Great video! Thanks 👍👍

I really want to that you for creating and sharing these videos. I find them very informative and helpful.

The 65 grain Sierra Game Kings are excellent for accuracy and excellent for deer. I reload with CCI BR primers and 24 grains of Varget. I can't post the pictures, but with no wind mine shoots 10 shots inside a dime at 100 yards.

Thanks for everything you do!

VV 135 is the powder

I WOULD HAVE WENT WITH THE 26.3 GRAINS AT 2.250 OAL.IT HAD THE TIGHTEST GROUP MINUS THE FLYER.BEST RELOADING CHANNEL ON KZfaq

I got a pretty good node with this bullet with 8208XBR and federal AR Match primers. 5 Shot groups; 0.813" with 21.8 gr, 0.784" with 22.2 gr, and .906" with 22.6 gr. Daniel Defense S2W 18" cold hammer forged chrome lined barrel 1:7 twist. Cases were mixed range pickup but they were annealed and neck expanded with a carbide expander mandrel to 0.001 under bullet diameter. No chrono (planning on buying for myself for Christmas). Thanks JRB for everything! Your series have taught me more than you could imagine.

I'm glad theres KZfaq for beginner reloader like myselfe. Been working up successful handgun rounds. Starting on 223 pretty soon. Finding it to be more of a hobby than an way to save on ammo. Which is a plus with reloading. I've never shot my 10mm so much!!!

Good for you for mentioning your powder funnel spill problem. The same thing will happen with the RCBS funnel if it isn't perfectly lined up to the .223 case. Great video Thanks!

I use 26 grains of CFE223 with my 69, 77, and 80 grain bullets, with military brass. Never had a problem. It's a little dirty but the velocities are faster than any other powder out there. Varget can't even touch this stuff. It meters like a dream too. Last chrono on the 77's was 2800 FPS out of a 20" 1-8 barrel, and just over 3000 FPS out of a 26" 1-7 barrel. No signs of any pressure. Both have Wylde chambers. In my .308, I have gone as high as 45.6 grains of CFE223, and gotten 2900 FPS with 175gr Sierra TMK's and SMK's. This was out of a custom Remington 700, with an Obermeyer 5R barrel. Again, no pressure signs. After cleaning, the patches didn't show any copper. They were dirty, but no copper. I love this powder.

I know this is rather old test and you use a White Oak Barrel now, but see cpl problems, that chrono fastened on barrel will change bullet impacts and accuracy, same as a flash hider or silencer ect changes barrel harmonics, other it look like many times you have the chrono or the barrel on the bag, which also changes barrel harmonics a great deal, good video though love the Redding press.

Hey Johnny, I love this format of actual load development beyond the initial ladder or whatever they are calling it and shooting a second and then lands workup.. awesome

Last winter I made a 223 load with 65SGK and CFE223. It shot awesome, in the winter, when I took the same load to the range this summer it was horrible. Half inch groups in winter, 2.5+ inch groups in the summer. My load was 27.3gr CFE/CCI450/LC brass with no pressure signs even in the summer when groups were terrible, and it was really slinging the 65grs, around 3150fps according to drops out to 400 yards. 16" Black Hole Weaponry barrel, I love the BHW barrels, accuracy can be great and velocities are always unbelievable but when they dont like a load they HATE the load. Same barrel with CFE and 53vmax shot groups larger than a foot.

I love watching your verry informative vids. your full of information. I learn tons of tips from you.. I don't use the load data because your guns are different than mine but I gain confidence in experimental loads from the vast info you put in your videos. . I want to thank you for showing how to experiment with loads..

'Johnny's in the basement mixin' up the medicine' - Dylan

Try the 70gr TSX with TAC or CFE 223 or 8208 and CCI 41 and LC brass

Just a reminder, you don’t necessarily need a micrometer or calipers. With practice you can use the threads per inch method. For example a 7/8-14 UNF would equal to .0714 inches per one revolution/turn of the die. 1inch divided by 14 equals .0714. I hope this helps.

Love the detail in your videos. I would be happy with most of the groups at 100yds. Great videos

I made some repointing dies for this bullet and it shoots 1 MOA AT 300 YARDS.

I use a .17cal funnel for my .223 case charging. it works great and seems to fit the case neck well with no powder spill. just an fyi

Everyone complains about lead ruining there lawn but where you shoot the jugs it seems like the grass is doing great!

Truly appreciate the work! If you hate chasing brass, get yourself a Caldwell Brass Catcher.

I still have a bunch of 64g rem-pp. loaded it years ago. Love the combination-deadly on Acxess deer n stuff.

Colt baby

Of all the bullet weights I have worked up best recipes for the Sierra 65g have been the most accurate rounds for my rifle. Using 335 powder, I get 2950 fps and can get a 1/4” group at 50 yds.

the rifle is a savage 111 bolt action with 26 inch barrel 1n9 twist

I use almost the same thing. Odin works 18"dmr 1/8 twist. Fed ar match primer, 26 grains varget with the 65grn gameking. That's a great deer round.

I use those 65 gainers for many groundhogs and 1 deer. I use r15 or imr4320. I moly coat mine and that bullets in my 223 with shot the butt off a gnat at 100. I also use them in also in my 220 Swift with a 1 in 12 twist and it does the same. It is a toss up between r19 and r22. Great video.

Great video 👍🏽 I really like IMR 8208 XBR for 308 and 223. Recently getting very good groups (0.75") with the cheap Berry's 55gr and (0.5") with Nosler 69gr Custom Competitions out of my AR with 18" DD S2W barrel. I got similar groups with the 65 Sierra. I use a dryer sheet to control static on my funnel, works great!

Great video as usual. Thanks!

Excellent video Johnny, very thorough which I like. I bought these two exact components for reloading a hunting round for my bro's Bushmaster AR-15 with a 1:9 twist barrel. I was looking for the heaviest or most optimal bullet to pack some punch as well as cut through wind and shoot longer distances (if I had to) mostly for varmint or predator hunting as well as possibly for whitetail doe as well. I was told that ballistic tip bullets would not load right in a mag and chamber correctly so at the advice of a firearms outfitter at Cabela's who reloads for his AR he recommended the CFE223 for a good powder to start with and that I shouldn't go above 68 or 69 grains for the bullet to stabilize in the 1:9 twist AR barrel so I went with the 65 grain Sierra GKs. My youngest bro has loaded those particular bullets for his .270, 7mm Mag and my Dad's .243 and they have done well and shoot accurately and taken deer from a bolt action rifle. I also bought CCI small rifle primers and a small base die set, hopefully I have all I need and after watching this video and seeing that you also couldn't find a load for that bullet from any of the books as well, but came up with some averages based on bullets that are close. I will have to try the same loads you did and see how it goes. I will be safe and make sure it fits, chambers, ejects, and there are no over pressure signs it should work well for me. Thanks once again and Happy Shooting/Reloading.

Love the videos. I watched one the other day using H335 and decided to try it as I had about a half pound. Worked great! Problem is now I can’t find it anywhere. Need to find a reliable source of powder that is not going to cost $50 a pound

Pile of shame Can't wait to start my own.

The 65g sierra game kings have been the most accurate bullet I have made up. I tried several different powders but the 65g and 335 powder proved best for me. Out of a 16" comp barrel I got really exceptional groupings. Best being .338" at 50 yds using old iron sights.

...22.8grn of N133 under these bullets is a 5 shot bug hole @100 yards...

My rifle really likes 25 grains of cfe223 and 69 grain barnes match burners.

Try norma oryx or federal fusion for hunting

thank you for doing all of the legwork I also shoot the same calibers and ammunition that you test. The number one take away from watching this video is that your rifle shoots much better without the suppressor on the muzzle. Overall throughout all of the different grains of powder and bullet weights your best grouping and Beth accuracy is found with no Muzzle suppressor

I found the magic in 25 .5 grains of tac with that bullet.

This is my WOA 18" complete upper free floating varmint barrel fluted 1 in 7" twist attached to a Colt M-4 with a Geissele SSA-E trigger. Using reloaded Sierra 69 grain Match King bullets it shoots 3/8" five shot groups at 100 yards. I also have a Bushnell 4.5-18x40mm scope with Custom Turret label accurate out to 900 yards. The rings are 1" high QD aluminum. The group in the picture was with 65 grain Sierra Game kings which I use for deer..

what Vortex scope is that? It looks smaller then most?.?.? or is it just a really big ar15? lol like a an AR10 sized AR15?

I need some of these

Wilson Combat load .223 65gr game king out 16 in barrel 2730 fps out of 20" barrel 2890 fps lake city cases unknown powder and primers but said low flash and very clean burning

BTW Loving all of your videos.

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I just picked up 200 of those 65gr Gamekings and had pretty good results with Varget. All my groups were right at about 1 MOA. I did shoot a 0.65 inch group at 100 yds with 26.4 gr of Varget but I want to verify that at the range again and make sure it wasn’t an accident

Hey Johnny, how will this loads be different in an 1:7 twist barrel? Awesome videos

Why haven't I found this channel earlier :) Lot's of good science and experimentation here, would love to see more testing done on 55gr Hornady bulk soft points with CFE-223 or H4895 (some say it's more stable in temperature extremes vs IMR). Liked and subscribed, keep up with this incredible work man, cheers.

Why don't you wrap a drier sheet or two around your powder measurer? I do whenever I am reloading and it works great for keeping powder of this type from sticking to the side.

I watch a lot of videos on youtube and yours are very good. Keep it up!!! Can you do a video on crimping using RCBS dies in 223 or 556. THANK YOU!!!

Loved the video. Tells me not overly impressed with 223cfe with this bullet. I have wanted to try this powder but can’t find it. I will try the bullet anyway with some different powders that I have and see if results are different

CFE is a slow powder. In a 20 inch barrel you can get that 65 grain bullet to 3000 FPS. With your 16 inch barrel close to 2900 is reasonable in your short 16 inch barrel. If you are not seeing pressure signs, CAREFULLY move up the 27 grain range.

Going to load of some of these and Nosler Partitions over some Ramshot TAC next week.

to help with static i have found some aerosol graphite that i spray on my funnels and weigh pans. it works great for the internals of my powder measure too. just be careful with some lighter weight and clear plastics as it may deform.

The lack of velocity jump with the shorter length may have something to do with the 5.56 chamber and the roomy throat/leade area that negates some of the pressure spikes once the bullet gets moving out of the case. Very interesting results though.

my brother killed a pretty big buck with this bullet at 125 yards loaded with h4895. getting about 1.25 inch group at 2900 fps

I would like to see hornady 75 gr HPBT with some H4895 powder?! I just loaded some but I just used one powder weight 21.2 gr. I think!? Great videos!!!

Johnny, EXCELLENT videos! They've been very helpful, and I'm learning a lot about powders and bullets I haven't tried yet. A couple of points that might help you out in the future: CFE223 powder is very apt to stick in powder funnels due to static cling. If that's a problem, borrow a can of your wife's Static Guard and spray the livin' crap out of your funnel. After it dries, the problem pretty much completely goes away, and stays away for a long time. An observation on this video: I would have been very interested to see what your powder/bullet combo did right around the 26.3 grain level. The OAL data was interesting, but I would have liked to see what 26.1, 26.2, 26.4, and 26.5 grain charges would have done. Also, one factor in group size besides firing the first shot from a cold barrel is that if the first shot in the group is chambered manually, it doesn't chamber exactly the same way as it does when it is chambered after another round is fired. When I fire for groups, I load the 5 test rounds under two or three fouling rounds that I shoot for warm-up. Then I will fire four of the test group, drop the magazine and load the next 5 rounds, and fire the last of the first test group before switching to the next target in sequence. That way, all shots fired have been chambered identically.

Great video, thanks for sharing. What is the part number of the projectile?

barrels can make a huge difference in group size. My 18" heavy barrel shoots 1/2" with Hornady 55g HPBT. My 14.5" pencil barrels shoot 1.5"

We need to get you a 18-20 inch match barrel so you can showcase your hard work a little better, thx for your the education 👍🏾

FYI rub your powder hopper down with dryer sheets to remove static cling of those types of powders. Not a 100% fix but def helps.

I would have thought for a Game bullet, it would have hung together better. I don't like picking bullet parts out of different meat parts in my game. Hmmm.

Good job I’ve been wanting to see if I’m loading or building a load for my 22-259

Hello Johhny, i really enjoy your videos, can you make more vids about 22-250 ?

It appears to me that your hand is moving around a lot on the grip, and I believe that may be affecting your horizontal dispersion, also as others have noted, that chronograph has a negative affect.

Great video, I have been trying this combo out and found decent accuracy, slightly less than 1 moa at 25 gr's. I have not chronied the load yet. I am Ok with a slightly less velocity as I think the bullet expands too much at the higher speed. I don't see my kids shooting a deer beyond 100 to 150 yards, so 2500 fps should be fine.

that 65 is my go to I really like ramshot tac for it they have load data for 223 and 556 with that bullet on their website really like the vids

you can probably use very close load data for the Barnes TSX and hornady GMX. they are extremely similar bullets

I don't know why Hodgen says cfe223 is a good powder for a 223. It's too slow of a powder for 55-65gr bullets. You can't fit enough powder in the case to get anything close to max pressure. With a 65gr gameking and 26gr of powder you're only burning about 90% of the powder in a 20 inch barrel. That's just wasting 10% of the powder you load. It's not a bad powder for 308 and 150gr bullets.

I know this is an old video, but what about 69gr Sierra match king with ar comp

CFE works good in all small calibers, where I ran in to the first problems, was 308

Would love to see a test with the Hornady DMX- 70 grain.

69gr SMK- sugg. TAC & 2230 please. Great work, your videos are easy to watch & extremely entertaining!

A little baby powder dusted in the powder throw hopper helps kill the static and makes things slippery. Something a buddies grandfather showed me.

Every caliber I've used these bullets have been accurate.

If you use a 17 caliber funnel with ball powder won’t spill around edges

Excellent video! Surprised sierra 63gr smp data doesn't show cfe223

Awesome video! Very good methodology. The 2.240” OAL is very interesting. Vertical consistency is very good. Bullets and powder seem good. Maybe the barrel is controlling?

I've heard of and tried the use of a used dryer sheet to reduce the static from funnels, dippers, scale pans, and powder measure parts. Works for me. I don't think this leaves any contamination by its use, but correct me if I am wrong.

I would love to know your thoughts on the howler 64 gr bsb bullets

Johnny, I keep a dryer sheet in my powder measure and funnels. Virtually eliminates all static. Also, do you sort your brass by weight in any way, or do you find it doesn't make enough difference in groups?

Would you revisit the butt kicking 223 series and add the speer 70gr.. I'm loading it now and struggling with it but the reviews on the bullet are great ! It seems like a very very strong .224 bullet for hunting

Great job! 16 inch barrel .

Wrap a new dryer sheet around the powder measure, that should help with the static.

I gave up on military brass for shooting really tight groups.Try the same load data with commercial brass.I shoot for group size,choose the load,then chronograph.I do enjoy your vids.

It’s in the Sierra manual edition 5 printing 5. It’s not called a game king just SP but the product number matches. There isn’t data for CFE 223 in mine but I think mine was printed before CFE 223 came out

looks over gassed the ejected case

I'll take that a little further. My AR has a basic lower, no mods. My upper is a BCM with a BCM bolt carrier group. I prepped all my brass diligently. (LC brass) I loaded 26.2g of 335 (kinda hot, the only sign of pressure was slightly flattened primers) the primers were the federal AR match primers. (I don't know what powder the factory loads were but weighed out at 27.6 to 28.2g) with an OAL of 2.26" (i load all my 5.56 at 2.26") I don't remember velocity exactly but it was around 2920.

I also weigh every powder charge.

might be a dumb question but im just curious, would a free floated barrel have had a noticeable or beneficial difference? also see im a few years late to the party but this channel has seriously spiked my interest in reloading. i am baby stepping my way into it. Each paycheck i buy another peace of the puzzle. thank you for all of the videos they are extremely helpful and so interesting.

The Chrono can affect barrel harmonics and throw you groups.

Does CFE live up to its name for reducing copper fouling or easing cleaning?

lets try a .68gr bullet same power @27gr lake city brass , primer fed srp

sorry if i missed it in video im thinking of buying these bullets for my 1 in 7 twist i was wondering what barrel twist is your gun

Hi johnny just wondering if you wanted to compare these two powders: Hodgdon h1000 and adi 2217. Supposed to be the same powder. Would be interesting to compare with the same bullet, case, primer, rifle combo.

77 TMK would be great out of your white oak. I read online that guys were getting close to 2800 ft/s with earshot tac.

Rub a dryer sheet on plastic and powder won't cling to it

I am confused.. are you purposely not aiming at the red sticker bulls eyes?

Hey guy good videos have you got any load worked up for a 60 grain V-Max in the white oak Armament barrels