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Posted: 11/3/2008 4:16:21 PM EDT
| I'm looking into the cost of reloading .223 and am seeing a lot of information on a lot of powders....I'm mainly doing it for the range and plinking. Who sells the cheapest powder for just "shooting around" 55-62 grain loads in an AR15? |
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Cheap powder
Try WC844 surplus powder, it's cheap and works well for .223. |
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Try Ramshot TAC from powder valley. Last time I ordered it, it was like $95/8#, which is the same cost as the surplus powder out there. If new powder is the same cost as surplus, it's a no brainer to me to order the new.
You can use TAC for 308 but I'm not sure if you can use it for 7.62x39. Tac works great for plinking and general use and it meters like water. |
| I missed out on the super TAC sale from Midway a ways back. Even without the sale TAC is cheap compared to other powders and it seems members here get good results. That said. I'll stick with H335 cause it's what I have on hand but if I there is another big sale on TAC I'd jump all over that. |
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Try Ramshot TAC from powder valley. Last time I ordered it, it was like $95/8#, which is the same cost as the surplus powder out there. If new powder is the same cost as surplus, it's a no brainer to me to order the new. You can use TAC for 308 but I'm not sure if you can use it for 7.62x39. Tac works great for plinking and general use and it meters like water. I've been looking for load data for Tac in 7.62x39. For 123 gr and 147 gr bullets. Nothing on Ramshot's site. Anybody have a link? |
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An alternative to cheaper powder is to use less powder.
I'm running Reloader 7 with 55gr FMJBTs in .223 using charge weights in the high 20gr range. That compares to my H335 load for the same bullet that's in the high 24gr range. It cycles my 16" carbine-gas AR. RL7 is a relatively fast powder, so it won't get you max velocity. However, recoil is noticeably milder. It also works well with lighter bullets. I use RL7 in my 7.62x39 loads too. |
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An alternative to cheaper powder is to use less powder. I'm running Reloader 7 with 55gr FMJBTs in .223 using charge weights in the high 20gr range. That compares to my H335 load for the same bullet that's in the high 24gr range. It cycles my 16" carbine-gas AR. RL7 is a relatively fast powder, so it won't get you max velocity. However, recoil is noticeably milder. It also works well with lighter bullets. I use RL7 in my 7.62x39 loads too. +1 on less powder, I'm in the process of testing IMR4198, with wolf magnum primers and LC brass, I'm able to load 16.2gr and getting 2500fps. need to do some more shooting to determine accuracy. |
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Revived from 2008!?  Check pages 30 and 31 of this forum. Lots of great threads that were saved from the archive. The only thread that refuses to die is the 100% Official Reloading bench Thread. Link. |
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An alternative to cheaper powder is to use less powder. I'm running Reloader 7 with 55gr FMJBTs in .223 using charge weights in the high 20gr range. That compares to my H335 load for the same bullet that's in the high 24gr range. It cycles my 16" carbine-gas AR. RL7 is a relatively fast powder, so it won't get you max velocity. However, recoil is noticeably milder. It also works well with lighter bullets. I use RL7 in my 7.62x39 loads too. +1 on less powder, I'm in the process of testing IMR4198, with wolf magnum primers and LC brass, I'm able to load 16.2gr and getting 2500fps. need to do some more shooting to determine accuracy. I have one pound - let me know how it goes. Your description above - what grain bullet - 55 grain? |
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This is by far the 'cheapest' load I have seen (from the 1991 Hercules Reloaders Guide)............although I've never tried it.
Caliber: .223 Rem Bullet: Hornady 55 gr FMJBT Primer: Fed 205 Powder: Hercules (Alliant) 2400 Chg Wt: 14 gr. FPS: 2,685 You could load 500 rounds from a pound of powder. That certainly makes it cheap! |
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I'm looking into the cost of reloading .223 and am seeing a lot of information on a lot of powders....I'm mainly doing it for the range and plinking. Who sells the cheapest powder for just "shooting around" 55-62 grain loads in an AR15? for just "plinking" reduce your loads. i use 8 grains of unique and 40 grain bullets. accurate to at least 100 yards. |
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Keep an eye on Midway, I got the TAC deal from them. It ended up as $15 a pound shipped which is $7 less than locally. I use 24.5 grains with Hornady bulk 55gr FMJ for an average of just under 3000fps for 20" barrel and 2850 for a 16". That load gets me 285 per pound. |
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I'm looking into the cost of reloading .223 and am seeing a lot of information on a lot of powders....I'm mainly doing it for the range and plinking. Who sells the cheapest powder for just "shooting around" 55-62 grain loads in an AR15? for just "plinking" reduce your loads. i use 8 grains of unique and 40 grain bullets. accurate to at least 100 yards. Will this load cycle an AR???? |
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An alternative to cheaper powder is to use less powder. I'm running Reloader 7 with 55gr FMJBTs in .223 using charge weights in the high 20gr range. That compares to my H335 load for the same bullet that's in the high 24gr range. It cycles my 16" carbine-gas AR. RL7 is a relatively fast powder, so it won't get you max velocity. However, recoil is noticeably milder. It also works well with lighter bullets. I use RL7 in my 7.62x39 loads too. +1 on less powder, I'm in the process of testing IMR4198, with wolf magnum primers and LC brass, I'm able to load 16.2gr and getting 2500fps. need to do some more shooting to determine accuracy. Actually its 62gr, but load data is VERY similar for the 55gr. I have one pound - let me know how it goes. Your description above - what grain bullet - 55 grain? |
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My notes for a RL-7 .223 load are: 21.5 grains under a Dogtown 55gr PSP bullet, Speer twice-fired brass, CCI#41 primer provided excellent accuracy and cycled the action 100%.
AA2015: 24.5 grains under a Dogtown 50gr PSP bullet, Federal once-fired brass, Rem 71/2 primer cycled the action 100% but high winds spread 10 rounds horizontally. RL-10X: 22 grains under a Hornady 55grFMJ bulk bullet, Winchester 3rd fired brass, CCI#41 primer cycled 100% and gave excellent accuracy even in high winds. 19.5 grains of AA1680 under a bulk 55grFMJ is one of my all-time favorite plinking loads but reliability in ARs with smaller gas-holes is not 100% Found this gem tucked away in an old Lee pamphlet that came with the .223 dies. |
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