DaveLee Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 As I was reading through the topics last night, I discovered one member's post that described a call to Dillon where the service person recommended not using AA5 - and that got me thinking. Now retired, I've recently returned to reloading after a ten year absence. I have a bunch of powders I haven't tried in the 550B and it would be interesting to see what others think about how the various powders meter through the 550B. So without regard for how the powders perform once loaded. I find that Unique meters poorly and Tite Group is superb. What say you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGH4445 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 AA5 didn't do to well as said. W231 was excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle O Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 clays meters well for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanted Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Win231 and Tightgroup meter amazingly easy and accurate for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kildar Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Varget is a teriffic .223 powder but has a tendency to bridge causing inconsistent loads. For .223 loads H335 flows nice and consistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufftytuffty Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 W231 and Clays meter great for my 45. Will be starting to reload 308 in a few weeks with Varget...so i'll let you know. ~Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2kcrewcab Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 VV320N seems to meter well for me. I currently load 9mm, .38 Special, and .45 ACP (all setup with separate toolheads and powder measures) and they all seem to be very consistent for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TISCHLJ Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 The VV powders seem to measure very well over others due to the small size of the powder granules. Use of 310 for pistol. Also use of 3n37. Hogdon Benchmark for .223 meters very consistently. This is also a fairly small sized powed granule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Vit 320, Clays, and Tight Group all metered well for me. I'd be especially interested in what rifle powders meter well, for 223 and 308, because I hear that question a lot on the phone. Gary at Dillon told me this one day for 223: Winchester 748, Hodgen H-335, Accurate 2230, and Accurate 2015, which is a "stick (extruded) powder," but the sticks are very small so it will rarely bridge in the Powder Measure, all work real well for .223 in a Dillon Powder Measure. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TISCHLJ Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Hogdon's Benchmark has metered well fro me for .223. I'll be trying another of their "exteme" powders- 322, also for .223 soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBP Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 As I was reading through the topics last night, I discovered one member's post that described a call to Dillon where the service person recommended not using AA5 - and that got me thinking. Now retired, I've recently returned to reloading after a ten year absence. I have a bunch of powders I haven't tried in the 550B and it would be interesting to see what others think about how the various powders meter through the 550B. So without regard for how the powders perform once loaded. I find that Unique meters poorly and Tite Group is superb. What say you? Wouldn't it be nice if Dillon would publish something that tells users what works and doesn't work in their press. I am trying to use 2520 in my 550B and I've got more on the bench than I do in the cases. What an awful powder system, just awful, not to mention the awful primer system. W748 wasn't any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney88pdc Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 (edited) I use WSF for 40S&W and 9mm and get really consistant charges. There does not seem to be a whole lot of talk about this powder but my guns are still relatively clean after matches. Really accurate loads. I would like to hear if others are using this powder and what what there loads and PF are. Please give bullet, grn of powder, and OAL. Edited March 3, 2009 by barney88pdc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 All the ball powders such as W-231, WSF, WST, etc. and their Hodgdon counterpaRTS meter exceptionally well. as do the Vihtavouri N-310, N-320, N-330, Alliant's, Bullseye, American Select, and Power Pistol. The worst metering powder I have ever used was HS-800X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9milli Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 "As I was reading through the topics last night, I discovered one member's post that described a call to Dillon where the service person recommended not using AA5 - and that got me thinking. Now retired, I've recently returned to reloading after a ten year absence. I have a bunch of powders I haven't tried in the 550B and it would be interesting to see what others think about how the various powders meter through the 550B. " So what is the problem with AA5 and a Dillon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Since this is a common theme, I brought this back up. Still looking for your favorite 308 powders that meter well in a Dillon Powder Measure. From my notes I have these for 223: Winchester 748, Hodgen H-335 & Benchmark, Accurate 2230, and Accurate 2015, which is a "stick (extruded) powder," but the sticks are very small so it will rarely bridge in the Powder Measure, all work real well for .223 in a Dillon Powder Measure. I know 748 works well for 308 - long ago I used it a lot and had great results with it. Also, for 308, Dillon recommended IMR 4895 and 4064. Any more? be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNsTeR Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 VV beats 'em all on metering consistency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney88pdc Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Glad to hear IMR 4895 meters well. I got all the components and just need a Lee crimp die and I will be turing out about 1000 rounds. Thanks for the post Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Van Valkenburg Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 For 38 super, I have found Ramshot SILHOUETTE to meter very well. At Area for my extreme spread was 1 at the Chrono. I am not sure if the rifle powders meter as well. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Friday Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Hodgdon makes H4831 in an SC (short cut) form. I wish they did this on some of the other rifle powders. It meters like water for my 30-06 loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I have no problem metering: trailboss win231 win wst win wsf unique power pistol bullseye ADI AP50N ADI AP70N so im guessing any pistol powder will have no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaredr Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 +1 for AA2230 for .223, i've got about 8K rounds loaded on my 1050 (i know, only about 2 days worth of loading after brass prep with very consistent powder throws (spot checks show i'm usually within .1-.2 gr ona 24gr powder drop. for pistol, i've had very consistent results with WW231 and Power Pistol. Have read unhappy reports about unique but i've found it to be okay, usually within .2gr on an 8 gr powder throw (which is less consistent then a ball powder but for .45 colt at 30 yards, that's sufficient consistency for my purposes). -jared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Wheaton Jr Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 For 223 Ramshot tac, H 322, H 335, and Varget all meter well. The bridging issue with Varget is usually caused by a bit of case lube still in the case neck which causes the powder to stick in the neck. When the ram is lowered the powder dumps all over the press. After I started tumbling my cases to remove all the lube before I loaded them the bridging went away. Varget is hard to beat; especially with heavy bullets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I had the opposite experience with Varget and .223. The only way I could get it to work was to keep a wrench right beside the press and while the powder was dropping pick it up and tap the side powder measure adapter with it. I had to do a bit of polishing to get Varget to meter consistently in .308 too. IMO, Varget is a PIA with a Dillon powder measure but its the only powder I have had a problem with. I had excellent results with W748 in .223. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhett45acp Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 In .223 W748 is just perfect through my 550B as is all other W powders I use. In Pistol W231 - Titegroup - UClays - W540 - W296 - Silhouette all work very well. I have been using H4895 for 30-06. I believe this is the "Short Cut" powder. When it's gone, I have 8lbs of surplus IMR4895 that should prove interesting.....through the 550B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceU1 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 BLC(2) meters and works well in .308, I've not had any problem with TAC, WW748, WC844, WC846 (which works great in .308), WW231. Minor problems with SP2, Unique and any really small flake powder, seems to get squished between Dillon's powder bar and the measure's frame. Changed over to one of Ralph Arredondo's plastic bars and that problem went away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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