Can anyone help out with .223 load data and 50g. V-max?

[sammy]

I ordered some 50 grain Hornday V-max bullets and got them in today. All my .223's have 1/7 barrel twists and 16" barrels.

Anyone have any good load data, recipies for this bullet? I have Varget, 335 and 748. Thanks, Sammy

[mark501w]

25gr. 335 748 powder any case any primer. reduce by 10% work up. Shoots great in 1\7 twist a real squirrel killer!

[mls204]

FWIW, I'm loading some 50gr vmax for the first time and was planning on using Varget since that's all I got. I plan on starting with 23gr and moving up to 25.5gr with .5 increments, seating to a COL of 2.20". I trimmed all my brass back to 1.750". It's Lake City brass and Im using CCI#41 primers. My AR15 is a 16" barrel with a 1-9" twist.

[AlexKintner]

Cannot say for 1/7, but my 1/9 Remington's favorite load is Federal srp, 25.0 wc844 (335) and a 50 gr Z-max (same as V-max). Ymmv

[wild_weasel]

Using data for 50gr bullets from the 2013 Hodgdon Annual I have been seeing great performance using Win 748 and Hod CFE-223 with the Hornady 50gr VMax in both my 1/8 and 1/9 Sports. I have a couple pounds of Varget on the shelf but saving it for other caliber.

[Tbrad10]

My M400 (1:7 twist) likes 27.3 grains of Varget and 23.5 grains of 10x for the 50 grain V-Max. I've tested these loads in various AR's with different twists and they have proven accurate in all of them. I use the same loads for my CZ Varmint but seated longer. As with all new loads back off 10% and work up to the load.