subsonic,the cotton wad is to keep the powder charge against the primer area.can you post a headstamp pic.
you can stabilize a 100 grain with a 1x6.5 twist but this round probably wasnt meant to be .
more expensive than what i normally pay buy in stock while the last
https://cabelas.xhuc.net/c/74588/668231/2623?sharedid=39902&subId1=225215&subId2=7054&subId3=1606471413&lctid=225215&lcid=1606471413_3_7885258&u=https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cci-benchrest-primers
thats a T-1 projectile,it has better terminal ballistics at lower velocities.
there is no 75 grain nato approved round.
don't know why hornady does this other than to alert the buyer that is loaded to higher pressures than 223 spec ammo.
they like to call their 8125 a barrier blind round but its...
weird i had the same issue with a 1x7 barrel 69 grain custom competition,my 77 grain noslerCC would group touching buttholes.i sent the ammo back to nobler and requested some 77 grain in exchange which i got.
i do not have the lot number on that ammo.
based on the dates i am guessing that brass was no good from the start,possibly due to extensive reloads.
that is some dangerous **** and the seller needs to do the right thing.
where did you get that garbage ammo from?can you post up a pic of the head stamps,how many different ones?
whenever we did light loads we put a small piece of cotton on top of the powder to keep it pushed against the primer so we did not get flashover inside the case.
someone mentions IMI 158...