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Posted: 4/3/2012 5:49:07 PM EDT
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Ok so this will be my first time working up loads for my ar's. What's the choice powder for 300+ yards shooting 69gr. SMK and 55gr. X193 (type projectile) that works well with both weights out of a 1:7 and 1:8 barrel? Basicly what should be my first powder to buy, I'll be sooting paper and coyotes and possibly deer.
Thanks for the help! ETA: I'm reloading .30-06 and .300 Win. Mag. also so if any powder works well with those rounds that makes it even better! |
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From your list, Tac. But also look at a couple of newer powders, IMR-8208 XBR and CFE 223. Varget (long extruded powder) has a following, but it measures very poorly from a powder measure. Most people who use it measure it from an electronic powder measure $275-$300. Not for me. A standard PM will measure Tac and CFE 223 (both ball powders) and IMR-8208 XBR (short extruded powder) very well. Powders for 223 are not very efficient if used in 30-06 and 300 WM. Use different powders (slower burning) for those cartridges.
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| I am switching from Varget to CFE223. Getting good groups and relative steady velocities from Varget, but do not want to do compressed loads when loading to max. Since I haven't done the compressed loads to the max, why bother. From what I have been hearing, the CFE223 is the new way to go and now there is data out for it. When I started my work up loads with Varget there was not any data out yet. I tried BCL2 and H322 also. Varget was my best grouping with 68 grain bullets. |
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Quoted: From your list, Tac. But also look at a couple of newer powders, IMR-8208 XBR and CFE 223. Varget (long extruded powder) has a following, but it measures very poorly from a powder measure. Most people who use it measure it from an electronic powder measure $275-$300. Not for me. A standard PM will measure Tac and CFE 223 (both ball powders) and IMR-8208 XBR (short extruded powder) very well. Powders for 223 are not very efficient if used in 30-06 and 300 WM. Use different powders (slower burning) for those cartridges. I use Varget for my target and varmint loads. It does meter very poorly. I have gotten pretty good at trickling up each load. It does mean every powder charge has to be weighed. |
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Quoted: Quoted: From your list, Tac. But also look at a couple of newer powders, IMR-8208 XBR and CFE 223. Varget (long extruded powder) has a following, but it measures very poorly from a powder measure. Most people who use it measure it from an electronic powder measure $275-$300. Not for me. A standard PM will measure Tac and CFE 223 (both ball powders) and IMR-8208 XBR (short extruded powder) very well. Powders for 223 are not very efficient if used in 30-06 and 300 WM. Use different powders (slower burning) for those cartridges. I use Varget for my target and varmint loads. It does meter very poorly. I have gotten pretty good at trickling up each load. It does mean every powder charge has to be weighed. When you get tied of all of that trickling, try some IMR-8208 XBR or CFE 223. Same or better accuracy. |
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Dude... You Change your mind all the time, one week it's this, next week it's that 
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Dude... You Change your mind all the time, one week it's this, next week it's that It just depends on what I'm loading 
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