Powder for a bolt action 223

[jasnt]

Took my 223 out shooting a bit yesterday. Picked a random seating depth and worked up from 24.5 to 26 grains of cfe223 powder with the 69 cc. Accurate was pretty awesome, well under moa until the scope rings crapped out on me.
They were warne maxima, and wouldn’t tighten down to both the rail and scope at the same time.

ive found with those rings you have toget all the bottom screws tightened up first before even trying the top screws. Hope that helps

[BULLBLASTER]

Took my 223 out shooting a bit yesterday. Picked a random seating depth and worked up from 24.5 to 26 grains of cfe223 powder with the 69 cc. Accurate was pretty awesome, well under moa until the scope rings crapped out on me.
They were warne maxima, and wouldn’t tighten down to both the rail and scope at the same time.

ive found with those rings you have toget all the bottom screws tightened up first before even trying the top screws. Hope that helps

The set I had would allow one set of screws to be tight. It then tightening the other down would loosen the first.    almost like the 1 inch tube opening was too big. 

I’ve used lots of sets of them and never encountered this problem once until this time. Now I’m debating if I should get new rings and use the same scope or save some cash up and get a better scope. 

[NWShooter]

Good to see you are pleased with CFE223. It's clean, accurate and gives top velocities. May want to give Warne a call. Their customer service is top notch. I would be willing to bet they would have a new set of rings headed your way before you have returned the set you have. Warne has always treated me well.

[BULLBLASTER]

Good to see you are pleased with CFE223. It's clean, accurate and gives top velocities. May want to give Warne a call. Their customer service is top notch. I would be willing to bet they would have a new set of rings headed your way before you have returned the set you have. Warne has always treated me well.

The cfe223 seems pretty good. I hit pressure around 2900 FPS with it and 69 grain bullets. Seems about right. More shooting I’ll work a bit more at it.

It’s kind of a pain with how small the granules are but the es over the rounds I chronod was 8 so that’s good. Just have to be more careful measuring and using it. Dryer sheets to keep the static under control.

I already returned the rings. It was just temporary until I could get a better scope and I may just try and make that happen sooner and then I’ll need 30 mm rings anyhow.
No doubt they would have made it right tho.