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Posted: 11/13/2012 12:18:52 PM EDT
| I am fully aware that all guns like different loads, but for instance if you have 10 ar's does anyone have a favorite load that seems to shoot good in most any ar ther shoot it in ? |
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I use mil surplus pull down components (55gr FMJ, brass and WC844 powder) and load to just below the velocity that mil spec ammo gives in my guns. That translates to 25-26 gr of WC844. Works well in multiple guns. You could use H335 in place of WC844.
Edit to add: Resize your brass to fit in a case gauge to minimum/ near minimum size. |
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I use mil surplus pull down components (55gr FMJ, brass and WC844 powder) and load to just below the velocity that mil spec ammo gives in my guns. That translates to 25-26 gr of WC844. Works well in multiple guns. You could use H335 in place of WC844. Isn't the load data for the 2 identical? Sorry to derail 
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I use mil surplus pull down components (55gr FMJ, brass and WC844 powder) and load to just below the velocity that mil spec ammo gives in my guns. That translates to 25-26 gr of WC844. Works well in multiple guns. You could use H335 in place of WC844. Isn't the load data for the 2 identical? Sorry to derail It can be but WC844 will vary more batch to batch. |
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I use mil surplus pull down components (55gr FMJ, brass and WC844 powder) and load to just below the velocity that mil spec ammo gives in my guns. That translates to 25-26 gr of WC844. Works well in multiple guns. You could use H335 in place of WC844. Isn't the load data for the 2 identical? Sorry to derail It can be but WC844 will vary more batch to batch. so one should work up a new load every time they change 8lb jugs? |
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I use mil surplus pull down components (55gr FMJ, brass and WC844 powder) and load to just below the velocity that mil spec ammo gives in my guns. That translates to 25-26 gr of WC844. Works well in multiple guns. You could use H335 in place of WC844. Isn't the load data for the 2 identical? Sorry to derail It can be but WC844 will vary more batch to batch. so one should work up a new load every time they change 8lb jugs? Yes and that goes for 'brand name' powders as well. |
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I use mil surplus pull down components (55gr FMJ, brass and WC844 powder) and load to just below the velocity that mil spec ammo gives in my guns. That translates to 25-26 gr of WC844. Works well in multiple guns. You could use H335 in place of WC844. Isn't the load data for the 2 identical? Sorry to derail It can be but WC844 will vary more batch to batch. so one should work up a new load every time they change 8lb jugs? I have 9 AR15s with 16", 20" and 24" barrels. Twist rates are from 1 in 7 to 1 in 9. (I also have 4 builds underway.) I have loaded over 10,000 rounds with 27.5 grains of Varget, a WSR primer, and 55 gr. Hornady soft point bullet, in both Remington and Winchester brass. This is a compressed load. I had to use a drop tube to get the powder in and settled. That makes for a lot of extra work and I no longer consider it worthwhile. It is a very accurate load but too time consuming. Everything rifle I shoot does amazingly well with this load. A couple of weeks ago one of my friends brought 2 of his AR15s over to test some loads he had worked up. We had some trouble with several of his loads. We were quite disappointed. So, to test the accuracy of his rifles against a known load, I got out some of mine with the above recipe. Both of his rifles loved it. I didn't measure his groups, but I would guess that he fired a 10 shot 2" group at 100 yards. And this was the first time he had ever shot off a bench. Not bad for a newbie. That boy shows some promise. I don't think that he had ever shot a rifle before last year. That being said, now that I load on a Dillon 650, I don't like to load with Varget on it. If I need to use Varget in .223, I load them on my T-7. I actually loaded tens of thousands of .223 rounds on a Rock Chucker. I'm personally going to work up a load with TAC for the Dillon. I also have some 748 to try. Edited because I didn't follow the flow of the thread when I first responded. Sorry. |
| This is a moderate load that seems to work well with most 1/9 twist barrels. IMR-4895 24.0 grains, 55 grain bullet. Have had good luck with Hornady soft points, and some other mfg HP. The FMJ I've tried were bulk , and not very accurate. It seems to be a good generic load, at least in my guns. |
| I use 23.6 gr of AA2230 behind various flavors of 55 gr bullets. This combination works well in both my AR and Mini-14. Low to middle of the range on pressure. I don't like the idea of approaching the upper end of the range for use in multiple weapons. Just my $0.02. |
| Only load I use for multiple AR's is Hornady 55 fmj's with 25 grains of H335 with RP 7 1/2 primers, various cases. Shoots well in 1/7 and 1/9 twists. Only thing I'd mention is case sizing for multiple guns. Headspace can vary especially between bolt actions and semi-autos. It's best to know that when sizing cases that the shoulder is pushed back a minimum amount that will chamber in all your guns without excessive headspace. |
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For match or hunting ammo, I keep separate ammo for each rifle with the last digits of the rifle's serial number on the box.
For plinking loads, I try to find the most accurate overall load for the rifles that will be using it. The only difference to this is with my bolt action rifles. I keep the brass separated for each as I only neck size the cases once they have been formed to that rifle's chamber. |
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