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AR15/10 Rifles
Reloading for Gas Guns?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 2608135" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>I use Sierra data for AR rifles. Not included is the very nice CFE 223.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://accurateshooter.net/Downloads/sierra223ar.pdf[/URL]</p><p></p><p>A wide selection of powders work. I prefer 62 grain HP BT bullets with cannellures & crimp into cannellelure so round fits in magazine. I use CCI 41 primers.</p><p></p><p>When I loaded for M1A1 (7.62X51) used powders like H4895, A 2520, & CCI 34 primers & 150-168 grain bullets.</p><p></p><p>With both I used small base dies & checked out proper head space.</p><p></p><p>Important to select powder that has right amount of gas port pressure, like avoid slow burning powders.</p><p></p><p>Decades ago my Speer manual ID'd certain powders suitable for gas guns with some symbol , among the powders was H380. I would not use H380 today in a M1A1- (slow, possiblity of damage to operating rod, bending) Apparently, H380, a ball powder, was made from salvaged stocks of H4895, for 30-06,(US Cal .30) rifles, like many tons, left over from WWII & Korea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 2608135, member: 115658"] I use Sierra data for AR rifles. Not included is the very nice CFE 223. [URL unfurl="true"]https://accurateshooter.net/Downloads/sierra223ar.pdf[/URL] A wide selection of powders work. I prefer 62 grain HP BT bullets with cannellures & crimp into cannellelure so round fits in magazine. I use CCI 41 primers. When I loaded for M1A1 (7.62X51) used powders like H4895, A 2520, & CCI 34 primers & 150-168 grain bullets. With both I used small base dies & checked out proper head space. Important to select powder that has right amount of gas port pressure, like avoid slow burning powders. Decades ago my Speer manual ID'd certain powders suitable for gas guns with some symbol , among the powders was H380. I would not use H380 today in a M1A1- (slow, possiblity of damage to operating rod, bending) Apparently, H380, a ball powder, was made from salvaged stocks of H4895, for 30-06,(US Cal .30) rifles, like many tons, left over from WWII & Korea. [/QUOTE]
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