223 Remington Load - H4831SC??!?!

[GBMaryland]

Anyone know if 20Gr of H4831SC will work with 52 SMK or A-Max bullets in 223 Remington?

(Hodgdon H4831SC.....)

Is this a functional load? ...a dangerous load... anyone know?

 

[OUVarmintHunter]

Re: 223 Remington Load - H4831SC??!?!

Maryland,

From what I know, H4831SC has the same burn rate as regular H4831, the SC stands for short cut, which helps in metering.

If you look at a burn rate chart, you will see that H4831 is relatively a slow burning powder.
http://www.reloadbench.com/burn.html

I shoot H4895 or Varget in my 223 loads. The last load I made up with the 52 SMK was 27 grains of Varget with a <span style="font-weight: bold">Moly</span> coated 52 gn SMK, pushing it around 3180 fps (out of a Bushmaster V-Match). That is on the hot end so back it down if you are going to try it. Also take off 1 gn due if you are using non-moly bullets.

So my conclusion is that 20gn of H4831SC in a Rem 223 would be a safe, underpowered load.

From what I know, H4831SC has traditionally been used for heavier bullets in the larger magnum cases.

 

[LDA338UM]

Re: 223 Remington Load - H4831SC??!?!

4831 is to slow. 4198 would be a betteer choice.

 

[GBMaryland]

Re: 223 Remington Load - H4831SC??!?!

Thanks. I screwed up and used an older reference chart to make 100 rounds.

I'm trying to determine if the bullet pulled is coming out..

 

[Greg Langelius *]

Re: 223 Remington Load - H4831SC??!?!

Bring out the bullet puller. Velocities will be disappointing, and if you're using a gas gun, the pressure curve will not be compatible with expected port pressures.

OTOH, it might be marginally useful in a bolt gun with a fast twist, long barrel, and bullets at the heavy end of the spectrum. Not ideal but better than nothing.

Greg

 

[GBMaryland]

Re: 223 Remington Load - H4831SC??!?!

A look at the load data and it was fora bolt gun.

So... I took out pulled..