.223 Remington ballistics chart
The .223 Remington trajectory with a 73-grain match bullet: drop, wind drift and velocity from a 100-yard zero out to 800 yards.
Overview
The .223 Remington is the standard varmint, training and service-rifle cartridge, and with modern heavy-for-calibre match bullets it is a capable target round to 600-800 yards. A 1:8 or faster twist is needed to stabilise the 70-90 grain projectiles that make that possible.
Recoil is minimal and components are cheap, which is why it dominates club-level precision and gas-gun competition. The trade-off is a light bullet that sheds energy quickly and is pushed around by wind more than a 6.5mm or .308 at the same distance.
Typical uses: Varmint hunting, AR-15 service rifle, club-level precision, training and steel matches inside 600 yards.
Sample load
The trajectory below is calculated for this representative factory load in a standard ICAO atmosphere. The bullet is an entry from the app’s bullet library, so the calculator opens with it already selected. Your rifle will differ — enter your own chronographed velocity and verified BC in the calculator for numbers you can dial.
- Bullet
- Hornady 73 gr ELD Match
- Muzzle velocity
- 2,790 fps
- Ballistic coefficient
- 0.2 (G7)
- Zero
- 100 yd
.223 Remington trajectory table
| Range (yd) | Velocity (fps) | Energy (ft⋅lb) | Drop (in) | Elevation (MIL) | Elevation (MOA) | Wind 10 mph (MIL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 2,560 | 1,062 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| 200 | 2,340 | 888 | -3.8 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 |
| 300 | 2,132 | 737 | -14.0 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 0.8 |
| 400 | 1,935 | 607 | -31.9 | 2.3 | 7.6 | 1.2 |
| 500 | 1,747 | 495 | -59.1 | 3.3 | 11.3 | 1.5 |
| 600 | 1,568 | 398 | -97.7 | 4.6 | 15.5 | 1.9 |
| 700 | 1,397 | 316 | -150.5 | 6.1 | 20.5 | 2.4 |
| 800 | 1,236 | 248 | -221.3 | 7.8 | 26.4 | 2.9 |
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