223 Powder BLC2, H335, W735 etc.

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Bart212

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So is one better than another? I'm currently using H335 are there benfits of using other powders ... or are they all basically the same?
 
I think a lot would depend on bullet weight. Slower powders for heavier bullets. I use H335 for 60gr and under. H335 is similar to Benchmark and it's a fantastic powder but I didn't have very good results with 69gr SMKs. Every rifle is different though.
 
I just loaded up a bunch of the 69gr ones with Varget and will hopefully get out soon and test them out. I've never used Varget before.
 
I use the WC735.

It's great for me as I'm usually shooting steel can't tell how well it groups though compared to other powders.
 
WC735 is great for cheap plinking in the summer, but I've found that it's somewhat finicky in cold weather. My groups tended to open up by 1-2 MOA when shooting last winter, but were back down again (to where they were when I developed the load) while I was shooting the other day in 10C weather.
That said, I ordered some H322 that was on sale the other day. We'll see how it goes... it's too bad there wasn't any Varget available. I'm always hearing good things about it.
 
Give hodgdon CFE223 a try shot some sub moa groups with it yesterday with 60gr V-max .I haven't had a chance to shoot any thing any heavier yet in my stevens 200.Accurate 2230 shoot some nice small groups as well with a nosler 55gr BT.
 
rembolt said:
Give hodgdon CFE223 a try shot some sub moa groups with it yesterday with 60gr V-max .I haven't had a chance to shoot any thing any heavier yet in my stevens 200.Accurate 2230 shoot some nice small groups as well with a nosler 55gr BT.
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5 shot group and the cpl is comparator length measured off the ogive.
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