Subsonic .223 ammunition and loads?????
heres a tough one. i want a low powered low noise round for my 223 rifles when shooting in an area thats not so open. my question is this: Are there any manufactuerers that load a SUBSONIC .223 load?? Or, failing that, can anyone advise me as to how you would handload a subsonic .223 cartridge?? i know winchester marketed subsonic "Q-loads" some time back, are those still made in 223 or?? any help is appreciated. thanks
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if you are going to try to load for semi auto rifle, i would say you are out of luck and shoud buy a .22. for a manual rifle a gas check lead bullet with a couple grains of fast pistol powder should be the ticket.
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I have developed a load that works great with sobsonic results in a 220 swift bolt action. I use IMR SR4759 powder, With a 40 grain bullet, I did a lot of resurch before I finaly got this to work properly. You can start by reading a couple reloading maunals by lyman and speer. Look for loads with cast lead bullets, not jacketed, And you should be able to figure out a starting point. Be very logical here, As saftey hazzards come into play.
When doing this, I have mine set up so I do not need to compansate for point of impact at 100 yards compaired to the standerd load I use.
Its alot quiter and less recoil, But you are limited to what you can do with the reduced load. I only use the reduced load for closeup shoots that dont require much energy such as goffer's, Ground squirls, Ect.
I'd start with doing some resuarch in the lymann reloading manual first, This will be a good starting place.
By the way I use a jacketed bullet with the powder mentioned above, And Have had great results. Try using thin jacketed bullets ment for low velocity such as for the 22 hornet.
hotrodusa0 -
It is expensive for what you get... But looks pretty good
http://www.impactguns.com/store/engel_223_subsonic.html0 -
How about a 22LR AR kit using Aguila 50/55? gr bullets ?
Subsonic rounds sound nice but you have to go up in caliber and bullet weight to get any reasonable energy out of bullets.
In the early 1900s, Winchester came out with the .32WSL, a .30 US Carbine size case, shooting a heavy bullet. It didn't sell so they upped the cal first to .351WSL and then .401WSL to make the automatic rifle more useful.0 -
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