BsChoy
Member
Tomorrow I am taking out a few guns to get ready for hunting and I am perplexed by my 223. It was running fine with 26.2 grains of Varget under a 60 Vmax but, my primer pockets blew out and I switched to winny brass. This brass average wieght is a full 10-11 grains heavier than federal and I of course am back to step one. I tried loading in .2-.3 grain increments with both RE15 and Varget in the winny brass at the same oal as the other really good loads with the federal cases and they didn't shoot that well.
I have loaded a bunch more in the same increments for tomorrow but made them longer, almost mag length (Stevens 200). If these don't work I was wanting to try Tac but no one in my area sells it and I don't want to pay 30.00 in shipping for a bunch of powder that may not shoot for me. So I have narrowed it down to the following:
1. BL(c)2- very close to TAC in burn rate and seems to be a fav.
2. H335- A little faster burn rate than BL(C) or TAC but also a favorite and good velocity.
3. H4895- good velocity, is supposedly temp insens (it is a cold weather Coyote gun after all), and easy to find.
Please no suggestions for VV as they cannot be found locally either. The Pros and Cons to the 3 listed would be appreciated for 60 grain bullets.
I have loaded a bunch more in the same increments for tomorrow but made them longer, almost mag length (Stevens 200). If these don't work I was wanting to try Tac but no one in my area sells it and I don't want to pay 30.00 in shipping for a bunch of powder that may not shoot for me. So I have narrowed it down to the following:
1. BL(c)2- very close to TAC in burn rate and seems to be a fav.
2. H335- A little faster burn rate than BL(C) or TAC but also a favorite and good velocity.
3. H4895- good velocity, is supposedly temp insens (it is a cold weather Coyote gun after all), and easy to find.
Please no suggestions for VV as they cannot be found locally either. The Pros and Cons to the 3 listed would be appreciated for 60 grain bullets.