Hogdaddy
St. Petersburg, Florida
I'm sure I'll get a wrist slapping for this but here goes:
Wan to use my TC Contender .223, 14" barrel as a stand gun for hog hunting.
Since I've got lots of 5.56 I figured I'd use it as practice/sight in rounds and get better .223 ammo for actual hogging. Did LOTS of googling, reading/studying on shooting the milspec round in a saami chamber. Weighed the various articles and pontifications and decided to go for it.
Went to range to shoot both rounds through my Contender. Used Hornady 55 gr TAP FPO and green tips.
Recoil and flash were noticeably greater with 5.56, also they keyholed in the paper on every shot at 25yds. The .223 made nice round holes. Both were pretty much in the same area of impact.
In my opinion there are only a few reasons tumbling could be happening:
Short barrel
Different leade
Twist.
Your comments will help.
BTW I'm not shooting any more milsurp in my Contender...
Wan to use my TC Contender .223, 14" barrel as a stand gun for hog hunting.
Since I've got lots of 5.56 I figured I'd use it as practice/sight in rounds and get better .223 ammo for actual hogging. Did LOTS of googling, reading/studying on shooting the milspec round in a saami chamber. Weighed the various articles and pontifications and decided to go for it.
Went to range to shoot both rounds through my Contender. Used Hornady 55 gr TAP FPO and green tips.
Recoil and flash were noticeably greater with 5.56, also they keyholed in the paper on every shot at 25yds. The .223 made nice round holes. Both were pretty much in the same area of impact.
In my opinion there are only a few reasons tumbling could be happening:
Short barrel
Different leade
Twist.
Your comments will help.
BTW I'm not shooting any more milsurp in my Contender...