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Post by thurston24 on Nov 29, 2012 0:06:34 GMT -8
I noticed that all of the barrels are now 5.56 instead of .223 Wylde. Does anyone know why? Does this lower the accuracy now too?
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Post by GLSHOOTER on Nov 29, 2012 7:47:55 GMT -8
I noticed that all of the barrels are now 5.56 instead of .223 Wylde. Does anyone know why? Does this lower the accuracy now too? The BHW barrels shoot 223 ammo VERY well. If no one told you they were 556 you would not even think about it. In fact if most places never told you about a 556 chamber would never know. Unless you handload you will never see the accuracy resident in these barrels. In fact I will say that on 95% of the rifles being made today no matter what the chambering is. When we handload we laod the 556 brass to 223 pressures 99% of the time. We adjust the overall length to produce our best ammo but still are limited to 2.260 nominal but the new 2.300 mags help some ther also. There is litle to be gained by loading over 223 SAAMI pressures. I have a BHW 556 bull barrel that I have not shot a lot but I ran some OLD (20+ years laoded) 69 grain handloads through it that were MOLY coated. The first group was 1.5" On MOLYt he barrel has to get a coating to make it shoot well and the more you shoot the better it does on initial loads. Group#3 after 10 shots, shots 11-15, went into 0.8 inches. This was just an old load that I had up on the shelf for a bolt gun. Loaded to 2.255. That gun wil be under 0.5 when I finish with it and will be trotted out to 1000 yards for an F-Class gun when I get it togehter in the near future. In summation, don't worry about a BHW 556 accurcy. You may be concerned about others but this one won't cause you any heart burn. Greg
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Post by zj762 on Dec 13, 2012 5:36:21 GMT -8
I noticed that all of the barrels are now 5.56 instead of .223 Wylde. Does anyone know why? Does this lower the accuracy now too? I don't own a bhw 5.56 barrel, but 5.56 is my personal preference over .223rem. I have a cheap 16" bull barrel in 5.56 that is the most accurate firearm I own. Sub-half inch groups are stupid easy. If it ever warms up here in mn I'll shoot some groups n post em. Even been able 2 put 4 shots in 1 hole(yeah i know, no pics means it didnt happen). Can I do this every time? No. But it does show how accurate this chambering can be. Is .223 wylde more accurate? I'm sure it can be, but from my experiences w/ this caliber, the 5.56 can run right along side the best of them. If you won't be shooting comps, don't let a hair of accuracy change your mind. Never know, you might get lucky like me n get one that will out shoot most .223s with ease. -Zach
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2012 11:27:08 GMT -8
There are at least 7 versions of different reamers that one can get for the .223/5.56. The wylde is a compromise between safety and accuracy when shooting a wide range of commercial loads, including match loads and they are very popular as they allow 5.56 ammo to be safely shot and more accurately (tighter) and safely as soon as it is not too dirty with dust, dirt and debris like in military situations. Do not assume all the wylde chambers are perfectly 100% the same as reamers and cutting process change but do assume will be on average more accurate that the 5.56. Now, this doesn't mean that one specific 5.56 cannot be more accurate when using 5.56 Special Purpose ammo and/or 5.56 custom reloads. Most people do not take the time to worry about this with the .223 and the ones using it in high end competition have other .223 chambers customized to their specific loads and use micrometers and advanced reloading procedures just like BR norma shooters do whit their loads.
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Post by zj762 on Dec 14, 2012 4:30:38 GMT -8
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Thanks for the info. I know the wylde was meant to bring out the best of both chambers. Love this forum, good folks w/ good info.
-Zach
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