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  • kingfamous
    Member
    • Apr 2011
    • 460

    Powder options for plinking .223s

    Since my go to powder (h335) is so hard to come by these days I was wanting some other powder options that I could use for the .223 for plinking. I'm using the 55fmj's. I know all powder is hard to find but if I can find something that I can use in the meantime that would be great.
  • #2
    kmolles
    CGN/CGSSA Contributor
    CGN Contributor
    • Mar 2012
    • 120

    BL-C(2)

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    • #3
      kingfamous
      Member
      • Apr 2011
      • 460

      Has anybody used the 322 ?

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      • #4
        kmolles
        CGN/CGSSA Contributor
        CGN Contributor
        • Mar 2012
        • 120

        322 works well, also.

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        • #5
          glock7
          Veteran Member
          • Aug 2010
          • 3390

          Varget
          #blackriflesmatter
          <4 years till retirement, can't wait to leave this state
          California, where all of the good stuff is banned, registered, regulated or prohibited, yay.....

          Law abiding firearm owners have no chance in this state.

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          • #6
            ar15robert
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2002
            • 2480

            I had the same issue last time there was a shortage i ended up using imr 4895 it did work pretty good for my 55 fmjs just didnt meter as good as 335 thru the thower

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            • #7
              russt
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2012
              • 1039

              H4198 works well

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              • #8
                9mmrevolver
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2006
                • 1477

                Some serious plinking would be 7gr of red dot. Sounds like a 22. don't go past 10gr. I started seeing pressure issues. Blc-2 works good to for work in the ar.

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                • #9
                  GeoffLinder
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2009
                  • 2425

                  AA2230 or 2520, WW748, all meter easily and are optimum choices for 55gr. Finding them will be another story

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                  • #10
                    kingfamous
                    Member
                    • Apr 2011
                    • 460

                    Thanks for these choices. By the way I'm using the hornady LNL so it needs to meter well.

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                    • #11
                      chad allred
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2012
                      • 877

                      4064

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                      • #12
                        repomanNWP
                        Senior Member
                        • Jun 2009
                        • 1058

                        I really like Ramshot TAC, very economical, works great in .223, but its as hard to get as anything else.
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                        • #13
                          alfred1222
                          Calguns Addict
                          • Jan 2010
                          • 7331

                          IMR 4198, Varget, and benchmark are some of the powders I use. Personally, I use IMR4198, it meters super well, but I also liked benchmark alot
                          Originally posted by Kestryll
                          This guy is a complete and total idiot.
                          /thread.

                          ΦΑ

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                          • #14
                            ricemanff
                            Member
                            • Jan 2013
                            • 158

                            King famous, there was some at Barnwood Ripon today if you are nearby.

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                            • #15
                              luchador768
                              Veteran Member
                              • Jan 2009
                              • 3224

                              Aa2230. I'm at the tail end of 16 pounds of it. No issues.

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