Thoughts on Privi Partizan "Match Grade" .223 62gr HPBT...

yskippy · Feb 22, 2014

Took my Remington 700 .223 out to the range today. Typically I shoot whatever 55gr .223 I have on hand through this and can consistently shoot .75 - 1.5 MOA groups at 100 yards. I decided I would "feed" it something a little special with the "Match Grade" ammo. I could not get a consistent grouping to save my life. Shots were all over the place high/low, left/right, you name it. After about 40 minutes of frustration, I went and pulled my targets. About 10% of the shots were nice and round, the other 90% were "Key Holes", some vertical, some horizontal and others diagonal.

I plan to take the Privi ammo out next weekend and feed it through one of my AR's and also take some 55gr out and shoot it through my 700 and see what happens.

I was curious to see if others had tried this ammo and if so, what their experience has been. Let me know.

Thanks

jluck · Feb 22, 2014

You didn't mention what grain bullet the PPI ammo is, That could explain everything.

DieselScout · Feb 22, 2014

jluck said:
You didn't mention what grain bullet the PPI ammo is, That could explain everything.

Says 62gr in the title. I wonder what the twist rate of the barrel is.

jluck · Feb 22, 2014

DieselScout said:
Says 62gr in the title. I wonder what the twist rate of the barrel is.

DERP... Missed that, Thanks. Twist is exactly what I was thinking. If it is a 1:9 or slower it wont stabilize those pills I don't believe.

yskippy · Feb 22, 2014

I will see if I can find out twist rate info. Didn't think about that. Thanks for the help

Papercidal · Feb 22, 2014

Just from a Quick look through Remington's web site it looks as if most of the .223 700s are a 1:12 twist and is most likely too slow to stabilize the longer heavier 62 gr bullets. I know the 69gr match kings say on the box to only use in a 1:10 or faster twist barrel.

rayd8 · Feb 22, 2014

I've had good luck with PRVI 75gr match out of 1:7 barrel. Usually less than 1 moa. I have some 62gr non-match, but haven't grouped it. My general consensus is that PRVI is pretty good ammo for the price.

usagi · Feb 22, 2014

PPU is good stuff. as with any gun you have to use weights appropriate for your barrel twist.

yskippy · Feb 23, 2014

Yep. Just confirmed twist rate is 1:12. Didn't think that extra 7gr would have made that much of a difference but I guess that barrel can't spin those bullets up fast enough to stabilize. I'm still going to try the ammo through one of my ARs next weekend

Thanks again to everyone for the input. You guys are why I love this forum.

jluck · Feb 23, 2014

yskippy said:
Yep. Just confirmed twist rate is 1:12. Didn't think that extra 7gr would have made that much of a difference but I guess that barrel can't spin those bullets up fast enough to stabilize. I'm still going to try the ammo through one of my ARs next weekend

Thanks again to everyone for the input. You guys are why I love this forum.

WOW! That is a slow barrel! Hell, It almost could get you one of those blue parking passes.

DieselScout · Feb 23, 2014

jluck said:
WOW! That is a slow barrel! Hell, It almost could get you one of those blue parking passes.

My .22-250 had a 1:14 twist barrel on it. Would launch 55gr and lighter bullets great and I had plans to swap it out with something in the 1:8 range. Then I just built a 7mm-08 out of it instead. LOL

yskippy · Mar 21, 2014

Well, I was finally able to get this ammo out with my AR. Unfortunately my wife was having so much fun, I didn't get much of a chance to shoot.

And here were the groupings she was able to put on target @100 yards

I think my wife is so freakin awesome...this is just one of the many things I love about her. On her SUV she has a "zombie outbreak response unit" sticker. I think based on the evidence above the zombies should be VERY afraid