Favorite .223 load with 55gr bullet

In my Rem 1-12 twist, Lake city 11 brass, cci450, 55g Hornady's shoot .3-.4 with consistency at 3400 fps with 26.0g of N135. This is the MACK DADDY of all 223 loads that I have found. The 55g Hornady with the cannalure is a very accurate tough bullet, and I seat the bullet .010 off the lands in this rifles. If you want to blow a coyote up, then use the 55g Sierra lead tip blitz, which will also detonate jackrabbits.

A good fur friendly load in the 223 is 26.5g of Win 748 with a 55g Winchester, bullet rarely goes through a coyote, lots of energy dump on the coyote.

The 55g Hornady is a good deer and antelope bullet also.
 
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55g vmax, 27.5g w748, COL 2.290: (bolt gun, cci 400, ANY srp will do though.
20" 1/9" twist fps is a tad over 3000
24" 1/9" twist runs a tad over 3200 fps.
Load works in my guns, can't say in your's
 
I like AA2230 it meters good and burns cleaner than some others I use 25 gr powder 55 gr vmax and get 3240fps (chrono) I shoot out of a rem 700 1 in 12 twist varmint barrel and get a .350 spread from bags. I also use H335 I started using it for my AR but sold the AR and have been using it in my 700 and it does well also and is not to dirty. I use Varget in my 22-250 rem 700 1 in 14 twist varmint barrel 55gr v-max If I remember it was around 3680fps and is a tack driver But varget does not meter as well out of the load master. All three of these powders are very stable and not temp sensitive.
 
I have about 20 Rounds of Rem 223 Loaded with AA2230 S Powder 24 GR Which is a Max Load fot that Powder Have not shot any of them as of yet, I have a New Savage Axix Rifle in Rem 223 That I will try them in even though they are a Max Load should not be a problen with the 55 Gr PSP Bullets that I have loaded in them also etc.
 
There are a bunch of us on this site that shoot rem 700's. We are using a hot load of Benchmark, CCI 450, 53-55g bullets at 3475 fps shooting tiny, tiny groups.

55g Nosler ballistic tips kill from all angles

55g Sierra spt, spbt, bthp, semi point, hornady 55g sp with cannalure all perform on coyotes extremely well.

55g Sierra lead tip blitz with this load, BLOWS A COYOTE UP WITH GREAT PENETRATION! They look like they have been shot with a 300 Winchesgter with 150g at 3300! Very humane bullet and load to hunt coyotes with, no suffering.

Change out to the Speer 55g Gold Dot for hogs.
 
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