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What are you trying to compare ? Performance? Or some chart that says if you use 5 grains of X and want to use Y use 8 grains?I have manuals. The hodgdon manual doesn't have a comparison listed. Am loading Speer shot cups for my 38 cal lcr. Speer says 5.5 of unique. Only powder listed. Only doing a dozen or so don't want to go out and buy a jug of powder. I have HP38 and 700x ( might be over limits for storage ) so I don't need any more. The above 2 powders have worked well for me for quite a lot of years for 9, 40,45 and 38/357. If it ain't broke don't fix it... Stash
How many pellets of #4 can you get in there?Thanks JPM. Just what I needed to know. I will be using #4 shot. Just making a few for use in my ported 357. Thanks Again, Stash
Used to use the 22lr shells to shoot wasps and dragon flys
N140 might be better for the longer barrel, looks like its a slower burn.
You might be single-feeding an 80 gr, thats a long one. Either 70 or 75 was the max length for a mag.
I'd say settle on a gr wt first, then go from there.
H335 is fine if that what you have.Hi All,
This thread seemed as good a place as any to ask:
Going start reloading 223 for my AR (16in barrel, 1 in 8 twist).
Would H335 be a good choice for 'reasonably accurate' loads out to, say, 200 yards using a 60-80gr bullet ? Or would I need something like N140 ($40 more for an 8lb carton) ?
How about a 24" barrel with the same twist but stretching it out to 300 yards (assuming I can find a place to shoot that distance)?
If there's another thread where this sort of stuff is discussed just point and I'll amble on over there
Thanks,
Peter
H335 is fine if that what you have.
what bullet manufacture?
i have some 60 gn sierra flat base HP .
i run H335 with bulk 55s.
1/8 twist is fine. i run 80s in my 1/8 heavy varmint barrel 18" . Ideal , no not really but i cant shoot good enough consistently enough to matter.
I run varget in my "match" loads.Well, I have 1lb each of H335, Varget and Reloder 15 (all unopened). So, while it's still available (even at nasty prices) I want to pick up an 8lb carton and make sure I have a little extra...
The heads are Sierra MatchKing, Hornady and a 1000ct bulk pack of 70gr RDF 22 HPBT factory seconds (I've had these for a long time and don't remember exactly where I got them).
It sounds like I can go with H335, save a few $ now and then see what I get for accuracy with the long barrel. I can change direction then if need be. Both my Richard Lee and Speer books have loads for H335 with 70gr bullets.
Thanks all !
Peter
I run varget in my "match" loads.
Only down side I see to H335 is velocity.
What type of accuracy are you expecting?
223 for me gets the best accuracy in that area just below max loads. That has worked from 55s-80s
with varget/H4895/RL15/BLC2/H335/H332/8208
I tend to lean on what ever is on sale and what works for a large span of my needs.
H4895 fills that bill nice.
H335 is running low and with my 55 bulk bullet load I run 25 grains out of 16-20" barrel. 1 /8 twist.