Author Topic: 223 Powders (Read 1468 times)

kenscot · « **on:** April 23, 2005, 08:09:02 AM »

Looking to find out what powders and loads have worked for 223 with 50 gr. bullets

Catfish · « **Reply #1 on:** April 23, 2005, 10:13:55 AM »

You should have fairly good luck with any powder btween VV N-130 and IMR 4320 on the burn rate chart.That give you abt. 36 Different powders to chose from. I`ve alwasy had good luck with BLc-2 and H-335. The .223 is not a hard round to load and seem to digest several different powders and bulllet weights well.

bigjeepman · « **Reply #2 on:** April 23, 2005, 10:25:46 AM »

I have had success with Varget and H335.

Gregory · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2005, 05:43:47 AM »

Ken

I've used H4895 and H322 with 50 gr bullets and had very good accuracy although at somewhat lower velocity.

I agree with Catfish, there are lots of powder that work well for the 223.

I've been tempted to buy a keg of Accurate 2230C, it goes for less than $70.
Anyone use this powder?

PA-Joe · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2005, 11:18:08 AM »

748 works good. If you want reduced laods try 800x, blue dot or unique.

sjf · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2005, 05:28:25 PM »

BENCHMARK!!!!!

25.5-26.5 gr, BR4 primer work up .2 gr at a time until you hit the sweet spot. 52 Sierra HPBT goes 3440 fps with 26.5 gr in my Cooper with groups running under .5".

jro45 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 02, 2005, 02:41:14 AM »

W748 always worked good for me.

KN · « **Reply #7 on:** May 02, 2005, 12:34:05 PM »

Notice how H-335 keeps popping up? KN

mt3030 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 04, 2005, 08:39:57 PM »

Have used 50 grain pills with H-335 since 1991. Excellant results in all following 223s:

Rem 788
Rem 700 HB
H&R Handi (2)
Black rifles (3)

Only thing it never worked in was a Ruger Mini-14....Oh wait, nothing ever worked in that......rifle. Thats why I no longer have it! (But I have to admit I've heard other shooters have very accurate Ruger Mini-14s.)

Wally

Catfish · « **Reply #9 on:** June 08, 2005, 04:43:17 PM »

There are a bunch of good powders for that round. I`ve used alot of Blc-2 and always had good luck with it. There was a bunch of AA-2230-C powder on the market cheap and I bought 48 lbs. of it sso that`s what I`ll be useing for a while now, but there is no real good data for it so if your not used to working up loads without good data it might not be a good choice for you, but it is in the right burn rate for that round.

Buckeyeppc · « **Reply #10 on:** June 19, 2005, 05:36:48 PM »

Quote from: Gregory

Ken

I've been tempted to buy a keg of Accurate 2230C, it goes for less than $70.
Anyone use this powder?

I use 26 gr. of 2230C for .223 wth Sierra Blitzking 50gr, Nosler Ballistic Tip 50 gr, and Berger MEF 50 gr. I consistently get less than MOA with these 3 bullets but the Bergers are the best and most expensive of the 3. I also use it for .22-250 and just tried it in a .30-06. I bought 2 8 lb jugs from Powder Valley. On the jug it says use the AA2230 load data and I've heard others say use the AA2460. I'm happy with the AA2230 data.

beemanbeme · « **Reply #11 on:** June 20, 2005, 06:35:50 AM »

I've had good luck using H335 in several .223's.
I used some AA2230 back when they were selling it as AA223 in plastic milk jugs. And it worked very well. Then I moved and couldn't get it any longer so I switched to H335. If AA2230 (or AA2230C) is the same stuff they used to sell, its an excellent choice. I haven't tried any of the new stuff 'cause (in a pique over the lack of availability of AA223) I loaded up on enough H335 to last me into the next century. :grin: