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Posted: 12/10/2014 9:04:36 AM EDT
| I'm starting to reload for my ar15. Looking to use AR Comp powder with 55gr Hornady FMJ. Is this a good choice or does anyone have any better ideas? |
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Quoted: I'm starting to reload for my ar15. Looking to use Titegroup powder with 55gr Hornady FMJ. Is this a good choice or does anyone have any better ideas? First post, and he's talking about loading rifle with pistol powder. <removed> now that thread is in a tech forum, no need for this. dryflash3 |
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I wouldn't use more than 4.0gr of Titegroup. It'll probably yield about 1500fps. I saw an ol' boy blow up his NIB S&W M&P15 with 25gr of it. Estimated 300,000PSI in front of his face. Luckily no injuries, but the gun was toast. Since then, I call those Dr. Titegroup loads. |
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Titegroup is a pistol powder. DO NOT use it for rifle loads. |
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I'm starting to reload for my ar15. Looking to use Titegroup powder with 55gr Hornady FMJ. Is this a good choice or does anyone have any better ideas? I'm going to assume you have several manuals and have read them, so here goes. Paging through your loading manuals you will find a lot of load data for the 223 Remington. You will also notice that there is NO data for Hodgdon TiteGroup in any of these manuals. Why, because TiteGroup is a very very fast pistol powder and should not be used for standard loads in a rifle cartridge. Tightgroup is also to fast burning to produce enough gases to cycle the action of your AR. If you wish to load Extremely Reduced loads with Pistol Powders Hodgdon has some data found here. http://www.hodgdonreloading.com/data/rifle This is Hodgdon's data for Tightgroup. Hodgdon...Titegroup....224"...2.200"...Max Charge = 3.1gr...1,064fps...4,000 CUP Notice the Max load and Velocity of this extremely reduced load. 1,064 fps is about 1/3 of a standard 223 Rem with a 55gr bullet. This load will not cycle the action and will only net you some very slow velocities. You will have to load the rifle single shot and keep a sharp eye out for bullets left in the bore. BTW, don't even think about adding more than 3.1gr of powder to step up the load, the rifle will soon become unfriendly and may decide to just chuck a few parts into your face and hands. |
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Quoted: I'm starting to reload for my ar15. Looking to use Titegroup powder with 55gr Hornady FMJ. Is this a good choice or does anyone have any better ideas? Welcome to Arfcom.  You posted your thread in the incorrect forum and it was moved here to the Reloading Forum. Read the tacked threads at the top of the page. Look for the 4 part "loading 223" in Tutorials. Also read FAQ's. Buy and read a reloading manual. I suggest Lyman 49. First part of manual will explain the tools and components (like powder), and how to reload. The rest of manual has the loading data you need to be safe and successful. For 223 you want to use a rifle powder as Tite Group is a pistol powder. Study up on powder burning rates. Loads can be made with Tite Group, but it's an advanced technique not suitable for a beginner. |
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I've used:
TAC AA2230 H335 Win 748 BLC-2 WC844 WC846 WC846T SMP842 I just loaded some of the SMP842 and will test fire them in the morning as this is my first loading of it. All the other powders are ball powders that meter well through my Dillon. All have worked as intended. They go bang and make holes in paper or ring off steel. I have been reloading since 2007 and have yet to work up an accuracy load. I just like to plink. Soon, I'll be trying some WC845. |
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I got excellent results with 8208 and 69 gr Matchkings, but it always seems to be out of stock. Must be popular. - CW Quoted:
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No love for IMR 8208? I've only been able to find it at gunshows here for around $28/lb. I can get sub 1" groups at 100yds with 69smks and that powder. Out of a basic PSA 16" midlength. |
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I use AR Comp. and it works fine for me. It ( as well as CFE, which I just purchased for the first time ) are advertised to be cleaner burning for AR platforms. I am a range plinker, no long distance marksman, but I can tell you this 24.5 g of that stuff under my 55g fmjbt, and I am having a HOOT !
Read load data, always work up from min.,and have some fun. |
| Benchmark is probably the most reliably available powder specifically designed for the .223 these days....just damned pricey. Even so, that's what I'm using for my .55 grn fodder right now. Meters great, very consistant, and no issues through my AA 556, which tends to be picky on ammo. |
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I started reloading during the panic. So powder was scarce. I tried AA 2015. I had trouble getting it to cycle both my 20" ARs.
I am now using the VV N530 I bought. This stuff was pricey but at the time the only .223 powder I could find. It is working well with 55gr FMJ-BT bullets. I have now stashed away 40 pounds of H335. Once I use up the N530 I will go to the H335. I have friends who swear by it. I have to work up a load. Another good friend uses and likes AR-COMP and TAC. |
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