Favorite powder for reloading 223 for plinking?

[jbonnette]

What is your favorite powder for reloading 223 for plinking? Do you have a favorite 223 reloading recipe?

 

[highstandard40]

What bullet weight?

 

[scooterj]

H335 is great for 55gr bullets. It's a ball powder and meters well in my Dillon powder measure.

 

[kz45]

Varget works real well with 69 gr

 

[jbonnette]

52 or 55 grain.

 

[sksshooter]

ive been using acurate 2230 meters well and was designed for .223

 

[Tx_oil]

IMR 3031
Have used this with 55 and 62 grain projectiles, no problems.

 

[drumz2129]

varget, h335, and blc2 are what I keep on hand for 223

 

[tactical723]

I have always used H335 and Accurate 2230 for all my light mil projectiles (52 to 62gr), Varget on 69 and 75.

 

[flamatrix99]

H335 is great for 55gr bullets. It's a ball powder and meters well in my Dillon powder measure.

This is what I use.

 

[highstandard40]

I use H335 or 2230 with 55 gr bullets. For 65-69 grain I use Varget in my AR and N133 in my bolt gun.

 

[Gator 45/70]

I use H-4895 in my .223 and .308, Pig's and deer have no complaint's.

 

[sawman]

For plinking, it's hard to beat W844 mil-surplus pull down. It's cheaper than anything else and readily available in large quantity. Keep the good stuff for long range/accuracy rounds.

 

[tangiltows]

if u want 2 do it on the cheap, dip the case in imr4895, fill 2 the bottom of the neck, seat a 55 gr fmj on top and go shooting!

 

[smith625]

if u want 2 do it on the cheap, dip the case in imr4895, fill 2 the bottom of the neck, seat a 55 gr fmj on top and go shooting!

2230 for me with 55 grainers.

 

[drumz2129]

if u want 2 do it on the cheap, dip the case in imr4895, fill 2 the bottom of the neck, seat a 55 gr fmj on top and go shooting!

How accurate do you think you could possibly get with this method? I don't think it is safe to recommend any kind of loading without properly measuring the charge. It could spell disaster for someone new to hand loading if they read this and assume it is an acceptable practice.

 

[Gator 45/70]

That's pretty wild man, Please tell us that your just goofing off here...???

if u want 2 do it on the cheap, dip the case in imr4895, fill 2 the bottom of the neck, seat a 55 gr fmj on top and go shooting!

 

[tangiltows]

That's pretty wild man, Please tell us that your just goofing off here...???

did it for years when i reloaded 223. it's not something you would want to do for precision ammo but, works just fine if all you want to do is make noise. you really can't pack enough of it in the case to get yourself in a bind. worked for me w/ no problems.

 

[stancel]

if u want 2 do it on the cheap, dip the case in imr4895, fill 2 the bottom of the neck, seat a 55 gr fmj on top and go shooting!

I would bet I can meter powder into a case quicker than you can dip it into a jug and empty it back out till you are down to the desired eye ball level. Probably end up with less powder on my floor too.

To answer the original question, I love me some H335 under a 55gr FMJ.

 

[jgreco15]

I've been using Varget for my 55gr training/plinking loads for a long time. Works well for me.