Tell Me about Your experinces (good or bad) with WC846 WC844 and WC852
Should be interesting.....

buchsenschmeid,

All of the following are M.O.A. shooters:

CALIBER�POWDER�CHARGE�BULLET�PRIMER�VELOCITY--WEAPON

.223�WC844�27.0 grains�50 grain SSPSP�WIN 6 �-116�2431 fps�Super 14�
7-30�WC844�31.0 grains�135 grain 287346�CCI-200�1932 fps�Super 14�
30-30�WC852�35.0 grains-170 grain 311041�CCI-200�1755 fps�Mod �94

I have several other surplus powders also and I sure do like them all. Wish I would have started purchasing it before it became popular!!!

The loads listed here were safe in all of the weapons I fired them in. Be careful as this powders have a wide variety of burning rates. Good-luck�BCB

BCB

You shooting slow, fast or 4895 speed batch of WC852?

i've only used wc852, from pats reloading, ~h414... works great in 500 jeffe and 470 mbogo...

I want to get some of theblc2/h380speed surplus powders and try those, too

jeffe

I've been trying to use some Hi-Tech IMR 4895 (WC852?) but it sure does load different from IMR 4895. Seems like the start loads are close to max loads and I haven't gotten any accuracy out of anything I have loaded with it.

TCLouis,

Slow lot...BCB

I havve had good luck with wc844 in 223 243 308 22-250. I shoot wc852 in 30-06 338wm 300wm. The batch that I have is slow.

The Wc 846 I have is really hot I am using a full 20% below recomened loads.

Over all I have load around 50 lbs of surplus in the last five years I have had good luck with it. Except the 846 that was a lot hotter.

I've used WC860, 5010, an WC844. The 844 I have is hotter than normal. I load 25 grains of 844 in .223 with 55 grain bullets and that load is "near" maximum. I've used 3 different lots of 860 and one 8 lb. jug is considerably slower than the other 2 lots by about 300 feet per second with the same charge. You need to start at low recommended charges and work up with all surplus powders. A chronograph is almost a must when working up loads with surplus powder. However, using surplus powder is economical and I've had good results with accuracy. I wonder how much longer surplus powder will be available??

I use the 844 in .223 for my AR-15. Loaded at the mid range of power with 55gr remington bulk bullets. Good price too.
I wish it was still my secret!

I used some WC852 in my 165gn 06 loads. Don't remember the charge but at around 2730fps, I started getting bright marks on the case head. The charge weight to velocity comparison should have been fairly low pressure. I have tried some in my 30-30 also.
If you shoot magnum handguns, then WC820 is THE way to go.
I have some WC680 and it seems to need a Magnum primer to light off in my 45-70 loads.

WC-846 works great in my .308

The group I shoot with has been using wcc 844 & wcc846 for about 2 yrs.They both have performed as good as most and better than some.In one .257 Roberts Varmint the 846 is outstanding. It has its own sound signature ,however; instead of the normal KA POW it gives off with a reverberating KAA-BOOOOOM.Really different. The other surplus powder we are having a hay day with is the IMR 7383. It is not as adaptable as the 844 & 846 but where used as it should be it does well. At $24.00 / 7lbs. it is a real bargin. It seems to like heavy bullets and magnum primers.It loves my .243 with an 80 gr. Sierra psp
roger