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Gunshop didn't have the powder I was looking for but a pound of this called out my name and I took it home the other day. Looks like it could be real good for the lighter bullets in 3030 and 308 which I have both of. Maybe good in 4570. What else have you had luck using it for....I have many calibers from 243-4570. Thanks for input so I can play properly and get this powder to work.
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Kraky,
not to be the party pooper....
H 335, is the only powder I have had blow up an action ( although it was repairable) utilizing load manual specs...
it was with a 223, and real bread and butter load, of 25 grains with a 55 grain SP...
and it happened twice!!! no less, one Black Hills load and the other one of my handloads...
I admit, I don't trust it in a 223.. and the couple pounds I have of it, I use sparingly...
it was accurate, but the other down side of it, don't use it for night varmint shooting or shooting prone on top of a dry grass area... or if you do, enjoy the pyro technics of it.....
real "flashy" powder...
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Very dirty stuff. You will curse as you attempt to clean your barrel.
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Oooh...not off to a good start here LOL. I "read on the internet" that early 335 was some sort of slow burning pull down powder but newer lots in the plastic cans are quite a bit faster. Hogdon still lists it as slower the 748 on there burn chart but their online data shows it much faster. I also read somewhere it was dirty....I should "read" before I buy I guess! Someone can give me a positive here.....please!
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Oooh...not off to a good start here Someone can give me a positive here.....please! Ive only got half a pound left......
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H335 is very temp sensitive. When its hot outside so is the powder.
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The original H335 was a mil-surp powder. They ran out in the early 1990's and switched to a newly manufactured version, which was considerably faster.
A lot of .223 shooters have burned a lot of H335, because for quite a while it was one of the better ball powders available for the job. It metered well from a powder measure and usually shot quite accurately.
But the downsides have all been listed above: pretty temperature sensitive, especially in heat, and very dirty burning. It would carbon up a .223 bore so quickly that after 50 rounds you'd get the impression from looking at the muzzle the bore wasn't copper fouling. It was--but you couldn't see it due to the carbon! H335 was one of the main reasons pratrie dog shooters scrubbed out their bores in the field every 50 rounds or so!
All that said, if you're using H335 for deer hunting the powder fouling won't be a major problem. The temperature sensitivity might be, depending on the range of temps you typically hunt in.
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It shoots great but is dirty and as said gets hot in the summer. For me I like Tac and AR COMP better. As of lately I switched to Varget for .308/.223.
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Be careful! I had one lot of H-335 that with the listed starting load would almost give me top load velocity in a .308. I use a lot of it and don't notice it to be any more dirty burning than BLc-2, H-414,or H-380. On another note, I will probably never buy another kernel of it as I have plenty.
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I burn a lot of H-335 in my AR's, but the loads were worked up during the summer and are burnt during the summer.
Since I'm not shooting prairie dogs or benchrest, I've never noticed any fall off of accuracy from fouling. I clean them every 200-300 rounds whether they need cleaning or not.
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Kraky, it was accurate, but the other down side of it, don't use it for night varmint shooting or shooting prone on top of a dry grass area... or if you do, enjoy the pyro technics of it.....
real "flashy" powder... I used it in my son's 30-06 to duplicate 300 Savage velocities. Pretty impressive fire balls each time the trigger was pulled. I also used it in his 223 but I've emptied my supply and won't be buying it again. Dale
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I like H335. It gives me better groups in my 222 and 22-250 than H4895. It does throw some fire out though. It's a very versatile powder IMO. I haven't noticed it being dirty but I clean my guns very often.
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It's been my go to powder for 223 pdog guns. I've not had any problems with excessive carbon fouling but rarely shoot more than a 100-200 rounds between cleaning. The carbon fouling from H335 seems to clean as easily as any other powder IMO. Very accurate powder in 223.
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I love H335. Meters well, and is accurate. I have not been able to find any for over a year.
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works in 222 with the 45 grain tsx
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H335 is my go to powder for my Marlin 35 Rem. Lever gun loves this stuff. Haven't tried it in any other caliber.
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335 is a good powder , but I won't buy any due to the fact Benchmark is MO better. All the best of 335 without the downside.
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Strap,
If you didn't use H335, you wouldn't have to clean your guns very often.
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335 is a good powder , but I won't buy any due to the fact Benchmark is MO better. All the best of 335 without the downside. Agreed. Besides Benchmark, there are a bunch of powders out there now with similar burn rates, that don't have the downsides of H335.
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