My experiences with surplus powder has been very good. So much so that in the 90s I had a chance to pick up a 200 pound keg of surplus ball WC852 I did so quickly...
Its run very well in 223, 308,3006.... is it the most accurate or fastest always... nope... its a bit temp sensitive too, like most ball... but I've won more than a few matches shooting it in highpower... I have a 300 yard match out of 800 possible points I shot a 794 with it... IE it works.
I have a jug of 846 myself.. I use it to run 55 tracers.. for play. I wish I had the chance to buy a 200 pounder of that too at some point at a reasonable price...(the other jug was 3.00 a pound.... ie 600 bucks basically...)
Jeff
