Best dies for accuracy in .223

In your search for the Holy Grail of one ragged hole five shot group, there are many roads to go down. I would try switching bullets first. It may like a Sierra or Nosler better, or a flat based soft point, you just never know. On your load, I would try several different primers, slight shift in the seating depth. There are several powder choices as well. Quit turning necks, until the new custom barrel is installed.

If your rifle will hold a .7 all day every day count yourself lucky. Most people that brag about their .5 rifle, shot one .5 group one time. Shoot five .5 five shot groups on one sheet of paper and you've got a rifle. Then find one that will do it weather it's 20 degrees or 95 and you have found gold. This usually requires a good smith and a custom barrel. Sometimes the stars align and you get a factory produced rifle that will run with the big dogs.
 
Originally Posted By: Blacktail_8541 Savage rifles are capable of outstanding accuracy.
The weak link with the savage is their plastic stocks. A good laminate or synthetic will go a long way in tightening the groups. In reality you have a more than adequate rifle for a truck gun.

This is quite true. The rifle that I am holding in my avatar is an older Savage M112. I cannot begin tell you how many ground squirrels and prairie dogs have fallen to that gun. The only five shots in one caliber hole at 100 yards (could not push a pencil through the hole without tearing the paper) I did with that gun. The M12 .204 that I bought years later came with the cheapo plastic stock on it and not until I changed it (first to a Choate, later to a Savage laminate) did that gun begin to shoot for me the way that I wanted it to. I also used a Savage action to build me a .221 Fireball with and it too went in a Savage laminate stock.

The factory Savage plastic stocks may be adequate to paddle a canoe with, but that's about all in my book.
 
Everyone thanks for the replies. As I stated originally, I am looking to maximize the accuracy of my current setup. I'm not trying to run a donkey in the Kentucky derby, just wanting to get the donkey to run as fast as it can. This is a sporter weight huntin gun not a benchrest gun. My goal is 0.5 with my current setup. Looks like the opinion is that my dies are more than adequate.

With components hard to find, it is not easy to find what you want, rather you have to take what you can get. I like the 50 grain vmax bullet performance on varmints and am not disappointed with my accuracy now as the gun will shoot 0.7" every time I take it out. I do not want to change bullets just yet.

I have some H4895 that I will try. It does not meter as well as the W748 so, I will weigh each charge. One of the reasons that I am using the 748 is that it meters like water and I hate weighing each charge. From there I will play with the seating depth and see what my groups do.
 
I would look elsewhere. What are your chrony ES and SD? Have you ever adjusted seating depth? Different powders and bullets? There are a ton of variables. But like I said, leave well enough alone. You're doing well as is, no need to improve on what you have. It is entirely likely you already have 'maximized the accuracy potential'.
 
If you are doing some test loads and going to shoot some groups, spend the $20 and try a box of 53gr Vmax. You may be very surprised and reach your goal with that change alone
 
The Lee dies work just fine, no need to crimp them though. I don't. First two are 3 shot groups at 100yds and the last is a 3 shot 200yd group with the 100yd zero.

Like others have said, you may want to invest the time in different powders, seating depths, bullets and charges. The load I shot these groups with was not anywhere near this good at 0.5gr lighter.
Load Data:
RCBS Partner Single Stage Press
Lee Collet NS die w/seater die (no crimp used)
Case-Hornady 223 Remington, 1x fired and neck sized. Trim to 1.750"
Primer-Remington 7 1/2
Powder-23.0gr Viht N133
Bullet-50gr Nosler BT (.238 BC)
Est. Velocity-3190fp/s
COL-2.250"
 
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