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Is anyone using this powder ? What are your pros vs. cons ?
I'm going to be loading for a 20"-1:7.7 - .223 Wylde . Haven't shot this rifle yet , and I'm guessing it will like the longer heavier bullets , but I'd like to be able to shoot from 50/55 to 70 grain pills. I tried to buy a can of Varget none -so it was 8 lb of the CFE 223 or nothing & 1000 Remington 7 1/2 primers .
I hope I'm not going to have to put this stuff on the tomatoes this spring !
Thank you all in advance for your time and help.
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It works very well with 175gr match kings in my DPMS LR308!
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I've loaded some 55gr Hornady soft points for my M-4 and it works great for me. I haven't shot very many cartridges with is so far. It's very fine and meters great. It's so fine I get some on my bench but not much.
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I have a 20" heavy 1/8 Wilde chambered barrel on my AR. I use CFE 223 with the Nosler 50 gr. ballistic tip at 3300 and its a .5 MOA gun and load from the bench. Leaves much less residue than H335 and benchmark, with less copper fouling. Can't say enough good about it.
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I have used CFE223 with 50 and 55 grain bullets. It meters very nicely and has been accurate in my M&P15. I have some 65s loaded but haven't shot them yet.
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Hodgdon's numbers on it look really good.
I'd try in on that basis alone.
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I run it in .223 and 6.5Grendel it works well in both.
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