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Posted: 9/2/2009 2:54:30 PM EDT
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I picked up some TAC powder today. Is it any good powder for loading long range ammo in an AR???
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I picked up some TAC powder today. Is it any good powder for loading long range ammo in an AR??? Don't you think you should have researched your purchase before laying hands on it? He is right.....it's horrible. Send it to me.....IMMEDIATELY! 
You did fine. Its good powder for almost all 223 loads, but it's specialty is HEAVIER bullets....ie...LONG RANGE. 
PS....maybe you shouldn't jump is butt....read your own quote from your signature..... Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. R W Emerson |
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I picked up some TAC powder today. Is it any good powder for loading long range ammo in an AR??? Don't you think you should have researched your purchase before laying hands on it? I must have missed the part where he said he bout 8#'s of it? I have alot of powders on hand I bought without "researching" first....its called experimenting and how else can u find a power that works good for YOU and YOUR rifles?? |
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I used to be a extremely avid reloader back in the mid to late 1980's and just recently got back into it.A lot of new powders are out i never knew about.I used to use in my .223 relaods
IMR 3031, Reloader 7, WW 748 and the new kid on the block then Accurate MR223.First stuff out in plastic bottles(anyone remember tin cans?) So now that i got back into it and reading on here what people are useing i've used Varget, TAC, H332, H335.So far i like the Varget and TAC about the same as accuracy on paper but TAC wins because it measures so good out of my Uniflow. TAC is great stuff as far as i am concerned and i've been useing CCI 450 primers with it.I still want to experiment with some other powders eventually. 
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| I throw 24 grs of TAC behind a Hornady 68 gr. BTHP. And we do a lot of long range shooting mostly with the .308 off the ground. But a I can ring a 12" x 12" piece of AR 500 steel from 300 yards out to 500 yards with the TAO1 Acog pretty easily. My 100 yard groups are a bit bigger with this, a little over a MOA, but with 52 gr. BTHP match they tighten up a 100 yards, Using Tac powder aswell. You will like this powder. |
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I picked up some TAC powder today. Is it any good powder for loading long range ammo in an AR??? Below are groups fired with 77gr. Sierra MatchKing over TAC at short and medium range out of accurized 18" 1x7.7 Krieger/CLE barreled A2. Both groups were fired in marginal conditions due to variable winds and boiling mirage with magazine length cartridges (COAL 2.25"). 5.56mm pressure 77gr. SMK over TAC@500yds. (4.35") & 100yds. (0.52") 
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I picked up some TAC powder today. Is it any good powder for loading long range ammo in an AR??? Below are groups fired with 77gr. Sierra MatchKing over TAC at short and medium range out of accurized 18" 1x7.7 Krieger/CLE barreled A2. Both groups were fired in marginal conditions due to variable winds and boiling mirage with magazine length cartridges. 5.56mm pressure 77gr. SMK over TAC@500yds. (4.35") & 100yds. (0.52") http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a72/leid/shooting/TAC500yds435-100yds52.jpg Great shooting |
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I have had good luck with TAC and 55 grain bullets. Next trip to the range I have some 68 gr hornaday's to try out. I like the Hornady 68gr BTHP match and used CCI 450 and 23.4 TAC and was good shooting but can diffently go up, i think 24 next load. I just did 40 rds of 55gr V-MAX with 24.5 and can't wait to try those out.
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I have alot of powders on hand I bought without "researching" first....its called experimenting and how else can u find a power that works good for YOU and YOUR rifles??
Well there in this day and age most people have a plan, especially with tight supplies of what the heck they are buying! And when people experiment they usually have a plan or a set of parameters to test, so again someone should have an idea of what they are buying before they buy it! |
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I get good results with cheap bulk pack 55.gr Winchester FMJBT and 25.6 grains of TAC; last time it was out shooting for chrono/accuracy I used my 1/7 chrome lined gov't middy/ 3x ACOG to shoot two separate 5 shot groups on different targets that each came in at ~ 1.6" at 100 yards. With a precision optic I could probably do better than that.
24.5 grains with the same projectile seems to have a lot of fans. Haven't had too much luck with the 75 gr projectiles yet, but I'm working on it. |
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Which one? For 55gr FMJ I seat to the middle of the cannelure and use a Lee factory crimp die.
I have a bunch of Hornady 75gr OTM T1C projectiles, I seat it so I get as long an OAL as possible while still reliably fitting in a USGI magazine. This ends up about 2.244" OAL, and the cannelure is just visible sticking out. I seat the regular 75gr OTM's to the same depth; you have to redo the seating die, though, the ogive is different. |
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You did just fine and I am sure you will like it. I plan on using it with 55gr FMJ's and maybe even in my .308.
As to the experimenting before buying I guess I am bad then because when I saw Graf's had it for $102/8lbs a couple years back I bough 32lbs. Maybe this year I will get my H335 gone so I can try it. All I have been reading is positive reviews but you know if I don't like it I don't think I will have a problem selling it. |
I have switched from Varget to TAC in most of my 223 reloads
69 Nosler CC- 24.3 TAC,win cases and Fed 205 match 77 Nosler CC -23.2 TAC,win cases and Fed 205 match I have not tried it in the 55 fm, for this I like W 748 TAC measures very well in my Dillon 550,weights running + or - 0.1gr 
Begin with start loads from reloading books and info from Ramshot powder and work up 0.2 gr slowly
John |
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I just did some load development today with TAC. I like it. No chrono, I let the paper tell the story. I ended up with this:
16 AR 55gr Montana Gold Rem brass Fed primer 24.5gr TAC 20 AR 52gr SMK WIN brass Fed primer 24.5gr TAC M1A 147gr pulled surplus bullet WCC brass (70) Fed primer 41gr TAC All seated to mag length. |
Heres a 20 round group fired out of my SPR type rifle at 100 yds. It measures approx 1.75 unsorted brass, mostly LC and Win. 26 grns Tac behind a 60 grn vmax lit by a federal primer. Yes its hot, use at your own risk. I may back it down .5 grain and try some CCI benchrest primers. |
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