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BULLBLASTER:
I’ve never put much into handloading for 223. I picked up a bolt action rifle and am looking to load bullets in the 69-70 grain range. Was planning to use Varget, but looking at my manuals and Hodgdon website it seems like cfe-223 or blc2 could be good also.

Anyone have experience with either of those?
My rifle has a 26 inch 9 tw barrel.

Thanks

h20hunter:
Varget all day for me.

carpsniperg2:
I have 5/ 3 semi 2 bolts in 5.56-223. I run 52-69g sie hpbt in them. I use H335 for all of them. All love that powder bullet combo grains depending on twist.

With a 9 twist you might have more luck with accuracy around 55-60 grains. My 9 won’t group well with heavy bullets my 8 and 7 twist do.

BULLBLASTER:
H335 was on my list also.
Playing with stability calculators the 69 smk is stable, and the 70 grain Berger vld and nosler rdf are stable in all but the coldest conditions. Stability doesn’t always mean accuracy tho. But I’m going to start there. Luckily 223 bullets are cheap.  :chuckle:

Is h335 ball powder? Very fine granules?

NWShooter:
I used BLC2 for a long time. Once CFE223 came out, I switched to it and never went back.

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