I have heard that Hodgen BlC2 is horrible for fowling in the AR platform. Has anyone had problems with this powder? My gun loves it so far, but I don't want problems down the road.
Posts: 849 | Location: MN | Registered: 11 March 2009
Hodgdon has released something with almost the same burn rate as BLC2, it's a powder called CFE223 and it's specially designed to prevent copper fouling.
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The AR platform is very poor for fowling, and is even illegal for migratory fowl like ducks and doves.
Regardless of the AR's inappriateness for fowling, I haven't found BL-C2, nor its spec twins WW748 or WC-846 to be any worse at fouling than any other powder.
Posts: 13284 | Location: Henly, TX, USA | Registered: 04 April 2001
Originally posted by Stonecreek: The AR platform is very poor for fowling, and is even illegal for migratory fowl like ducks and doves.
Regardless of the AR's inappriateness for fowling, I haven't found BL-C2, nor its spec twins WW748 or WC-846 to be any worse at fouling than any other powder.
Same here. I find seagulls to be rather foul.
Posts: 8169 | Location: humboldt | Registered: 10 April 2002
I've shot quite a few pounds of BLc(2) in my ARs and haven't had any issues with excessive fouling.
Frank
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Quintus: Thanks for being a good sport! Sometimes I write things like that in jest and it gets taken the wrong way. I can't tell you how often I find that I've used the wrong spelling for similarly pronounced words, to.
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