Best powder for .223/5.56

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Re: Best powder for .223/5.56

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Clickoops wrote: July 12th, 2020, 2:08 pm Put some Smallville or something equally semi-interesting but not too engaging(!) on the telly.
:lol: The kind of thing you might stop and watch if you're flipping through channels, but that you would never intentionally turn on any other given day.

I'm just getting into reloading, and I haven't even finished any loads yet. Still working on my very first batch of case prep. People seem to really like Varget, but I read it does better in longer barrels only. I picked up some CFE 223 since people seemed to like it in 10"+ barrels. I wanted to run it in my 10.3" MK18 and my 17" RDB, so hopefully I made a good choice.


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Re: Best powder for .223/5.56

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AZ_Five56 wrote: July 12th, 2020, 2:32 pm I'm just getting into reloading, and I haven't even finished any loads yet. Still working on my very first batch of case prep. People seem to really like Varget, but I read it does better in longer barrels only. I picked up some CFE 223 since people seemed to like it in 10"+ barrels. I wanted to run it in my 10.3" MK18 and my 17" RDB, so hopefully I made a good choice.
check out Johnnys reloading bench on youtube he loads 556 exhaustively
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Re: Best powder for .223/5.56

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Clickoops wrote: July 12th, 2020, 3:03 pm check out Johnnys reloading bench on youtube he loads 556 exhaustively
Thanks for the recommendation. I've been watching a lot of videos and doing a ton of reading. So many things to learn!
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Re: Best powder for .223/5.56

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Clickoops wrote: July 12th, 2020, 2:08 pm
mmm kristin kreuk was fire tho
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Re: Best powder for .223/5.56

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Another vote for Ramshot TAC. I’ve loaded thousands of rounds with it.
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Re: Best powder for .223/5.56

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I like Reloader 15
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Re: Best powder for .223/5.56

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I also used tac on my 223 loads.
I also have some blc-2 powder has anyone use that for 223 or is that just a 308 powder
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Re: Best powder for .223/5.56

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rbt50 wrote: June 13th, 2020, 1:27 pm i have been using winchester 748 for years. i have tried other powders but always went back to 748.
Same here. It preforms better, for me at least, than many of the other powders suggested.
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