Thread: 223 ELDM powder choice

I spent a few hours yesterday shooting this exact projectile out of my Howa 1500 with 1/8 twist, can also load to max of 2.450 for mag feeding. My experience so far suggests that my rifle doesn't really like these bullets. They're a very aggressive VLD profile and very sensitive to seating depth(in my rifle!) - plenty others here have achieved great results with them.

I tried 2208 but didn't get as much velocity as @gimp has been getting. 2206H on the other hand is providing quite good speed and OK accuracy at the best seating depth I found yesterday. My inclination would be to try the 2206 first - it's possible you're less likely to run into major powder compression issues and there's a bit more of it available currently if you hit a good load with it.

I wanted to use these as they sing the sweet siren song of high BC. My experience with theses mirrors others - when they shoot well they're fantastic. If your rifle won't shoot them, try the more forgiving shape like the 69 or 77 grain TMKs. I picked an arbitrary overall length, loaded a sensible approaching max load of 2206 underneath the 69 grain and shot an enlarged one hole group. So I've bought some 77s to have a go with.

Good luck and let us know how you get on with your testing!