8208xbr in 223?

[MildBill]

What kids of results are folks finding using IMR 8208 XBR in the 223 rem?

in particular with the 50 to 55 grain bullets.

Thanks!!

 

[lpreddick]

great powder for my .223 ar les baer custom. i tried a lot of powder and bullets and have settled on 52 fowlers and 26 gr 8208 jumping bullets about .020 thous. of course, start a bit lower and work up slowly. i get about 3300 fps and very good groups. 8208 is also my favorite for my .223 ackley bolt gun.

 

[MildBill]

thanks.

I been working on loads for my 223 bolt gun and 223 ackley bolt gun and have some 8208 to try.

I have been using benchmark with nice results.

I do enjoy trying different components to see what I can achieve

 

[Scotsman1]

Bill, I tried 22.6 grs of XBR in Lapua cases with 68 Hornady's
23 grns of XBR with 69 smk's. Both shot incredibly accurate.
CCI 450m's

Both shot 1/4.
BLC-2 also shot great. Didn't have the same with H4895, 4064...

8208 is the way to go in my Remy.

 

[Roarke]

I shoot highpower with a rock river national match AR 8 twist. I recently tried a load of moly coated Berger 52 grain flatbase bullets in Lake City cases in front of 24.7 grains of 8208 lit by wolf primers and immediately set a personal best score in a practice session of slow fire prone at 100 yards on the MR-31 target (600 yard target reduced for 100 yard) of 199-10x. I've shot this load in two matches and along with the one practice session have seen my X count go way up with the 8208.

My RL15 jug is starting to gather dust.