Loading some practice ammo

[imarangemaster]

Well, a friend gave me 200 Winchester 55 grain FMJBT M193 pulled projectiles so I can load some practice ammo for my patrol M4gery. (I have a good supply of Lake City M193 that I got back in the day at $.30 a round, but I am not about to practice with that at $1 a round replacement cost!)

I've loaded up some with 21.5 grains of IMR 4198 (the only 223 compatible powder I could find) and CCI Magnum small rifle. This was a load I used 20 years ago with the SP1 Carbine I had, and it worked great. wasn't too bad in the 20" 1/12" barrel either. While I realize that there are many better powders, this was available and reasonable at $25 a pound post hysteria, and is decent enough for practice rounds. I do remember that Magnum primers worked much better in all temperatures.

I'll post a range report after I shoot this week on patrol.

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