AA 2230 in 223 Rem.

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Hi guys:
I was wondering why I never hear any of you guys mention AA 2230 in the .223 Rem. I have loaded for many years now and found AA powders to be very accurate in all the Cal. I load for, .22,.25,.28,.30,ect. But the 2230 is down right scary accurate at 25gr under a 50gr V-max in my rifle. It is also easy to get and priced right! Am I missing something ? Mark
 
You're right no one ever talks about AA2230, I don't understand why.. We load AA2230 for all of our .223's. 25 grains with a 55 gr ballistic tip. We've got a 24" rock river varmint that will hang around .2" with it. All of our AR's love AA2230..
 
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AA 2230 is supposed to have been designed for the 223. I have tried it in at least a half dozen different 223s with dismal results every time.
If it works for you, great. It has been about the worst 223 powder in my limited experience. I keep trying because it is supposed to be good in 223, but so far not.

Jack
 
MNShooter,

I use 27.2 gr. of AA2230, and a 40gr. Sierra H.P.
It gives me 3/8 3 shots groups at 100 yds. Great
powder. Load is right out of Sierra loading
manual.

Have fun finding right load,
Emilio, .. Pico Rivera, ca.
 
It works well for me also. When I was breaking in my Dtech I used it and some Graf 55 grain FMJ and got MOA and better with thrown charges.

arky
 
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AA 2230 is supposed to have been designed for the 223. I have tried it in at least a half dozen different 223s with dismal results every time.



I am having the same problem and kind of put in on the backburner for now. I will keep trying to find a good load with it but for what I have done to this point it doesn't outshoot some other powders out of my rig.
 

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AA 2230 is supposed to have been designed for the 223. I have tried it in at least a half dozen different 223s with dismal results every time.
If it works for you, great. It has been about the worst 223 powder in my limited experience. I keep trying because it is supposed to be good in 223, but so far not.

Jack



Jack, 2230 powder can vary a whole bunch from lot to lot. Some time back I was shooting a real good 2230 load in the MachIV. Then years later that same load became way overpressure and blew primer pockets. And in a 6BR, accuracy was good but never at the same velocity or over the same load spread. I had powder with 3 different lot #'s from about a 12yr span and none of it shot the same. It almost drove me nuts before figuring out what was happening. Mixing together what was left of all 3 made about a pound that worked fine. And a keg solved the problem for a much longer time, at least until it's used up. There are plenty of other good .223 powders anyway and 2015 has been just excellent. In a MIV, 2230 is very fast and accurate with 25gr bullets. And in the 6BR, 2230 is absolute magic with lighter bullets....65's are the heaviest I've used in that cartridge.
 
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