Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles Anyone using Varget in .223 ?

I dearly love Varget but I think H335 is a lot better for when I want to load 1,000 rds.at a time for a prairie dog shoot. Benchmark gives good results without having to compress the powder charge.
I used Varget a lot with 77 gr. Sierra MatchKings in Highpower competition.

I'll second the comments about Varget being slow for 40-55 but peachy for heavier bullets, but with a caveat.
If you have a longer throat, and can seat your 55s out a ways, Varget will work well. However, when I went to a shorter-throated new barrel, I had "packing" issues and the only way I got good groups was by using Mic McPherson's "swirl charge" technique, which is not an option when you are pooping out a couple hundred rounds at a crack. I just prefer pumping and dumping.
So...I use H 4895 instead for 50s and 55s, and Varget for 60 and up in a bolter 223.

I'm running a max charge of Varget behind Barnes 62gr Barnes Tsx's . Its ridiculously accurate out of my Bushmaster predator.

I loaded 500 BHA Match brass for my partner to shoot in his bolt gun. 55gr v-max over 26.5 gr of varget shot so well out of his colt H-Bar, he uses them for match ammo. I would like to find some more of that Black Hills brass.
Allan

I load 26 gr of Varget with a 63 gr Sierra smp. This gave me more accuracy and velocity than Win 748 which is my second choice.

26.5gr Varget and a 52gr A-Max with Fed match primers has done in a lot of prairie dogs for me.

Another with good results under the 60-grain v-max @25.5, also, the 75 A-max @ 24.

Not until I get up to 69 Gr bullets or heavier.