H335 .223 loads

[Zman9398]

Hey guys, I wondering what you load for h335 in .223 with a 55gr fmjbt. I did some tests but only at 25 yards so it's hard to tell and I was getting same hole groupings with 10 rounds at 22.8gr. I searched the internet and everyone is using around 25gr and I don't know if I'm not really going to see a difference at 25 yards or if it REALLY depends on the rifle. I'm in Harford county and I'm trying to find a 100 yd range near by but the closest I see is the north east state park range. I'd really prefer it to be public.

 

[iH8DemLibz]

What we're cooking up for our rifles won't necessarily work in your rifle.

Too many variables. That said, I use 23 grains of H335 with a 65 grain bullet. So you do have some room to play.

If you're able to put ten shots into one hole at 25 yards, then your recipe is working. Well!

If you really want to mess with it, bump it up .5 grains at a time until that one hole group opens up. Then go back down .5 grains and leave it alone.

Good luck with it.

 

[tdt91]

I had good luck in my 16'' AR 1/9 twist with the H335 using 24 grn with a 62 grn fmjbt

 

[outrider58]

I'm looking at 25.0 gn 335 behind a 62gn Varmagedon in my funny book. I was getting sub MOAs @ 100yds out of a 20'' AR. These were test ladders and that was the hottest and best scoring load I tried.

 

[Melnic]

25g of H335 with a 55gr FMJ is a pretty well used load based on my research a few years ago.
I worked up a range of 23-25.2gr and the 25.0 load actually did the best out of my 16" Delton HBAR with the inexpensive X-treme bullets.
25gr also compared pretty close to most of the factory ammo I chrono'd POI was within an inch or two of factory at 100yds also
It also did well with the Nosler varmegeddon plastic tip.
So that's the load I use.

 

[CSHS]

24.0 gr of 335 with pretty much any 55 gr bullet is a good load. With a Varmageddon it's very good. My best-shooting gun uses 24.5 gr with a 60 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip Varmint.

 

[John from MD]

25.0 with Hornady 55gn FMJBT W/C bulk bullets works great in both of my guns at 100 yards. This load gives me 1 inch groups from the bench without sorting bullets.

 

[Flipz]

25.0 with Hornady 55gn FMJBT W/C bulk bullets works great in both of my guns at 100 yards. This load gives me 1 inch groups from the bench without sorting bullets.

I use this load as well with equal performance.

 

[byf43]

25.0 grains of H-335 and Hornaday V-Max boolits fly extremely well, from both of my new AR rifles and from Remington 799.

Sub MOA at 100 yards.

 

[BradMacc82]

25.1gr to 25.3gr of H335 with bulk 55gr FMJ-BT were a winner in all of my 16" AR's. I never really went for groups with bulk 55gr, but they all were under minute of golf-ball at 105 yards, consistently.

Although with my powder drop, I was expecting a .2 variation when rolling out bulk rounds on the progressive press. Little old Lee Pro-1000.

 

[Zman9398]

25.1gr to 25.3gr of H335 with bulk 55gr FMJ-BT were a winner in all of my 16" AR's. I never really went for groups with bulk 55gr, but they all were under minute of golf-ball at 105 yards, consistently.

Although with my powder drop, I was expecting a .2 variation when rolling out bulk rounds on the progressive press. Little old Lee Pro-1000.

I am quite annoyed with my lee pro 1000