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I've always shot 140's in mine. IMR 4831 works very well with those. I did have a load with IMR 4895 that had the same zero at 100 that the 4831 had at 200. I'm sure that you can figure out something good with your H4895.

I bought 1500 .30 175 SMK's when the M118 pull down components were on the market. Couldn't pass up .20 each. I've only shot a couple hundred so far. Maybe I'll find a use for the rest some day. In the meantime, they do come in handy for home made trigger weights. 40 175's weigh 1 pound, a...

But you had to fan the flames, didn't you :p

That's actually pretty good! I shot my first CMP match of the year last Sunday. Got a 69 standing, with a miss. :cuss: I've never been a very good offhand shot but that's ridiculous. I'm going to shoot some air rifle tomorrow and maybe practice on the 200 yd. steel hanger with my AR if it...

Alliant claims "consistent at all temperatures".

That is the die that enabled me to put my FCD on the shelf, not because its cool looking, but because it's tolerances are so tight that they seat the bullets straight every time. Cast bullets are slightly oversized and a little tilt gave me problems. The micrometer seating is definitely a...

That's a pretty broad topic. Some more details will get you better recommendations.

That's my load too, albeit w/ Hornady's. I've never shot mine from the bench, but that load is capable of cleaning the 300 yd. MR-63 target which has a 2 MOA 10 ring, shot prone w/ a sling.

The deal I had with my kids was "load it or buy it". They all came around pretty fast. They got me some nice Christmas gifts in the past; a 550B, case feeder for it, RCBS bench prime, and a set of those Lyman caliber specific funnels. The 550B blew my mind!

Same here. I wonder if they might have tightened their policy since the Vista spin off in 2015? I once had a problem with a die set that I bought in a yard sale. I called them, specifically said they were used dies, and they still sent me the parts to make them whole again. Old habits are...

Out of battery discharge?

True if quartz sand, which generally is the case.

What? Could it be that the elk are out competing the deer? Similar thing here between turkey and grouse and pheasants. Used to be turkey were rare and there were huntable populations of wild pheasants (as opposed to stocked birds) and grouse. Now, there's a turkey beside every tree and no...

When I started loading .45acp with a RCBS 3 die set (seat and crimp in one step) with mixed brass I sometimes shaved lead. The problem there is longer brass than what the crimp is adjusted for drives the case into the bullet before fully seated. Before you tell me my dies were adjusted wrong I...

...and China and Russia are the 2 largest producers. Not a good situation for us here in the USA. This, along with the demand for military use, is certainly reflected in powder prices and availability.

Some advice I got long ago was "it's never going to get cheaper." So far that has been 100% accurate.

Interesting. The reason that I posted was quite the opposite of yours. I had a 20 MOA rail and my 50 yd. zero put me at the extreme bottom of my elevation range. It made me uncomfortable and I took it off and put on a flat rail. As I look back I've never thought twice about zeroing a .22 at...

Is that 30 MOA rail going to allow you to shoot at normal .22 ranges i.e. 50 yards? I'm assuming @LiveLife 's calculation translates to 20 MOA each way from center. You might get lucky and be totally bottomed out at 50. Time will tell.

Tell us more about that powder. Ball or extruded? Where did you get it? Any chrono data with that load?

All 5 of those powders are in the .223's wheelhouse. I've loaded 55's for an AR with IMR4895 and Varget. I currently like IMR 4198 with 52/55's for my .223 bolt gun. I've never tried IMR4064 or H4895 in .223 but I'm sure that they are fine choices too. Just my opinion, but Varget and IMR4064...