Liberty Ammunition Selling .224 Silverado Bullets

by Richard Johnson

Published: October 19th, 2015

Liberty Ammunition bullets

Liberty Ammunition is now selling the .224 caliber bullets it uses in the company’s Silverado line of .223 Rem ammunition.

The .224 caliber bullets are monolithic copper hollow points that weigh 55 grains. Due to the density of copper, these bullets are longer than a typical copper jacketed lead 55 grain bullet. Liberty Ammunition suggests that rifles with a barrel twist rate of 1:9″ or faster be used when shooting rounds loaded with these bullets.

The copper bullet has a nickel plating to increase lubricity and reduce copper fouling. Bullets have a sectional density of 0.157 and a ballistic coefficient of 0.195. The suggested retail price of these bullets is $29.99 for a bag of 50.

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An advocate of gun proliferation zones, Richard is a long time shooter, former cop and internet entrepreneur. Among the many places he calls home is http://www.gunsholstersandgear.com/.

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Ozzallos . on Oct 19, 2015

Is this .224 BOZ or some other form of .224? There's at least 4-5 variants. This article forces a bit too much google mining for anybody not familiar with the caliber, let alone which specific .224 caliber.

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- Daniel E. Watters on Oct 19, 2015
  
  @ozzallos . These are simply individual projectiles. You can use them to load any centerfire .22 cartridge of your choice that has an appropriate velocity and/or twist rate.
  
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- Tootiredoftheright on Oct 19, 2015
  
  @Daniel E. Watters I think you mean .223 Rem ammunition.These are so one can do reloads on the silverado .223 rem ammo sold by liberty. Price for a bag of 50 is seven bucks less then a box of 20 complete silvarado rounds from the factory.
  
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- Daniel E. Watters on Oct 19, 2015
  
  @tootiredoftheright Yes, .223 Remington would be the obvious choice. However, they would also likely work in a .22-250, .220 Swift, or .223 WSSM if your barrel had an adequate twist rate.
  
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- Richard on Oct 19, 2015
  
  @ozzallos . These are bullets, not cartridges. .224 caliber bullets are the standard bullet size for loading .223 Remington and other cartridges. I apologize if the article was unclear that the new product was bullets and not cartridges.
  
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- Anonymoose on Oct 19, 2015
  
  @Daniel E. Watters Don't forget subsonic 5.7!
  
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- Mark on Oct 19, 2015
  
  @Anonymoose Would likely be too long due to the density of copper. This should be about as long as a 70gr lead projectile.
  
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All the Raindrops on Oct 19, 2015

What a bunch of crap

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