10-02-2012, 02:30 PM
stokesrj Wrote:Let me begin by reverse engineering the Hornady factory load...
...I found them to contain 29.1 grains of a ball powder that appears identical to CFE223 under a microscope but there is no guarantee this is the powder used.
While the powder might appear similar to CFE223, I don't think it would be the powder used in the factory load. At 29.1 grains, it's probably a faster burning powder, as it takes 31.0 grains of CFE223 to match factory velocities in my barrel.
Unfortunately, Hornady likely uses a powder unavailable to the public, but perhaps we might learn something different.
Drifter

