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01-04-2023, 05:46 PM
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OK, currently is the deciding factor. Lots of good powders have come and gone for this cartridge. What is the "best" powder currently made, not necessarily currently available.
Factors affecting "best" powder include: highest velocity with 100-123 grain bullets, high temperature stability, potential accuracy, clean burning and case fill. Anything else you can figure into these factors appreciated.
Thanks for all replies.
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01-04-2023, 06:01 PM
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im stuck on 8208 and ar-comp
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Everybody has their favorites. After a fair amount of messing around, the two I have settled on as my top choices are Ramshot TAC, and ARComp.
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I like TAC best with Varget a close second. I also work with AA2230, AA2520, and CFE223.
Never tried 8208 or ARcomp.
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DeNinny Wrote:I like TAC best with Varget a close second. I also work with AA2230, AA2520, and CFE223.
Never tried 8208 or ARcomp.
always here people says varget is too slow
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Im currently shooting speer 90g tnt and hornady 100g interlock and have found Benchmark to be about perfect, also run 8208 but Benchmark gives me better accuracy.
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01-04-2023, 09:43 PM
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Kind of depends on whether youre talking with the AR platform, and limited PSI or a bolt gun, where youre more at liberty to dial the wick!
Benchmark/8208/H335 for lightweight bullets 85-107. Benchmark being the most temperature stable but, H335 gives you more room with case capacity.
IMO, nothing beats Leverevelution for speed with the heavier stuff 120-123, especially in longer barrels bolt actions! 
Tac and A2520 are very versatile, and will literally work with any weight projectile in gas or bolt guns but both are more temperature sensitive than single based powders.
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I use the following:
-RL7 for cheap, low recoiling plinking loads with 85gr Sierra varminter hps
-Benchmark for 100gr NPTs
-H4895 for 120-123 bullets (SMKs, SSTs, Amaxes, etc)
-Tac for 129 Interlocks
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sbowhuntr Wrote:Im currently shooting speer 90g tnt and hornady 100g interlock and have found Benchmark to be about perfect, also run 8208 but Benchmark gives me better accuracy.
What charge do you run, for those 2 bullets?
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Lever Evolution is showing a lot of promise, @100 yards I put 6 out of 10 into a ragged hole but the other 4 were at the 2 MOA mark which was probably me. My AR skills need a lot of practice
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lazyengineer Wrote:What charge do you run, for those 2 bullets?
30.2g with the 90g and 28.5 with the 100g. CCI 450 primers.
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AR-Comp, i've tried the ball powders and settled on AR-Comp.
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mdram Wrote:always here people says varget is too slow
I get it. It typically hits max load in the middle of the velocity range, so I can never get the highest speeds with it as compared to TAC and CFE223. But supposedly it's very temp stable, and in my personal experience it produces tighter groups than CFE223.
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Well I guess the local availability has determined what I can start with for my reloading. Only powder local is H335, not that bad a choice I guess. I don't want to order 8# of anything I haven't tried, so H335 it is, for now.
Keep the recommendations coming, local supply could change. Really was hoping I could have found some AR Comp.
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vaguru Wrote:Well I guess the local availability has determined what I can start with for my reloading. Only powder local is H335, not that bad a choice I guess. I don't want to order 8# of anything I haven't tried, so H335 it is, for now.
Keep the recommendations coming, local supply could change. Really was hoping I could have found some AR Comp.
Have you tried online sites like Powder Valley? Right now they have TAC, AR Comp, Benchmark. I still buy local but there's always better availability online. And right now what's available is so much better than the last two years. (That said, I still can't find XBR 8208.)
https://www.powdervalleyinc.com/product-...ss-powder/
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DeNinny Wrote:I get it. It typically hits max load in the middle of the velocity range, so I can never get the highest speeds with it as compared to TAC and CFE223. But supposedly it's very temp stable, and in my personal experience it produces tighter groups than CFE223.
try 8208, its also very temp stable, and give a better velocity than varget
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vaguru Wrote:Well I guess the local availability has determined what I can start with for my reloading. Only powder local is H335, not that bad a choice I guess. I don't want to order 8# of anything I haven't tried, so H335 it is, for now.
Keep the recommendations coming, local supply could change. Really was hoping I could have found some AR Comp.
Isn't that what Federal uses with their TNT 90 Preditor load, which gives pretty great velocity? It's an older and not sexy powder, but really, not a bad choice at all.
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