Love the 40gn Nosler , but here in the UK i use 40gn V-max as they're half the price. Absolutely fantastic for crows , rabbits and foxes with very little risk of a ricochet, important in our crowded isle.

Dragonfly landed on my 100 yard target, when I had the 220 Swift on the bags. Had to do it. Body shot, nothin' but wings left. Proved that a 52-gr hollow point is enough gun for insects.

@williamservice8145

3 жыл бұрын

I look

@Manwich526

2 жыл бұрын

Was at the range yesterday. 22-250 with 53gr VMax. There was a black bird hopping around in front my target. So tempted haha

@jamesholt6032

Жыл бұрын

Awesome...instant kill.. No suffering..i like that

I really wish you would start making videos again, you sir have been a valuable resource for me. I thank you for all you have done

Can't believe you gave the fly a pardon lol.

Man I might just try reloading some of these little gem's myself! JOHNNY you have quite possibly the best reloading channel out there...thank you for such awesome video's Amigo!!!...

Thanks for including the barrel info and for all the work you do!

So jealous, when I see you pull off so many outstanding groups with no matter you load! Great job!

Dude, your videos from 3 years ago are energizing me to start reloading again.

Love watching your videos when I can’t afford to sit at the reloading bench or have the time to print some groups. Thank god for KZread

Nice man! That just made my morning. Always love having some nice groups to look at while I sip my coffee before heading out the door to slogg off another day at the office.

Since the mosque shooting and the loss of our semi auto rifles I have taken up a Steyr pro hunter in .223 1 in 9 twist and have a Ruger heavy barrel, same cal 1 in 12 twist. Your videos consist of mountains of info for that I am grateful. I use Reloder 7, AR2207 AR 2206H, IMR 4895, Alliant 2400 and a few others. Now to get the range open for I have had plenty of time to reload. Thanks again.

The reloading jazz hand! Love the videos!

New favorite Nosler bullet? How about just new favorite bullet! Incredible they all grouped across that tight.

The “ball cap” trick or “hat” trick works great for not having too run down your brass. Just hook the adjustable band in the back over the scope turret cap and let it hang down over the ejection port.

Just ordered 250 of these. Thanks for all the testing!

I gotta' say...good shooting! Loved the "could we just talk for a hour about these groups" comment!! FUNNY and a good video. Thanks for your work and sharing your findings.

Nice groups out of both. Really like that reloader 7!!!

Great shooting JRB, that WOA barrel has been great for you. Would love to see RE-7 in the 55 grain series. The Sierra Reloading Manuel shows RE-7 as the accuracy powder for 55 grain bullets. Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing.

I can’t lie, I don’t know what I would do without your channel. I have a SLOGW 18” 1:8 twist barrel in an AR and I used ur 73 grain ELD video to make a decision on what to load. Cant wait to shoot some groundhogs at 500 yards!

Great video. Benchmark and Nosler 40gr BTs is the most accurate combo from my .223 bolt action.

I was using r-7 loads in 223 34 years ago. Always had good luck with that powder.

Awesome. I have found some light varmint bullets shoot lights out in other calibers too. Great stuff!

Sitting here listening to the video, reloading .223rem myself! 55gn hey bullet and H322 powder!

@price1869

6 жыл бұрын

Chris love the h322 for some reason. Even without filling up the case, I get great groups.

Very impressive Johnny you nailed it with 27.4 nice shooting Steve from Australia .

Those are some sick groups..

I was thinking it and you said it. Shoot that damn fly!

@dontask8979

6 жыл бұрын

As soon at it landed, I was looking just low and just right.... Then noticed how the groups were damn near the size of the fly. Well done!

As a tip. Take some plinking loads with you to get the jitters out and warm the barrel up a little before firing the test rounds.

Really Great Groups.

I have never seen an AR shoot as accurate as yours. WOW

Great video!

Gotta love those Nosler bullets. My Savage 12 in .223 loves the 55gr Nosler Varmagedon with H335.

Those are some amazing groups! Nice shooting! I suppose I will have to pick up some of those bullets now and check out RL 7 too.

You just ruined my preconceived notion about Nosler projectiles. Looks like it may be possible that our elders know something we don't. Great shooting!

I prairie dog hunt with a 24 inch heavy barrel AR. Last year I ran the 55 gr. Nosler varmint with CFE 223. So far the my most effective load on “dawgs”! Which is saying a lot as V-maxs are pretty awesome!

Oh, she’s hitting the high notes now! 👍🏽

I've shot 40gr. Ballistic tips and 28gr. Benchmark for years hunting coyotes with a Bushmaster Varminter 24". Very accurate. Once in a great while the bullet may not penetrate well if it hits at too much angle. But mostly they drop in their tracks. Even at distance. Love your videos.

Holy Hannah!!! I got some old Combined Tech. in .223 in my shed! I'm going to have to try them out. WOW

love the nosler bullets. They make great, accurate, performing stuff. The 60 gr Nosler BT also shoot less than 1/2" groups with ar comp for me.

Great group's. That was impressive

I ran outta benchmark and grabbed h335…wow…these 40s are my most bestest at 27gr in 16” doublestar…made right here in Winchester Ky…ol rifle has done things over 15yrs you’d never believe…BM is such a good .308 powder along with tac,n540,4350, and superformance..I have the fn special police 24” and man what a rifle….put 10rds in .64” yesterday..168hornady bthp

Always shoot the fly!

@craftsman89d92

6 жыл бұрын

heytonyman lol always

@3006USMC

6 жыл бұрын

ALWAYS....!

@psykoklown874

6 жыл бұрын

It would give new meaning to the term "flier". I say he should always load 6 rds just in case (just call the "FLYer").

@heytonyman

6 жыл бұрын

I figure I’m gonna throw 1 out of 5 shots anyways... may as well throw it at the fly!

@3006USMC

6 жыл бұрын

heytonyman EXACTLY...LOL

I'm another Reloader 7 fan...I use it almost exclusively for 300 blackout..Remember when you use to reload and shoot 300 blackout ? Those were the good old days (;

Great shooting Johnny!!

My favorite .223 AR cheap load is HDY 55gr Sp with 21.1 RL7 in LC brass. I have zero function issues with it in my 16" carbine length, and its the only thing I have found to shoot MOA in that barrel.

Wow the fly really brought the target into perspective for me.

Benchmark is my favorite powder. I use it for everything from 40 to 75 grain pills in 223. It always gives the best accuracy in my guns. I can run 30 grains in a R-P case with 40 grain nosler varmageddons in my Stevens bolt without pressure sign. 3850fps!

@dufus2273

3 жыл бұрын

i'll try it

Great shooting

I've used h322 behind 40-55 grain bullets and had really good results. The Hornady 40 and 45s seem to shoot great too.

That’s great Shooting Brother.

Reloader 7 works great in .221 Rem Fireball with 40 grain bullets as well. I get under half MOA for about 10 to 15 shots until the barrel starts to get hot. I have had the same results in my Savage bolt action using 40 grain bullets, and RL7 as well. Though with that I tend to stick to 55 grain bullets, and save the 40 grain for the Fireball. (Note Gene Stoner intended for the use of 40 grain bullets when designing the .223 Remington round for his AR15 rifle.)

Great shooting JEB! I've have great results with the nosler 55 gr bt also. I've seen the same group movement you are showing, the faster I push them the lower the POI. 25.2gr ARComp 55gr nosler BT.

Accurate 2460 works good with 40 grain loads. Hoping for a video used with it. Great info as always!

I always have considered nosler my go to best bullets

This is gonna be a good video I just picked up a Ruger M77/223 it has a 1-12 twist

Send me sum of them. Wow. You killed it. Love you're videos.

This makes me want to see a video of your top 10 best groups... and a splattered fly

I've used 40 grain .223's for prairie dogs, unbelievable destruction as well as accuracy.

I've not used Benchmark yet, but Rx7 I've used quite a bit in 7.62x39. I have some 110 loads ready to test. Benchmark looks good though. Nice shooting Johnny! Would have quite a challenge on that fly!😊

Excellent video... do you ever use a 16" barrel in 1/8 twist to test?

I had a 77 Ruger bench rest rifle long ago and was actually shooting a fly target. That is a target with life sized house fly's printed all over it if you've never seen one. 200 Yards, a Real house fly lands on the target. My spotter starts laughing and said real fly, shoot it. At the shot he started laughing and got up and said come on, I've got to look at this. I had a hole in the target with blood all the way around it. I'd hit him dead center. The way your were shooting there you would have likely center punched one too. Excellent groups.

You've got me excited. I just loaded up some 40g Hornady V-Max. We will see how they do whenever it quits raining.

@WestDesertShooter

6 жыл бұрын

243 Outdoors I’ll be looking for that one!

Does this add enough excitement about Nosler bullets to go back to the 6.5mm ABLR and try different seating depths?

H322 is great with 40 grain V-Max, my CZ Varmint loves it.

The light bullets work great in the 223

@Johnysreloadingbench 1) Always shoot the fly 2) I'm stoked about the z max test. I just tried 100 loads. The powder I chose was to fast for my rifle length gas system. Wouldnt feed tge nextvround on any charge. I'm excited to see what you go with as I just bought 200 more. 3) Have you ever showed how you make your targets? What paper do you use?

The groups look amazing! Then you realize they are the size of a house fly! O.O

YES, SHOOT THE FLY. What is the point of having a load that shoots like that if you don't shoot the fly? Instant youtube hero.

@JohnnysReloadingBench just sitting here waiting for a video!

25 grains of benchmark with a 60 grain vmax and 27 grains of benchmark with 40 grain Nosler ballistic tips will shoot .2” at 200 yards in both my POF and LTR. Good powder for the 223’s.

@tripplebeards3427

4 ай бұрын

28g of benchmark is a little hot

Shoot that fly damnit! Your groups are smaller than he is! Great work as always.

I've had great luck with the 40 gr Nosler HPBT in all my AR rifles. I get them at shooters pro shop cheap!!!!

Look forward to seeing if reloader 7 works well with the 55grain bullets.

Very nice shooting man. As a shooter it’s not easy to shoot that many consecutive .4” groups so great job! I find the SDs Very interesting because they weren’t the greatest but still shot excellent. I’ve heard the Hornady 68 Gr BTHP likes benchmark. And I’d like to see H322 pushing those Nosler 40s its a faster powder as well it would be right in that weight bullet for 223! Thanks for the video man

Johnny... Have you tried using CCI #400 small rifle primers. This may settle down your erratic deviation problem. I would venture to guess that it may even tighten up your groups. I enjoy and appreciate your videos, thank you. Shoot lots and stay safe.

@dolanhall1872

6 жыл бұрын

I agree. Or BR2’s.

Very impressed with the results!! BUT I sprayed my screen with bug spray........ TWICE, lmao Great stuff mate. Cheers from downunder :)

50 shots and the fly lived? Man that's some self discipline right there. Seriously though I need to go back and watch the 300 BLK videos as I don't remember RL7. Don't even see a load for that on Western/Accurate PDF that I downloaded.

I personally think your best group was with 22.6gr of RL7 minus 1 flyer it's about 1/4". This is also most accurate powder listed by Nosler for my 221 fireball with 40gr bullet. It's expensive though! $33/lb at local Cabela's, I remember looking for it for the longest time before I found it. Couple years ago Midwayusa had these 40gr Noslers on clearance, they were flat base and black tip I bought 3 boxes and they went even lower in price, should have bought more.

I watch all of your .223 videos. Thank you! I think the quest of AR15 action cycling is a contrived one with lots of variables like barrel lengths, gas system lengths, suppressors and such. You make it, and i will watch it. And happily so. But i don't recommend that experiment. Looking forward to the next Zmax video.

You're a bad influence! Every few videos I end up at the gun store buying another powder that you've used...

@tomkimbrel8723

6 жыл бұрын

Yissnakk Lives! DITTO!

@jarredlkling

6 жыл бұрын

I have bottles of powder for calibers I don't even shoot because Johnny likes them, and i don't want miss out and not find that powder again

@zanpekosak2383

6 жыл бұрын

Dont ever come to europe! 60€ aka. 70$ for a buttle of hodgton powder. Any kind. I buy the cheapest one I can get for 40€ a bottle (1 lbs).

@recklesswhisper

6 жыл бұрын

I was already using Benchmark just from what other people have told me. It's my main powder, along with IMR8208XBR for varmint loads. I also use that Nosler bullet for .223! ^..^~~

@marcrobert2603

6 жыл бұрын

Or rifle

What an amazing accuracy node! With those loads you could make a head shot on a deer and eat hole to hole. I've always had really mixed results on Nosler's offerings, but that was amazing. The fly was definitely a tempting target...lol!

Good video. I'm having problems loading 300blk starline brass can't close bolt new ruger ranch 300blk

whats your take on best combinatoin for 22-250 for powder and bullet manufacturer? you're saying nosler over hornady? varmint application? vihtavouri? varget?

I've used the 40 grain BT's for decades now in my SAKO .222, using H322 powder...a lot of 'yotes made a brief acquaintance with those bullets, they are as terminally effective as they are accurate.

Can I ask a question? How far is it from your barrel to the top of the table? I'm looking to buy a bipod and I'm not sure what size to buy. Thank You ~ Grandpa knew what powder to use!

run them 40 gr bullets in the 224 valkerie. Just curious to see if it would work there too or if jacket separation becomes a thing.

I wish you could do this video on a 224 Valkyrie though, I am struggling to find any load data for a 1:7 twist for this round. I love all your other videos

Great shooting, friend. Does your WOA barrel have a rifle length or mid length gas system?

What would happen if you loaded them with the maximum amount of powder

Have you tried any of the Shooters World powders? If so what was your experience with them? That free hazmat and pricing looks good.

what book did you get for your powder reloading as i am using Nosler max power is 26.5 ,

Thanks for the video, makes me want to load some up! Like to hear your take on all your loads, stop calling your self an idiot because your knot, you haven't blown your face off yet, and I don't think you will!

Do you use some kind of software to analyze your groups? I've kinda just been using a pair of calipers to read mine.

JRB Finally got to shoot the Nosler 40 Gr's this weekend. Best groups were .775" with 22.5 gr IMR 4198 and a .353" with 26.5 grs of H335 using a Seekins 16" 223 Wylde barrel. A good day! Thanks! One other note... I had to single feed the IMR4198 loads as the bolt did not cycle properly or lock back.

What barrel twist do you have and what chanber, 223 wylde or 556 and other specs for the rifle you are using.

have you changed up how you're holding the rifle when you shoot, even in the slightest? that can affect overall standard deviation numbers too

I see two 40 Gr Ballistic Tip BT by Nosler. One is lead free and the other standard construction. Which did you use? My copywritten 1996 Lee Modern Reloading has Reloder 15 at the top of the 45 Gn (for velocity (3635 fps). Few choices showing for 40 Gn.

Now that was some outstanding Shooting... The Bullet, Rifle, length, and Marksmanship were Right there... As you mentioned, there's nothing like having it come together with some great groups...! I noticed, as you may have, that having the rail on the table that you can get a consistent pressure against with loading your bi-pod, helps tremendously, compared to the led sled. Using a good rear bag set up can bring about consistence also... ( natural point of aim ) so your not using muscular tension to press the rifle toward the target, that will release the weapon fires... Also, is this your new Larue trigger...? One thing that no one mentioned prior to your change in triggers, is some internal differences... The CMC trigggers usually use a reduced power hammer spring, which accounts for a lighter trigger, but higher Lock time ( the time it takes for the trigger to fall after pressing the trigger ), this lock time can distort your groups, since a longer lock time requires you to keep the weapon from moving during the hammer fall. This is one of the benefits of a True Match Trigger... They improve the surfaces of the trigger, but retain full power hammer springs to reduce lock time... enhancing you ability to shoot better... I'm taking an educated guess that all of these factors came into play with the great groups... Great ammunition combination with Bullets and powder along with the seating depth and brass, and the additional attention of the shooter... Quite often you may even recall, that depending on the lighting and how it lands on the target this will also have an effect... Back some years ago I was trained to shoot long range for my job... When getting ready to train, or in your case it's always a good practice to take a few moments to line up your rifle as you do, trying to find the " natural point of aim ", then once your on, close your eyes take a few breath's and open your eyes too see if you have moved... adjust a necessary... another trend that has helped some shooters, especially when shooting an AR platform, is to take that thumb of your shooting hand a place it along side the pistol grip... This can help occasionally when a shooter is pressing a little during the firing, and unintentionally uses his thumb to move the rifle from it's intended position...

Have considered shooting the 53 Hornady Vmax? It has a very high bc for a 22! Love to see it!

I love these bullets but I can’t find the traditional ballistic tip. Only lead free now

Hi been watching your videos for about 3 years and they are all very interesting but have quit doing g them??? Or just taking a rest from making them??