Preferred powder for 223/5.56?

[Socalman]

I will soon move my reloading into the .223/5.56 realm. This will be my first rifle reloads. I am just wondering what powders are the FAVORITES of the CalGuns reloaders. I will probably start out with 55 grain loads, though I like to shoot 62 right now. I have 4 manuals and can see the various powders. Any advice or just get whatever I can find on the shelves these days?

[CK_32]

Didn't someone just ask this like yesterday?

h335


Edit: different section asked yesterday.

[bsumoba]

H335
Benchmark
Varget
W748
8208XBR
CFE223

[Chevy57fan]

H335

[Vicious_138]

TAC, H335, Varget, CFE223, Benchmark, and many more

[ZRen]

Also a fan of H335. Meters great and performs well.
People have told me it's temp sensitive, but I've never had any problems

[bigdawg86]

I have only used BL(C) - 2 purely because my first pound of rifle powder was given to me... Out of a 16 inch rifle I get close to 3000fps with 28g under a 55g FMJBT

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[ARKLITE881South]

H-335
H-380

[Reelemup]

Is WC-844 any good ?

[bigdawg86]

Is WC-844 any good ?

IIRC that's BL(C)-2 equivalent military surplus powder

[Finish it]

Is WC-844 any good ?

Yes, 844 is my go to powder for 55g, 62g and 75g.

[FLIGHT762]

Is WC-844 any good ?

Yes, the U S Military used WC844 for many years to load 5.56 ammo.

IIRC that's BL(C)-2 equivalent military surplus powder

WC844 is the equivalent to H-335. WC846 is the equivalent to BLC-2. WC846 was used to load US Military 7.62 NATO ammunition.

[klewan]

OP, look in your reloading books and order the powders most of them list. It isn't that hard to do. After doing that, I ordered H335, H332, 748, BLC-2, and TAC. Already had the 4064 and 3031.

[huckberry668]

My favorite is IMR4895. It gets best accuracy from all bullets I tried but metering it uniformly is a *****. H335 seems to work very well and dead on consistent out of powder measures.

[kcheung2]

H-335
H-380

Seriously H380? What charge and projectile weight are you using?