so! RE-15 gave equal accuracy and significantly better velocity than the other powders with that bullet in my rifle. The Gold Dot is interesting. Comparing the Hornady to the 77 gr SMK and NOS Custom Comp, the Hornady had a cost and advertised BC advantage. Its been my "Go to"

This round is amazing. That .411 G1 Ballistic coefficient is really high for magazine length rounds. 500 ft lbs of energy at 500 yards if it's going 2700+ fps. Impressive.

In my 1in8 twist barrel the factory loaded 55 grain gd was more accurate than the 62/64 grain gd.I would to see the 75 grain gd loaded with cfe223 and power pro varmint in 5.56 load data.

Can't wait to get my case of these!

RL15 seems to fall apart at low charge weights. Everyone I know that shoots it says the same thing: push it or it gets wild and dirty. Maybe something you want in a girlfriend, but not in a load.

I hope they come out with more choices would love to see 7mm and 243!!!!

Great video as always.

223, good bullet, and a neck shot will kill just about anything that's in that midsized game category without question. I've shot several deer with 22-250 I know the velocity is higher but it's still the same bullet and normally the 22-250 is shooting a lighter bullet than what you can shoot in the 223. If your not taking long shots I'd say 150 yards and in the velocity difference isn't going to make much of a difference assuming you can put the bullet where it needs to go.

My personal opinion, but why not do these exact loads again, but pump them through a bolt action rifle. This will remove any possible problems with gas settings. Great stuff mate, cheers 🇦🇺 🍺🍺

I've been loading these in 300 BLK. They are specifically made for the black out . 150 grain is all that is available , but they seem to work well on the couple of deer I have shot with them. Would like to see you give these a try and maybe a gel test 😁

27.1-3g of 2000MR pushing 75/77g projectiles has been my goto in most of my ARs since 2012

Great to see the videos more regularly after a little lull with having a job in all. Mentioned before I’d like to see video with your favorite bullets/powder combos, and applications ie hunting plinking etc. also maybe how you manage or organize you brass. I have a lot of range pickups. Do you separate by head stamp? Keep track of firings? I would think it may depend on application ie hunting vs plinking. Keep up the good work. Best reloading channel out there.

Man I have tried RL15 on a few different trips with a few different Bullets and cases. It never puts together a good group for me. I e had 1 lb for two years and I occasionally try something new with it and just never get good results. I was told it was great for heavy 223 but I just never see it.

Well... I guess I’ll be picking up some PP 2000-MR. love the .223/5.56 videos.

Would love to see you revisit this bullet with Varget.

Great video as always! In my AR with a 18" 1:8 Bear Creek Arsenal barrel I run the Hornady 75gr BTHP Match bullets with 22.5gr of RL15. Not sure of the velocity, but accuracy is outstanding! Sub MOA. I know that bullet isn't meat for hunting either, but it shoots lights out with RL15. It also shoots well in my 1:7 16" .556 AR.

Thanks Johnny!!

Great stuff Johnny. I'd like to request you load some "beginning charge" loads for the gel test to gove us an idea of what to expect at distance.

Alliant lists 2000 MR as a ball powder. Looking at it, I see spherical grains and flat grains. Question: The standard deviation varies quite a bit from shell to shell. Do you think it could be that one shell has more or less spherical grains or flat grains. It would be impossible to load a case with half of each. Any thoughts?

My Barnes 62gr TTSX loads sucked butt with RL15...then I found the 5.56 data. RL15 loves a fill case + I see zero reason to load anything under 24 gr with RL15.

Please Johnny do a review of the BT sniper custom swaging dies for turning 22 LR cases in 223/556 projectiles I would love to know your opinion about these Swaging dies

I’d love to see this bullet loaded with 8208XBR. Maybe something like 23.2-23.6gr range? Anyway, thank you for posting this.

Thanks brother great video.

The 2000 MR seems like it has potential, how does the 2000MR meter is it a tube, flake or ball powder?

The 62gr gold dots looked to have more uniform expansion, but those expanded 75gr bullets just look downright vicious. I'd hate to get hit by one of those.

Great video as usual, but where did you get the bullets? I can't find them anywhere, including on Speer's web site!

Love your channel

These Speer GD look like the perfect hunting and self defense bullet. Since you are on the subject of temperature sensitivity, ever thought of loading some up and shooting half in winter and other half in the heat if summer?

I think the velocity was normal for RL-15. My guess is a few bad pieces of brass to cause the fliers? Can go much higher in powder weight with RL-15 with no pressure. Very easily. That does not mean that velocities will even come close to 2000MR though...

Love ur videos. Just picked up a ruger American in 223. I've been reloading a bit. Mostly because of your videos haha. I kno ypu xant shoot 5.56 in a 223 chamber but since I'll be reloading them, does it matter if I use the 5.56 brass and load it with the .223 data? Thanks

Just got these in 7mm for 7mm 08. Excited to see how they shoot. Gonna run h4350. Also have 162 eldx too. Compressed loads though.....meh.

Thanks for the awesome video, do you think the would run in a 16” 1:9 I handload as well, or stick to 62 gr?

I have been using Leveroution for 70 RDF and 85 RDF and have been achieving great accuracy and insane velocities. I am able to get 2950 with the 85 without any pressure signs. I think it too would be a great match for this bullet.

I would like to see these bullets on AR Comp!

John here big difference in loudest of 1 set base to 2 base shot not lound

Speer used to make a 90gr SP .224 that was the best for deer out of a 22-250. Unfortunately, I’ve loaded up and shot all of mine.

the rifle at 7:00, what handguard is that? it looks nice and looks like something i want to look at and maybe buy

Would be interested to see the gel test at lower velocities to find an acceptable minimum velocity for expansion and then extrapolate a maximum effective hunting range.

Can you try the higher load data with rl-15?

What’s up brother. Great video.

Ok now I’m gonna go load some critter hitters for my AR. Ya got me on the 300 WM the other day and ended up prepping like 75 pieces. No RL 26 to be found so I’ll load those later.

I bought the 75's and 2000MR due to this video. In my rifle that shoots 75 and 77's awesome, the target with that combo looked like a shot gun hit it. I then tried the 75's with H4895, my go to powder... with the same results. Maybe another barrel of mine will shoot them?

Great video as always. . Now that I have seen your "make 22 Nolser suck less video" I have to wonder what kind of hunting round a 22 NosGar loaded with a 75 grain gold dot would make. There is just something really soul moving about the prospect of a 75 grain gold dot knocking on the door of 3000 FPS with very little recoil.

Please try these using using Varget.

I know it's a large bullet to shoot supersonic in 300 BLK Out but I'm wondering what this bullet would do in a 100 yard hunting load with Win 296. Any chance to see that. Thanks a lot really enjoying your videos very informative. You've got me back to my reloading bench after a 2 year hiatus.

I wish you would check the 125 go Speer TNT in ballistic gel. You shot it in 300 BO before and it would be interesting to see how it expands at the lower velocity.

We have 1:9 twist one in spikes tactical and one areo precision what would you suggest? Would you please make some loads using a 1:9 twist. We are looking to build us some great shooting pills. We have enjoyed watching your Bob's bullets and the black hills challenge mock up. We are on number 7 in the series. Keep up the great work.

Bought a couple thousand of these at rmr last year

Wonder what 8208xbr in starline brass would do.

Man I would love to see this in 224 Valkyrie or 22 nosler

Hi Johnny what about reloader 16 do you think it would work for 223 and valkyrie

How do you like your magneto speed chronograph? I just purchased the V3 model! Really enjoy your videos and subscribed!

Johnny, Have you ever tried H4895 for 223/5.56? Might like the results. I have a 24 inch 223 wylde.... Able to get 3013 with 24.1 gns. Node is at 23.7 gns... 2900 and some change with single digit es...

er, "free floating barrel"...didn't you just toss the barrel harmonics in the toilette with that fore end rest?

Thanks for another great vid! I also watched the 62 gr vid. I'm looking for a HD round for my 16" 1:7. Between the 62 and 75, what's your opinion?

Would you be interested in some (250) .224 nosler custom competition 80 grain bullet? I've tried then in my AR and 22-250 AI with not the greatest results. I prefer Berger.

Hey Johnny I think the .223 vs 5.56 col difference might be due to case volume caused by different wall thickness of the 2 calibers.

Been looking into getting an idea for running the 88 grain eld bullets from the 224 out of an 223 case considering its the same size projectile

I have a 556 AR pistol. Have you thought about working up loads for shorter barrel lengths? How would an 11" length change your choice of powders?

Idk what I like better as a hunting round in 223 its between 3 rounds fed fusion 62 Grain Speer gold dot 62gr or fed trophy bonded tip 62gr think trophy is still my go to but good luck getting ammo for it any more as they haven't ran a run of it since September 2017 and I'm in desperate need to replenish my hunting ammo so looks like fusion it is or Speer looks like they act the same.

Try vithavouri n550 for high velocity with heavy bullets.

Hey john great stuff I got a question where do you get your lake city brass from I remember you saying you got burnt once

Can you please try cfe223 I’ve also shot it at minimum and the expansion at 100yrds is nearly comical only the very tip folds out to 5 distinct petals so it will still expand to an extent out to a great distance. My 24.0 gr load has slightly less expansion that yours An very similar accuracy great bullet looking forward to more tests!

Hey Jonny, might just be the camera angle but your hand guard looks like it is tilted up. Like it may be loose. Might be affecting accuracy?

Haven't watched yet but let me guess. You got em up to what 2200 or 2250 fps? You need to pump em up

there is a newish 22 cal 70gr accubond

Did you hear they discontinued the hornady 68g loads for .223!?

Great video. What twist barrel is that?

Very nice accuracy and velocity form an expanding bullet. Have you ever messed with IMR 4064 with .223? Just picked up a pound of it, and it seemed to shoot 62gr Hrdy HPBT with 22.5 Grs really well.

Hi Johnny, I am not a reloader, but love your vids...! Just one question that has been bugging my friends and I.... So.. Does the shape of the projectile, for example if the tip is wonky, misshapen, distorted or just not symmetrical have any effect on the accuracy of the round...? The reason we ask is that when you look at a box of ammo, usually the soft points, hollow points aren't perfectly pointy or round, some points slant and hollow points aren't perfectly round or hollow, others look deformed and inconsistent in shape to others in the same box...!! How much do these imperfections effect groupings or accuracy in the real world..?? Cheers... G..

My question is; how slow can these get before expansion becomes an issue? Also, what's the least "flashy" powder in short barrel AR's, that maintains good velocity (2400'ish FPS muzzle with a 62gr in say, an 11.7'ish or 12.5'ish barrel?)

I tested these and at 26.8gr 2000mr the sd and es was 0 for 4 shots. Group was .3in at 50 yards. Velocity was 2777. 20in bcm barrel. I did size the neck with the expander ball removed.

Would have liked sooner but I was shooting!

Will the 75gr Speer Gold Dot stabilise in my 1:9 rifling twist? It does just about stabilise the 69gr HPBT but it needs some "tuning". The 75gr SP are slightly shorter and slower - how will that affect accuracy? I like the 75gr a lot. I am from Africa and will like to drop larger antelope (up to 500 pound) without having to carry around my heavy .270

Will that 2000 mr out run cfe 223?