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.223 on a Progressive?
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<blockquote data-quote="johngibbs222" data-source="post: 2844507" data-attributes="member: 49619"><p>I only use ball powder now, meters so accurately. </p><p>I have some flake pistol type powder (universal) and as soon as that's used up I'll not buy anymore.</p><p>My powder of choice was hodgdons cfe 223 and cfe pistol and 2400 but supply issues this side of the atlantic mean it's a PITA to maintain stock levels so I now use lovex powders made by Explosia, a Czech outfit.</p><p>D036 mainly but D073.1 and D073.2 for pistols, very occasionally nowadays and cast bullets in rifles, more and more, and D073.4 and D073.6 for rifles, occasionally Do73.5 but not that often.</p><p>Coupled with S&B brass and primers they offer clean burning, great metering and don't seem to be temperature sensitive.</p><p>Quite often load density is up in the mid 90%ages which isn't too bad.</p><p>For me, in the UK, they have several great advantages, they are available freely, come in packages as small as 0.5 kilograms (app. 1.1 pounds) and cost less than US imports. They are also ruled by the red tape machine known as the EU and I have found in my situation that the variation between lots is minimal enough to ignore after a couple of check loads.</p><p>Velocity wise they either equal (in accurate loads) CFE 223 and pistol or better it as the case may be.</p><p>I have an ancient LEE classic turret press and almost upgraded to a progressive but it's just not worth the additional cost or set up hassle for my situation where if I shoot a couple or three hundred rounds a week it's unusual.</p><p>I sold my 308 and intended to replace it with a 6.5 swede or a 7mm of some sort but got bitten by the lever gun bug and so am rattling out 30/30 and 357 mag at a rate of knots, I also load for my 223 but shoot that rather less nowadays as I approach the end of my eighth decade on the planet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johngibbs222, post: 2844507, member: 49619"] I only use ball powder now, meters so accurately. I have some flake pistol type powder (universal) and as soon as that's used up I'll not buy anymore. My powder of choice was hodgdons cfe 223 and cfe pistol and 2400 but supply issues this side of the atlantic mean it's a PITA to maintain stock levels so I now use lovex powders made by Explosia, a Czech outfit. D036 mainly but D073.1 and D073.2 for pistols, very occasionally nowadays and cast bullets in rifles, more and more, and D073.4 and D073.6 for rifles, occasionally Do73.5 but not that often. Coupled with S&B brass and primers they offer clean burning, great metering and don't seem to be temperature sensitive. Quite often load density is up in the mid 90%ages which isn't too bad. For me, in the UK, they have several great advantages, they are available freely, come in packages as small as 0.5 kilograms (app. 1.1 pounds) and cost less than US imports. They are also ruled by the red tape machine known as the EU and I have found in my situation that the variation between lots is minimal enough to ignore after a couple of check loads. Velocity wise they either equal (in accurate loads) CFE 223 and pistol or better it as the case may be. I have an ancient LEE classic turret press and almost upgraded to a progressive but it's just not worth the additional cost or set up hassle for my situation where if I shoot a couple or three hundred rounds a week it's unusual. I sold my 308 and intended to replace it with a 6.5 swede or a 7mm of some sort but got bitten by the lever gun bug and so am rattling out 30/30 and 357 mag at a rate of knots, I also load for my 223 but shoot that rather less nowadays as I approach the end of my eighth decade on the planet. [/QUOTE]
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