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Posted: 9/25/2009 5:06:24 AM EDT
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New to reloading, I was checking out the different .223 bullets Wideners has to offer and i keep coming across some
that say .224dia, which confuses the hell out of me being that im looking for .223rem. is it essentially the same thing? Can someone clear this up for me. Thanks |
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.223 is for the 22 Hornet .224 is for the 223 Remington or 5.56 cartridge, 22-250 etc etc Thanks for clearing that up. Trying to understand out why the round is called .223 than, is the barrel .223 dia but the bullet dia is .224 so it bites into the rifling? |
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Stop whatever you're doing and read all of the information on the pages with the load data in your manual(s). While you have the book open, look at some of the other .22 cartridges, paying particular attention to the bullet diameter that is specified for each cartridge.
If you don't have a load manual, buy at least one. The Hornady #7 manual is a great place to start. There are tons and tons of Speer manuals and you should be able to find used copies for very low cost. Don't rely solely on the information in free pamphlets from gunpowder companies or on the information available on the internet, it's insufficient. Bullet with 0.222 and 0.223 diameters are available, but there is not much choice. These bullets are intended for more or less obsolete applications in S&W Model 53 revolvers chambered for .22 Jet (.222 diameter), .22 Jet in TC barrels (.223 or .224), and .223 diameter bullets in old, mostly pre WWII .22 Hornet barrels, although I'll bet some other wildcats also used the same bullet diameter in those days. After you've been shooting a while, you'll come to understand that the name of a catridge usually has no connection to the size of the bore it's shot through. Some cartridges are named after the bore size of the barrel, some after the groove diameter, and most don't make sense. A particularly bad example is the .38-40 cartridge; this is a .40 caliber bullet. Load all of your .223 Remington cartridges with 0.224 inch diameter bullets. |
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