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Thx Seafire

my pleasure, that's what we are here for...

I'm thinking since this is a thread about pet loads for the .223....that its a .223....

I've burned a good bit of AA 2460 in 223 with 52 grain bullets with good results. It's a ball powder.

748. Or surplus 846. Kinda in between blc2 and 748

I've always thought that BLC 2 and W 748 were pretty much the same powder....

sure seemed like it at the reload bench and when shot over a chrony from a 223...

BLC 2 works well in my Ranch Rifle.

DF

I've found 26.5 grains of Benchmark and 27.0 grains of TAC to be outstanding for pushing the 50-grain V-Max. I'm sure there are lots of powders that work really well, but these are the two I'm using these days.

There are more loads here than I can likely try out...

My most accurate 223 load is a 50 grain VMax and 27.5 grains of 846. I've had no problems shooting it in my Model 7 Predator, but a Howa would sometimes exhibit pressure signs with it. I've killed a bunch of coyotes with this load, out to 450 yards.

27.5 of 844 and 28.5 of 846, with magnum primers and any Nosler 50-55gr bullets been another staple of mine.

Much as I like to reload, I like to shoot too. Where varmints, PDs in particular, are concerned, I generally opt for Fiocchi .223 loaded with the 50gr V-Max. They're cheap enough about $0.33/rnd, and I can spend more time reloading other calibers that I deem more worthy of the effort and results reloading offers.

Ive been getting super duper accuracy out of 55 gr NBTs and 25.5 gr. of IMR4895..


Theres a TON of good .223 loads out there...

I always maintained, its harder to find a 223 that out shoots all the others... than it is to find one that
doesn't shoot well in a 223. if one doesn't... its the rifle barrel, not the load....

Trail Boss proved that a 223 with oatmeal and a small rifle primer would shoot well in one..

That made me laugh.

DF, that is remarkable. Did you just luck into a Ranch Rifle that shoots like that or was it one of those blood, sweat, tears, and cash endeavors?

FWIW I found the ranch rifles all shoot reasonable well to excellent with heavy bullets ( 65 grains + )

I just loaded some new loads for an extended trip to the Montana dog towns. It seems that for both of my 223s a load of 26.0 of 2230 has always worked very well.

I have also used H335, 748 ,BLC ,4895, and others that I have forgotten. The 2230 or 2200 work as well or better than most.

I have a handful of different .223, including a couple of bolts, an AR and a Mini 14. I have several thousand rounds of brass, and several different types of 55 grain bullets, either soft points or ballastic tips. I would like to load several thousand rounds that will shoot decent in all of them...sounds like a dream. Any suggestions for a general purpose, 55 grain bullet for multiple guns? Sounds like Exterminator, Tac or IMR 4895.

Hey if Ingwe shoots it, ya know its gonna work...