Thread: 223 Powder

2206h 26.5gr, 18 inch barrel 1/12 twist with 55gr SGK, 3100fps

Originally Posted by Beavis

Try H335 if you want to boost speed a little. I've got a bottle of it that I haven't even opened, but load data suggests it gets hot a bit faster. It's a canister grade equivalent of the stuff used in the M855 loading IIRC. 2206H is a great powder for .223 IMO. I run a compressed load under a 68gr Hornady match as my do it all type load.

H335 is pretty good. Only thing to watch out for is the muzzle flash from a stiff load! Everytime I pull the trigger everything flashes orange in my scope. And everyone close by checks their eyebrows are still there.

I've also found that the cheap murom primers give better results with h335 than the cci400 primers (which work better in 2206h loads). Go figure.

Anyone here tried N133 powder, talking to Google, it appears to be what folks use for speed in 223.

A mate of mine has some 2206H, so I might pinch some of that.
But if that is still a bit slow I'll give H335 a whirl.

Good plan

What speed are you hoping to achieve and why?

I guess if your shooting light bullets with a crappy BC you need all the pep you can get at your end.

Originally Posted by Beavis

I guess if your shooting light bullets with a crappy BC you need all the pep you can get at your end.

Thats my point. He's shooting light bullets with an okay BC (for their size/weight) so I'm guessing its a varmint rifle. So maybe 400mtrs tops???

If that is the case, who cares how fast they are going. Anything over 2800 will be sweet as.

I'm still curious about what speed he's getting. I would have thought it would have been in the original post?

Originally Posted by Proudkiwi

Thats my point. He's shooting light bullets with an okay BC (for their size/weight) so I'm guessing its a varmint rifle. So maybe 400mtrs tops???

If that is the case, who cares how fast they are going. Anything over 2800 will be sweet as.

I'm still curious about what speed he's getting. I would have thought it would have been in the original post?

I cannot for the life of me find where I have it written, as it was using a mates crony, I'll ask him as I know he has it written down.
It was around 3000 I think, but I have heard of much faster with the 53gr bullets, and was hoping to get the most speed I could.
If I'm going to the trouble to reload I may as well try for the best velocity I can. But I'll try find out the exact number.

Originally Posted by Beetroot

I cannot for the life of me find where I have it written, as it was using a mates crony, I'll ask him as I know he has it written down.
It was around 3000 I think, but I have heard of much faster with the 53gr bullets, and was hoping to get the most speed I could.
If I'm going to the trouble to reload I may as well try for the best velocity I can. But I'll try find out the exact number.

I appreciate what you are saying but the truth is an extra 200 fps over what you are already getting will amount to zero real world advantage using the projectile you have chosen.

The key thing is to load for accuracy. Once you have an accuracy level you are happy with, chrony it and if it's a usable speed call it done. 3000fps is very usable.

Im assuming you ran into pressure signs when you hit 26.6 Of BM2 and that's why you didn't go any further?

Run 26gr BM2 for 52/53 gr Sierra and 25gr BM2 for 55gr TSX out of Tikka T3 8 twist and Browning X Bolt 10 twist. 748 is also a super powder.It really shines for the triple deuce.

Originally Posted by Beetroot

Anyone here tried N133 powder, talking to Google, it appears to be what folks use for speed in 223.

A mate of mine has some 2206H, so I might pinch some of that.
But if that is still a bit slow I'll give H335 a whirl.

HI Beetroot
I a using N130 in my 222 23.1 g with a 52g match bullet getting 3347fps, this is with a match chamber and a 26 inch barrel.
Usual disclaimer safe load in my rifle etc

I finally found out what speed I was getting.
I went up too 26.2gr of BM2 which was ok accuracy, which was doing 3200fps.
But I got better accuracy with 24.5gr and that was at 3000fps.

I was hoping to get a load up too about 3200 or 3300, coz if I'm going to reload may as well try get the flattest shooting round I can get.
I finished at 26.2 as I was told this was the max load, but perhaps I'll go higher as I didn't get any pressure signs.

Failing that I'll run out of powder soon as a mate has started using it in his AR 15 (getting 3200 with 25.2gr funnily enough), so I could buy some BM1, which is ADI equivalent of N133, and then I don't have to go too Guncity, which is good.

I think I'm also going to start playing around with seating depth also

From 26gr of BM2 I could the 53gr Vmax at 3250fps from a 1:12 Rem700, this was before the modification to:

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...w-223-a-10707/