There seems to be a lot of banter on multiple forums related to the suitability of Varget powder for the 223. There are as many powder recommendations as there are posters and not a lot of common opinion.
Varget has been an accurate powder in my 223 using 55 grain Nolser Ballistic Tip bullets but I don't have a chrony so I don't know if I'm getting respectable velocity or not. I didn't have any success with Win 748 no matter what I did but some claim that is "THE" powder for the 223. BL-C(2) seems to get good accuracy reviews and, like Win 748, it is a ball powder. Others say H335 is the only powder choice for the 223. Looking at the burn rates published by Hodgdon they rank H335, H4895, Varget, and BL-C(2) in respective order fastest to slowest.
The misgivings about Varget is it is too slow and you have to use a heavily compressed load to get to the maximum published velocities. I have a pound of H4895 that I might try with the 223. Anyone ever use H4895 with a 223? How did it work?
Varget has been an accurate powder in my 223 using 55 grain Nolser Ballistic Tip bullets but I don't have a chrony so I don't know if I'm getting respectable velocity or not. I didn't have any success with Win 748 no matter what I did but some claim that is "THE" powder for the 223. BL-C(2) seems to get good accuracy reviews and, like Win 748, it is a ball powder. Others say H335 is the only powder choice for the 223. Looking at the burn rates published by Hodgdon they rank H335, H4895, Varget, and BL-C(2) in respective order fastest to slowest.
The misgivings about Varget is it is too slow and you have to use a heavily compressed load to get to the maximum published velocities. I have a pound of H4895 that I might try with the 223. Anyone ever use H4895 with a 223? How did it work?