.223 Powder

26 March 2006, 10:49

rdb86

.223 Powder

I'm just getting started in reloading for rifles, and would like some suggestions on a good powder for .223 Remington pushing a 40 gr. and 55 gr. bullet?

26 March 2006, 11:39

Jacobite

I reload large quantitys of .223 for my AR15. I use WCC844 that is a surplus pull down powder. They compare it to H335 for load data. I use cheap bulk bullets (55 and 62 grain) from Russia and am still getting 2 inch groups at 200 yards. These are not 3-5 shot groups but rather being able to empty a whole mag into a 2 inch head on my metal man target.

27 March 2006, 05:39

smedley

A little bit ago someone posted that they had the best success with RE10.
It might have been this one: Reloader 10
Good loading!!

Oh yeah, Welcome to AR!!

Smedley

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27 March 2006, 05:57

bartsche

I guess I'm lucky but all these powders are working good in my .223 ,12bvss-s

aa2200

aa2230-C

aa2520

wcc844

wcc846

data 73

8208

H380w/ some of the heavier bullets, 60-75gr.

The 2230-c is a hell of a buy for the results you get.

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27 March 2006, 06:12

thornell

I use varget in my .223 with great results. My rifles seem to like it better than anything else I have tried. Although, I have not tried some of the powders listed above.

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