Not understand .224 .223

[thrasherfox]

I have not reloaded yet. have all the equipment. but havent started yet.


I am trying to get my brass, bullets etc for .223

I cant find anything that says .223, it all says .224

And a balisitics program I have seems to use .224 in referance to .223

is that the same thing?

[Gio]

Yup All my bullets I have used to reload my .223 have all been .224 bullets Welcome to the club

[ke6guj]

yup, .224 bullets are what are spec'ed to be used in a .223 Remington. that .223 number for the ammo name isn't always the exact measurement of the round. just like the .222 Remington uses the same bullet. And stuff like the .38 special use a .357 bullet (which is where the .357 magnum gets its name) and a .44mag uses something like a .429 bullet.

You needto follow the info in the reloading guides carefully.

[thrasherfox]

Great!! thanks!!

Not buying anything yet for that stuff.. just looking around..

wanting to start coyote hunting and ran across Barnes Varmant Grenades.

http://barnesbullets.myshopify.com/products/22-cal-224-50-gr-vg-fb-223-5-56-1-10-twist-or-faster

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=411471

Youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYigC49tnh8

These things look awesome!!

Any thoughts?

[gunboat]

Here's a bit more confusion for you -- .225 diameter bullet in your 223 if you use cast bullets. If you have an older 22hornet you need .223 diameter jacketed bullets.

[thrasherfox]

Here's a bit more confusion for you -- .225 diameter bullet in your 223 if you use cast bullets. If you have an older 22hornet you need .223 diameter jacketed bullets.

When people refer to cast bullets.. what is that?

When I think of cast bullets I think of melting lead, pouring it into a mold and making the bullet yourself.

Is that what a "cast" bullet is? (yeah I know, I should use google at this point lol )

[FLIGHT762]

The 223/224 thing was discussed here also:http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...ghlight=hornet

[joelogic]

People always pick nice numbers. A 350ci is not 5.7 liters. Same goes for 302ci and 5.0.

[gunboat]

tfox -- yes a cast bullet is geneally as you described. Lead alloy melted in pot, poured into mould, sized to proper diameter and lubed.

[J-cat]

Just like 44's use .429" bullets.

[SixPointEight]

22lr uses a .223 bullet

[Divernhunter]

You need to get the Lyman Reloading manual and read it. It will answer so many questions for you and is an excellent reloading data book. IF you load barnes bullets you need to also get thier book for data as it will be different than any other bullet.

[ireload]

.308 Winchester is correct in terms of diameter but when 30-06 Springfield is mentioned it's a .308" diameter bullet.