How about Ball C, 748 or CFE 223 in 6 BR?
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I've had no "Problems" in Winter or Summer with, WW-748 yet, as the POI and group sizes, "seem" to stay the Same for me. I'll probably switch to StaBall Match ( Varget Burn Rate ) WHEN, I run Out of, 748 as it's supposed to be more, Temp Stable.
I will NEVER weigh, any Stick Powders for, my Adams Arms, AA-15, Piston driven AR with, the 16" 1`-7 Twist barrel for it's, intended uses, mostly Fun steel plate practice & Coyote's to, 500 yards.
25.2 gr's of, 748 for the 69 SMK's, to 25.7 gr's of, W- 748 gets Me good accuracy / Velocity with, 60 gr. NBT's and 65 gr. SGK's,.. ALL Bullets / loads, produce Sub, 1 MOA groups.
I'm having GREAT luck ( awesome Accuracy ) with, StaBall 65 ("Thrown" chg's ) in my 6 XC ( 95 gr to 108 gr. bullets ) and with 143 gr. ELD- X's and 130 gr ELD-M's, in my, 6.5 Creedmoor.
OOP's,.. sorry,.. NOT, in 6 BR
I will NEVER weigh, any Stick Powders for, my Adams Arms, AA-15, Piston driven AR with, the 16" 1`-7 Twist barrel for it's, intended uses, mostly Fun steel plate practice & Coyote's to, 500 yards.
25.2 gr's of, 748 for the 69 SMK's, to 25.7 gr's of, W- 748 gets Me good accuracy / Velocity with, 60 gr. NBT's and 65 gr. SGK's,.. ALL Bullets / loads, produce Sub, 1 MOA groups.
I'm having GREAT luck ( awesome Accuracy ) with, StaBall 65 ("Thrown" chg's ) in my 6 XC ( 95 gr to 108 gr. bullets ) and with 143 gr. ELD- X's and 130 gr ELD-M's, in my, 6.5 Creedmoor.
OOP's,.. sorry,.. NOT, in 6 BR
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You might Ask, the guys that shoot, a 6 BR if, they are having any, accuracy "Luck" with, StaBall MATCH ( it's close to, the Varget in Burn Rate ) if, you want to, shoot,.. a Ball Powder. And it's starting to, become available,.. NOW !
I've heard that, it's WELL Liked, in some Cartridges, so Far ( but, Bullet Weight, dependent ).
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NZ_Fclass
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Never tried 748 (Ball-C) but the newer Staball Match is showing signs of a good propellant for 6BR. Only put a few shots over the chrony at 100m so far , but when I have a chance I will be testing it at longer ranges - and I still have a few pounds of IMR4166 to use up!
I think Hogdon and Alliant are scamming us at $50+, so I am looking for something to replace Varget and RL15, 15.5 and 16. In my 6BR. Staball 6.5 works great in my 6.5x47L. Doubt I can get enough in a 6BR case. I shoot <500 yds, so getting them is one hole is my goal.
You should have NO Problem getting enough, StaBall Match into, a 6 BR.
And it's reasonably Priced, around here, in Idaho ( Way under, $50. 00 Pound )
And it's reasonably Priced, around here, in Idaho ( Way under, $50. 00 Pound )
I started loading 223 ammo for my 223 rifles, I started with a load that came with the most accurate of the bunch, a heavy barrel DPMS varminter. I bought an 8 pond jug and when a friends Grandfather passed I was given all of his powders and there was 12 or 13 lbs of 748 in the bunch. I am kinda stuck on Win 748 for the foreseeable future.
I'm liking CFE 223 under 65 gr VMax in my 6 BR. Its only coyote loads but easily in the .3" range if I do my part. Good velocity with mag primers. Cant say what it would do for what you are wanting to do though.
I worked up a fireform load for W748 and my 6mm BRA. I'm moving things around in my loading area right now, but after that's done the Dillon 550 will run out the remainder of my Peterson 6mm BR so that I'm ready to fireform during practice when it finally gets warm enough for me to want to lay on the ground and shoot Highpower in the spring.
centershot
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I am using H-4895 in my PPC with very good results.
Are you running 4166 in a br?
NZ_Fclass
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It started when there was just no powder available - ( saving whatever Varget I had for the 308) and some IMR Enduron's arrived. I looked at the data, guessed at 28.5 and it shot fine. A little adjustment to load length. All good. I still have 3lb left. BTW - 28.8 gets exiting! Seems to work best with more neck tension than I normally use. I was shooting Hornady 105's to start, and when they ran out switched to Sierra 107's.
Good to know I have 5-6# I agree it likes more tension, I load this powder in 6.5cm with 123gr.
I'll have to give it a look 1 day
Alex Wheeler
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Cfe223 shot tiny in my BRA. It will work fine in a BR. You will get more velocity with it than any other powder I have tried.
LVLAaron
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Facts.
NZ_Fclass
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I have a couple of pounds that I bought a while back. I will certainly work up a load.
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