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I have found some of this Hodgson powder and am curious what others have been loading with it. I am looking at 223 up through 308. I am also hoping that it will meter well. From some basic research it looks like it is fairly close to Varget which is very hard to find.
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I bought 2 pounds the other day with the .223 in mind after asking here at the fire. I have not even looked at the powder beause I have been to busy to reload anything. miles
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It works really well in the 223 with 50 gr. bullets.
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Not even close to varget. It's an extreme version of 335. Gives you all the best of 335 with none of the bad. I use it in 223, 22.250, 243, and also use it in a 220 swift. Meters we'll enough to set the measure, then just throw and go.
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I use it in 45-70 with 405 grain Remingtons, and in 405 Winchester with 300 grain Barnes X bullets. It works well for stout loads in either of those two. Haven't tried it in anything smaller.
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I use it in my 204, and have had good luck with it in my 223's. Doesn't meter like 335 though since it is not a ball powder. Still has nice little kernals though they meter pretty good.
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It is my go to powder in my 223 shooting the 55 gr Vmax.
Meters very well out of my Dillon 550B.
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It's all I use for .223 with a variety of bullet weights and styles.
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Benchmark works well for me in the 223 with 40 grain Nosler Ballistic-tip bullets.
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Benchmark meters/ works better than varget for 55 grain bullets and under. It does not give as high velocities as H335 though.
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Works awesome in the 260 for 100 grain and lighter
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Anyone try this powder in a 7mm-08 with 140gr bullets? I picked up a couple pounds because my local store had it on stock, no real use for it at the moment.
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Use it in 223 with 53 gr tsx with great accuracy.
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Just snagged two pounds of this stuff myself, looking forward to using it in my .405 Winchester... apparently gives up to 10% higher velocity with the Hornady 300-grainers.
Semi-OT but shooting the nostalgic .405 cartridge should do wonders if I have a head cold while using it, that thing kicks the SNOT out of me...
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Good stuff...I use it in two heavy varmint rigs...
223 AI w/53 V's & 55 BTs
6BR & Nosler 70 BTs.& 75 V's...
Meters very well in my Redding measure..much quicker than Varget
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Just snagged two pounds of this stuff myself, looking forward to using it in my .405 Winchester... apparently gives up to 10% higher velocity with the Hornady 300-grainers.
Semi-OT but shooting the nostalgic .405 cartridge should do wonders if I have a head cold while using it, that thing kicks the SNOT out of me... My 405 Winchester is in a Ruger #1H, so it is not too bad. Still comes back with 300 grainers at 2450 +. 
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My 17 Fireball shoots well with Benchmark and Hornady 2o grainers.
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[quote=the_shootistStill comes back with 300 grainers at 2450 +. [/quote] 60 grains under partitions. Fine metering. Sharp recoil out of my Marlin 1895SS 45/70 and 1 1/2" at 100 yards Denny.
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I love benchmark in the 17 rem, 223, 223 AI, 22-250 with 40 grainers, 6mm rem with 55 grainers, 260 with 100 grainers, and my 45-70 with 350g hornady flat points. It meters great for a non-ball powder. It's a little fast burning to get good velocities with the bullets I like in a 308 but it does ok.
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