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How dependable are 223 loads in Hornady's 7th edition?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 737279" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I use four basic manuals most of the time. But seem to use the Accurate and the Hogdons most. In the Hogdon manual (#26) the listed load for H335 is a max of 25.3 grains of powder under a 55 grain bullet. They get 3203 fps out of a 26" barrel. This is the same chart that I pulled the BLC2 load out of. Now their max load for BLC2 is 27.5 grains of powder at 3313 fps. Interestingly Hornaday shows the same powder maxed at 28.1 at 3300 fps with a 26" barel in a Remington rifle. Barrels will vary all over the place, so I'll never question their load. In my Remington rifle that has the barrel cut back to 20", I see 3274 fps rather consistently (has a single digit ES). Now my barrel still has some tight spots and still a couple loose ones as well. My Bushmaster has either a 20" or a 22" barrel (don't remember), and have never shot it thru the chronograph so I can't say what velocity changes take place here. I did run a remington Mod.40 thru my chronograph using these same loads, but with a 23.5" barrel length (Shilen I think), and saw 3350 fps out of it with a single digit ES again. I should have bought that rifle by the way! The load I shot was a 55 grain Hornaday Vmax over 27.5 grains of BLC2. I think the Hogdon manual was pretty much right on the money here, and in the end I'd say Hornaday was pretty close as well. Add to this the factoid that I was probably using a different lot # of BLC2 than Honaday and Hogdons used. The same factor holds true for the H335 data as well. My brother loads H335 rather consistently and swears by it. But upon looking at his powder stash the lots of powder are completely different than anything I have on hand.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 737279, member: 25383"] I use four basic manuals most of the time. But seem to use the Accurate and the Hogdons most. In the Hogdon manual (#26) the listed load for H335 is a max of 25.3 grains of powder under a 55 grain bullet. They get 3203 fps out of a 26" barrel. This is the same chart that I pulled the BLC2 load out of. Now their max load for BLC2 is 27.5 grains of powder at 3313 fps. Interestingly Hornaday shows the same powder maxed at 28.1 at 3300 fps with a 26" barel in a Remington rifle. Barrels will vary all over the place, so I'll never question their load. In my Remington rifle that has the barrel cut back to 20", I see 3274 fps rather consistently (has a single digit ES). Now my barrel still has some tight spots and still a couple loose ones as well. My Bushmaster has either a 20" or a 22" barrel (don't remember), and have never shot it thru the chronograph so I can't say what velocity changes take place here. I did run a remington Mod.40 thru my chronograph using these same loads, but with a 23.5" barrel length (Shilen I think), and saw 3350 fps out of it with a single digit ES again. I should have bought that rifle by the way! The load I shot was a 55 grain Hornaday Vmax over 27.5 grains of BLC2. I think the Hogdon manual was pretty much right on the money here, and in the end I'd say Hornaday was pretty close as well. Add to this the factoid that I was probably using a different lot # of BLC2 than Honaday and Hogdons used. The same factor holds true for the H335 data as well. My brother loads H335 rather consistently and swears by it. But upon looking at his powder stash the lots of powder are completely different than anything I have on hand. gary [/QUOTE]
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