Alliant Varmint pro

[DelDanko]

Anyone try this powder with 223. i currently have a good amount of rl-15 but i want to keep that for my 308 bolt. so i ordered a few pounds of this stuff just for some plinking 223 stuff. anyone have any loads for the 53g-55g load range? just any thoughts or personal experience would be good. also PV has this stuff. Thanks guys

[mjmagee67]

I've used Varmint powder in the past and just picked up 16 pounds of it! It's a good powder IMHO. My feeling is it is Alliant's version of H335 or BL-C2. For my AR I've loaded up 24.7gr under a 55gr boolit. This load cycled the gun fine, and shot 1 inch groups at 100 years out of 2 different AR's. Hence the reason I got 16 pounds. I will be working up loads for my bolt guns in 223 & 204 soon! But I don't see why I shouldn't get 1/2 inch or so groups out of it. I settled on H335 when powder was plentiful but since I can't get H335 I've put all my eggs in the Varmint basket, I hope it pays off for my Varmint rifle. But hey why would they call it Varmint if it was lousy in a Varmint gun

Hornady has worked up loads in their new book for Varmint in 223 and the Alliant web site has data. The Alliant web site show much hotter loads than Hornady. I'll start mid range and work up looking for accuracy.

[DelDanko]

thanks! i appreciate the info. honestly 1 in moa is more than enough for my AR.
im glad to hear its performing like some of the bigger brands.

[mjmagee67]

Alliant is a big brand