Federal .223 Remington 73gr Berger BT Target 20 Rounds Ammunition – GM223BH73

I bought this for my Tikka T3 X HB in 6.5 Creedmor , Federal Gold Medal Match best components and tolerances “ Nope “ . I had 6 rounds out of 20 that would not chamber and had one that the neck was split all the way to the bottom of the shoulder ! I am very lucky that is one that would not chamber it could have damaged the rifle and possibly injured me. I will be contacting Federal regarding this as I find it unacceptable performance and no quality control.

Me and my Mossberg predator love these rounds 3 round groups in the same hole at a 100 yards and moa at 850

I just thought I would call this out because I am super fun: This is the Cabela's description for this ammunition above: "Bullet dimensions designed to run well under SAAMI specifications for OAL." Contrast this with Federals description that is printed on the actual box of ammo: "Notice: This cartridge is loaded to a maximum overall length of 3.580 inches, which exceeds SAAMI standard and might not fit in all magazines" Now that I got that out of the way: this ammo is great and drops long bombs. and it feeds perfect out of my AICS CIP spec mags.

I was shooting some cheap ammo and had no consistency and lousy groups. A friend handed me some of the federal. Voila, I shot the X ring out of the target. Now I'm hooked and this is my go to ammo when the hits count.