60gr. V-Max not picky on seating depth. .223

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I loaded 2 rounds of each bullet at different seating depths 6 bullets total.
I went shooting yesterday and took the savage Axis .223 22" barrel.


60gr Vmax, Prepped LC-14 cases.( annealed , Flash holes deburred. cases trimmed , vld chamfered and sorted to within .6gr)
CCI 450 primers. BL-C(2) powder. 26.3gr

I seated 2 bullets 2.242"
2 bullets seated to 2.257"
And 2 more at 2.296"

These were then stuck into the magazine and loaded from magazine This is a bolt gun.
I stuck a bipod on the gun but left it closed and rested the front on a bag No rear bag. Butt of gun was on table to steady it a bit more.

100 yards.
All 6 went into a smallish group .356" center to center.
EDIT:
Sniper friend was with me during the shoot. I used my F1 chrony and it was 15 yards in front of muzzle.
Quite puzzled from the good group with the wide spreads in speeds.
Long seated...... 2,992fps , 2,958 fps.
Medium seated...2,954 and 2914 fps. The slow one was an easy to seat bullet.
Deep seated.......2,965 and 2966 fps,

For what it is worth.
I seated different lengths to see if there may be a huge difference in point of impact and I needed to make some short to fit into an AR magazine. Seated Long they are not touching the lands in my rifle.

This bullet.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/77...er-224-diameter-60-grain-flat-base-box-of-100
 

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