Looking for a good spherical powder for 308

[Gappa]

Any advice on a good spherical powder for short barreled 308.

 

[308sako]

Consider the Winchester 748 burning rate.

 

[tonedaddy]

H335

 

[bigedp51]

RELODER 15

The best all-around medium speed rifle powder providing excellent .223 and .308 caliber performance. Selected as the powder for U.S. Military's M118 special ball long range sniper round.

http://www.alliantpowder.com/products/powder/reloder15.aspx

"BUT" they have switched to IMR-4064 for the 7.62mm Special Ball, Long Range, MK 316 MOD 0 cartridge.

 

[bricktop]

What bullet weight?

 

[Down South]

Power Pro 2000MR will work well for the heavies, if you can find it.

 

[ar10ar15man]

BULLET WEIGHT AND JUST HOW LONG IS THE BBL ?

both have significance in the powder choice

 

[jonbearman]

BLC-2 a little temp sensitive but works real well. RE-15 is a stick powder isnt it?I am assuming you have a dillon press or something like it,you can buy an adaptor to mount a regular powder measure to use stick powder in that kind of press.

 

[JThorsby]

H335

Yup. Good Stuff, I also use it for 7.62X51 and 30-06.

 

[Steve Blair]

AA 2520 for medium weight bullets.

 

[Caliche Pit]

Ramshot Big Game may work well too. Meters very well through progressives. Ramshot TAC is ok, but may be a bit fast burning, depending on your application.

 

[wapiti25]

748 has worked good for me. 150 and 168 bullets. 760 is better with the heavies. H380 has had a following but I have not used it in the 308

 

[mac86951]

H335

Yup. Good Stuff, I also use it for 7.62X51 and 30-06.

+1 again, I too love this for the 7.62x63

 

[Gappa]

I am running a 1-10 twist 20" long bbl and shooting from 168 to 200 grain SMK's

Reloader 15 is a stick powder isnt't it?? I am looking for a moderate/fast burning spherical type.
so H335??

 

[OTTER264]

BLC2 was originally designed by the military for use in the 7.62 NATO (.308 Winchester).
Hope this helps.
Ron.

 

[ar10ar15man]

Originally 7.62x51 was developed by Winchester using WC-846 which was a version of old Ball C powder.

 

[mac86951]

I've been using CFE223 in my 5.56. It is a burn rate near BLC-2. Definitely worth a look.

-Mac

 

[littlebuddybr]

+1 for 748.

 

[Gappa]

I found a round that performed well in my rifle and pulled apart a round. Factory Cor-Bon 175gr and 190gr match ammo and it had a dark shiny fine grained little disks.
From what I have read there are 2 types of powder, single base and double base. They say that all double base powders are spherical. Double base powders have an extra nitroglycerin content.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/smokeless_powder.htm

 

[dogdude]

+1 blc-2 +1 748