I'm going to affirm Boatie's observations about Varget in that weight class. Some of you have read Mic McPherson's obsessive experiments that have had surprising and useful results for his lazier readers.
I am pretty much convinced that Varget at 50-55 charge weights in the 223 case brings granule packing into play, something Mic has written about. I can stuff a case with Varget, crunch it down under a 40 and it shoots. I can load under 60s and it shoots like crazy good. But under 50s and 55s, sometimes it packs, sometimes it doesn't.
Since I want to pump and dump, rather than "swirl charge" or tap the case (both of which work, Mic proved it), I moved faster to H 4895 Extreme from Varget for 50s.
But again, I am really liking what I see from TAC at that bullet weight range, too. I've been holding out for a jug of 4895, but at this point, if I see a jug of TAC, I'm buying it.
