What Powder Do You Recommend For .223?
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Armored Metal
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Still a noob at reloading and I've only used H-335 but I have to say that it mesures so darn well, I love it.
WC 735 was made for milspec 5.56/.223 as well. In fact it is very close to H335. I tend to use loads that fall about in the middle between H322 and H335.
Powderfinger61
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Another vote for Benchmark. Works great in my rifle....do some testing and see what your rifle likes
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Would Benchmark be better suited to a 55 gr bullet as opposed to a 69gr bullet.. ?
Have a look at Hodgdon's load data. Benchmark lists higher velocities than H335 and IMR 8208 XBR for 69 gr. bullets, and isn't far off from Varget. Its cleaner than Varget with 69's and you can load it on a progressive and get decent results, even at longer ranges.
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So I'm off to visit Higginson's Powder in Ontario this week. If I had to pick *one* powder for my .223 and buy it in bulk, what should it be? My rifle doesn't seem to like 55 gr bullets, so I'll probably be shooting 60 gr and up
VERY limited experience with reloading for .223 AR but so far I've been blown away by how well H335 Meters. Bang. On. Every. Time. Like I said in one of my other posts, it metered so well I though my scale was stuck on 25.5grains.
H335 is temperature sensitive though, that's the only knock I've heard against it. But I doubt my AR will ever see the great outdoors so no worries. If that changed and we could shoot an AR on crown land, I'd be taking a good hard look at IMR 8208 XBR. Also seems to meter well and doesn't give a f**k about temperature.
H335 is temperature sensitive though, that's the only knock I've heard against it. But I doubt my AR will ever see the great outdoors so no worries. If that changed and we could shoot an AR on crown land, I'd be taking a good hard look at IMR 8208 XBR. Also seems to meter well and doesn't give a f**k about temperature.
I believe that this has been addressed. LOL!
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Hehe.. I've been reading through this thread and trying to compile my list of options.
It looks like Higginson's is out of practically everything on this list except 8208 XBR, so that's probably what it's going to be. And it doesn't come in 8lb jugs. I'm an idiot.. I should have checked their inventory again before committing to my road trip. Last time I looked, they had lots of everything
Not that 8208 XBR looks like a bad choice. I'm planning on shooting year round, and it's supposed to be very temperature stable.
^^Wow!! Now I know this shortage is bad!! I started dealing with Higginson's when Tom owned Ammomart (since the very early '80s'). This is the FIRST time I have EVER NOT been able to order my surplus powder!! I have never seen so many powders listed as out of stock, either.
Good luck to those who did not stock up last year...that would NOT be me. I got sufficient for my needs...
Good luck to those who did not stock up last year...that would NOT be me. I got sufficient for my needs...
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Yeah.. it's crazy. I'm in Ottawa (from Toronto) for business next week and decided to drive the 5 hours each direction, instead of flying, just to visit Higginson's.
Yeah. How unbelievable is that?
