One powder for .223/.308?

[younggundavid]

4895 for its ease of metering

Is that IMR 4895 or Hodgdon 4895

 

[ragsflh]

tac hand down.meters like water

 

[358norma]

I load both through a Dillon 650. WW 748 or H-335. Stick powder doesn't work worth a fiddle through a meter (4895), 335 and 748 are ball and meter great. You have to worry about powder burn rate through the Garand especially with it being a 308. These 2 have the right burn rate and will meter through the Dillon.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

I load both through a Dillon 650. WW 748 or H-335. Stick powder doesn't work worth a fiddle through a meter (4895), 335 and 748 are ball and meter great. You have to worry about powder burn rate through the Garand especially with it being a 308. These 2 have the right burn rate and will meter through the Dillon.

You sir are correct. Stick powders inheritly won't meter as well as ball powder.

 

[Nimaro]

Good point on the burn rate, thanks Norma

 

[SMF223]

I had very good performance out of Tac powder in both calibers and meters well.
smf223

 

[Toney]

I haven't loaded many 308s. Bl-c2 worked very good in the 223.

 

[victor3ranger]

Varget, BLC-2, H-335, Ramshot

 

[vooduchikn]

+1 on Varget.

 

[clintbailey]

The Ramshot Tac does flow like water through my RCBS powder measure; still experimenting with it and Varget as far as accuracy loads. I'm trying to get down to all ball powder myself right now, just works a lot better in the metering process.