Recent content by Pioden222

These are 2 vmax 40gr I shot through my 222 at 100yds. The slowest load I made up chronographed just north of 3200fps. I only shot 15 of the bullets to get these 2. The back stop for my target was the ground and a stone wall. I found these scrabbling about in the pulverised rock and earth at the...

I've not had any bad experience with 35gr vmax as I've not started loading for a hornet yet. Ive had 40gr vmax not break up on impact at all, 2 bullets out of 15 all travelling over 3200 fps. I've also had 50gr vmax go straight through a fox without doing what it should. I will add a picture of...

Hi Anyone know an alternative to the hornardy vmax 35gr please? A 22 hornet is on its way shortly and I don't trust hornardy vmax so I'm looking for a different 35gr ballistic tip bullet to load for the hornet. I've looked around and the vmax is all I get for 35gr tipped results. I will be...

Thanks for the advice. I quite like the feel of the rifle, it's very well balanced even with the hefty stock. Not had the chance to shoot it unfortunately. It has mounts on which had a really awful scope in them so I said I didn't need that bit so its the rifle with turn in mounts and the...

Yeah did it Cheers

Thanks. Ive looked on guntrader but could not find many especially A bolts. I'm looking at buying one but the seller won't really name a price which is a bit annoying.

Hi I'm trying to find a guesstimate on the worth/price of a used 223 Browning A Bolt Eclipse with the laminate thumbhole stock in very good condition. Shot count unknown. Not having much luck online almost all results are from the states. If anyone out there has any idea of resale prices and if...

I think my rifle was a Friday afternoon special and someone in the bsa factory ran out of 1-14 .222 barrels so used a 1-16 Hornet barrel to make the last rifle before beer time. I will put my tnt loads through the chronograph and then use the stability calculator that has been suggested. Thank...

It's now definitely touching full time on the pressure points so no variables thankfully. If I can not get a 5 shot group under an inch it may well be time to start saving my pennies and buy a cz instead of an old bsa. I think I've got the old bsa's out of my system now but I would love a...

I didn't get the barrel shortened as I tried the bullet down the spout thing and it does not go in at all. The rifling is very prominent at the muzzle buts definitely not the best bore but not the worse I've seen by a long way. The barrel touching the stock at two pressure points is very, very...

Yeah a 1-8 or 9 .223 is looking more appealing all the time! It wasn't much to get threaded but if I could have afforded a re barrel it would have been. This majestic even with mod and scope lives up to its featherweight name tag. It's certainly not much to look at but if I can hit a golf ball...

Ps. This rifle does not like a hot barrel at all! My monarch on the other hand shoots better when you have to shoot between the waft of the heat haze from the mod.

The rifle is old and the bore isn't a pretty sight but I've had it threaded and re crowned recently as I have to use a moderator where I shoot. 40gr rounds do shoot better in this rifle and 50gr short bullets with flat bases shoot but not great. Anything longish with a boat tail is all over the...

As I said I am quite new to the loading aspects of shooting. I started with a Lee loader in 222 and to obtain the starting seating depth I split a case neck of a round I fired in the rifle, inserted a bullet head and loaded and then extracted the case with the bullet still intact (after a good...

Thanks for the ideas. I've run the 45gr sierra spt through my other bsa 222 and even though they are meant for a faster shooting cartridge they were very explosive if they hit a rib or other bone. Not tried the 50gr blitz so I will check out the length of them and the speer 50gr hp. On the...