CFE223 my least favorite powder

[sbhooper]

It is my go-to for my RA .308. It will shoot 150 Interlocks into 1/2 moa at 2910 fps.

 

[Danger]

Sounds like you may have a Static Charge problem in your reloading work shop . Try wiping down your stuff with a Dryer sheet your problem should go away Hope it helps

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

It is static charge.

 

[Bill K]

CFE 223 is one of the top powders in my listing. Several very good loads in some, accurate and most FPS.

 

[SHPD_Retired]

I have none of your listed problems with it. I think it is a great powder for 223. Love the way it meters.

 

[jmkasza]

Running this in .224 Valkyrie and producing nice results. I plan on trying it out in .223 once I use up all my H335.

 

[Nick Caprinolo]

CFE 223 is very dirty and leaves a lot of residue in the chamber and barrel. Fire ten rounds in an AR class of rifle and then pull the bolt carrier group and your hands will be filthy and carbon buildup will be starting to build up. Almost impossible to repeatedly measure accurately. I've found it to be temperature sensitive.

Tried in my my custom built benchrest .223 and the best I could get were .50 groups. Varget gets me bug eyes and mostly less than .20 groups and it is very stable in changing temperature.

 

[Webster]

Anyone else find this powder difficult to work with? I find it sticks to everything, and is difficult to handle in general. I pulled a few rounds and couldn't get it off my hands or completely out of the cases. Not easy to weigh rounds and trickle either.

Pick a powder fro the load maps on: https://www.accurateshooter.com/cartridge-guides/223rem/

Some may be less suitable for a gas gun?

 

[STOMP442]

I found it to be excellent in my .17 Remington and my .223 Henry Long Ranger with 53 Vmax's

 

[Bill K]

Another thing mentioned and this is probably your major problem. Make sure all your equipment is cleaned and treated with some sort of static prevention. This can be a issue with many of the smaller grain powders, especially the ball type.

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

CFE 223 is very dirty and leaves a lot of residue in the chamber and barrel. Fire ten rounds in an AR class of rifle and then pull the bolt carrier group and your hands will be filthy and carbon buildup will be starting to build up. Almost impossible to repeatedly measure accurately. I've found it to be temperature sensitive.

Tried in my my custom built benchrest .223 and the best I could get were .50 groups. Varget gets me bug eyes and mostly less than .20 groups and it is very stable in changing temperature.

Bug eyes or bug hole's ?

 

[Nick Caprinolo]

Bug eyes or bug hole's ?

Bug holes, but I am sure you knew what I meant

 

[SEM]

I found it to leave heavy carbon fouling also in certain rifles ???? so quit using it, needed to sight in a 338 Federal pistol barrel not wanting to burn up something good I decided to burn up the CFE 223 left overs and to try different bullet weights not expecting much, But after the groups I got I am now going to buy more, seems like every bore is not the same

 

[urbanrifleman]

I found it to leave heavy carbon fouling also in certain rifles ???? so quit using it, needed to sight in a 338 Federal pistol barrel not wanting to burn up something good I decided to burn up the CFE 223 left overs and to try different bullet weights not expecting much, But after the groups I got I am now going to buy more, seems like every bore is not the same

That is the decoppering agent.

 

[Fotheringill]

No problems as described. I use it in a 223 bolt gin.

 

[SEM]

Pick a powder fro the load maps on: https://www.accurateshooter.com/cartridge-guides/223rem/

Some may be less suitable for a gas gun?

Thanks...for the link, now I have to go get a 223AI

 

[JEFFPPC]

Anyone else find this powder difficult to work with? I find it sticks to everything, and is difficult to handle in general. I pulled a few rounds and couldn't get it off my hands or completely out of the cases. Not easy to weigh rounds and trickle either.

Life is way to short. Don't use it. Is this difficult?

 

[SPQR70AD]

CFE 223 is very dirty and leaves a lot of residue in the chamber and barrel. Fire ten rounds in an AR class of rifle and then pull the bolt carrier group and your hands will be filthy and carbon buildup will be starting to build up. Almost impossible to repeatedly measure accurately. I've found it to be temperature sensitive.

Tried in my my custom built benchrest .223 and the best I could get were .50 groups. Varget gets me bug eyes and mostly less than .20 groups and it is very stable in changing temperature.

but ...but...an AR can fire 5 billion rds without cleaning

 

[SPQR70AD]

Life is way to short. Don't use it. Is this difficult?

life is plenty long enough. it is the prime of your life that is short

 

[RegionRat]

No problems here.

I run it in 223 and 204 both gas and bolt guns.
Meters very well, and behaves very well during load development work.
And, I have run it in weather from cold to hot without anything unusual to speak of.