223 Remington Powder and Charge Weight - 10 Powders Tested!
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- čas přidán 5. 02. 2022
- What is the best powder choice for 223 Remington? Will this powder work? Lets find out! In this video we test 10 different powders in 223 Remington to see which ones perform the best, what powders are just ok, and what powders to avoid if you can. Velocity and Pressure data are included!
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Does the primer change the performance of you load? Check out this video where I test 9 different powders in 223 with AR-Comp:
18 inch barrel, 77 grain smks 25 grains w748, no signs of over pressure, .4ish inch groups at 100, 2.260 OAL 2730fps. One of my favorites. Cfe 223 is good for 55 grains in my experience
Interesting bimodal chart for the CFE223 pressure, that might explain some of the over-pressurization signs and inaccuracy I have seen when shooting it in a 22" barreled bolt gun... I have loads worked up for 60 gr bullets that are under the max charge from multiple published sources. It works beautifully in multiple AR platforms from 10.5" to 16" barrels but has seriously cratered out the pin strike in the primers when fired in the bolt actions and sprayed the bullets into groups > 2" at 100 yards. Thank you for shedding some light on this subject.
Those pressure graphs are very interesting. I'm sure there is a lot of significance to them. I'm also sure that those secondary pressure peaks are very important as well but how so I dont know. I hope you continue exploring this more seems like if you could understand the relationship with the secondary pressure peak and standard deviation numbers you might be on to something new and very critical. Just like with the humidity of the powder and velocity numbers which swing wildly.
Thank you for this, it saves me having to buy all these powder choices for myself.
Awesome video! Thanks sir. I love some 8208 xbr. My second favorite is 2520. Can get awesome velocities out of both with little pressure issues in my guns.
Thanks for the video. 8208 is the best accuracy I have gotten out of my 223. It's my powder of choice now
Here lately it's more of a matter of 'what can I make work' rather than 'what's best.' That said, I tend to use H322 a lot in the .223 because it gives good accuracy although not top velocity, meters well and most importantly, I have a substantial amount of it on hand.
Watched most of the vid twice. Alot to process & disgust. But great information. Appreciate the detail & diligence. Thank you. Well done.
Always appreciate the information in your videos. XBR8208 is one of my most accurate, but slower, powders for the AR platform.
TAC and AA2520 seem to be the most common ‘go to’s’ as far as ball powders are concerned. Would love to see an in depth shoot out between the two that compares the velocity, pressure, and accuracy. Love your videos! Thanks!
Barrel length and burn rate are worth mentioning as those who shoot 223 556 could be have anything from a 7 to 24 inch barrel.
As others have noted, a great deal of info packed into a short time. Nicely done! The thing that grabbed my attention was the large difference between published data and the results presented. Has this been noted and reported by others?
Years ago when the 204 came out I ordered one. It's a Ruger M 77 mark ll . No one had any data on it . My Dad , who is no longer with us helped set it up. Went with BLC2 . In short order I was shooting one hole groups all day long at 200 yards. Sorry for rambling on. Love your channel.
You and Capt reloading bench releasing videos on the same day is great. Sunday night entertainment. My old lady absolutely despises you both. Misson Accomplished! I salute you both
Thank you for a very informative video. Have you thought about making a video about powders that like the different barrel lengths? Like in a 223 AR platform, 16-18-20" lengths?
Gotta love the Fin..
I really appreciate the side by side view of all the plots of velocity vs charge weight. In that view, it would be especially helpful to have the Y axis consistent from chart to chart. Probably useful to have the X axis also consistent from chart to chart-- just pick axis values that accommodate the full range of your data.
Thanks for the video. I caught that JRB comment, good one. I bet BL-C 2 would have won the velocity race if it was hot outside, that stuff was pretty unstable for me. Those bullets, that primer and 23.1 gr of XBR has been good to me in both 16” and 20” barrels. I get good velocity, good groups, roughly 10 SD and it’s temp stable.
Educational and interesting