Question on D4198 powder from Canammo. Thanks!

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Hi all;

I am very new to reloading, actually just set the RCBS single stage up last week, looking into load some 223 ammo to start with. Had a look around and found this D4198 powder from CanadaAmmo is a very nice priced powder for 223/7.62x39 small cartridge ammo. Anyone had any experience with it? Any comment or suggestion would be much appreciated(maybe an older post as well). Thanks in advance!

Lawrence
 
this is what canadaammo is saying:

Use IMR4198 data less 10% and work up the load.
These are OEM, not canister grade, so you need to work up the load with each lot number.
 
I would buy a pound and work-up some loads
if you find one that's satisfactory, buy 8lbs or more, (redo the load if the lot is different) and there you have it.
 
I bought the 5# and use 20 grains D4198 over a 55 grain CamPro fmjbt bullet, shot around 150 of them so far and zero issues in my AR. There was another thread on this as well, that mentioned some piston type carbines had difficulty ejecting but I haven't had that issue.

Standard disclaimer, I may have a different lot number of powder than you get, start a little lighter and find what works for your rifle. Just cause it works for me, doesn't mean it will be safe for you.

Canada Ammo was great, I got targets, a hat and a rifle magazine in the box as gifts!

Gary.
 
wifigary said:
I bought the 5# and use 20 grains D4198 over a 55 grain CamPro fmjbt bullet, shot around 150 of them so far and zero issues in my AR. There was another thread on this as well, that mentioned some piston type carbines had difficulty ejecting but I haven't had that issue.

Standard disclaimer, I may have a different lot number of powder than you get, start a little lighter and find what works for your rifle. Just cause it works for me, doesn't mean it will be safe for you.

Canada Ammo was great, I got targets, a hat and a rifle magazine in the box as gifts!

Gary.
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Thanks for the info!!!
 
This is WC-735 all over again.

Eventually someone will do tests running D4198 over a chronograph alongside IMR4198 and H4198 and confirm its relative position with respect to Burn Rate. Of course that will only be valid for those lots of powder, in that cartridge and in that gun, but it will still establish the Burn Rate "zone" in which it belongs.

What I did with WC-735 was run tests over my chronograph alongside H322 and H335 for each cartridge I used it in. I found it to be a bit faster than both, which is much better than "10% faster than H335".

Most people don't own a chronograph, but that's the best way to make the best use of an "unknown" powder, i.e. one for which there are no pressure tests available.
 
Honestly, I wiuld just stay with mainstream powders as ghey are becomming readily avaliable more now. As with other dominion components, once it dries up, it'll be a few months before the resupply, and then you would have to retest all over again. Also the price will make a price jimp, look at how primers went up at least 25% almost to the same levels of domestically sourced primers.
 
10 lbs. of powder at $22 per lb is a pretty good deal and will last a large part of the season. Would love to see more vendors offering deals on bulk powders.
 
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