Cfe 223

[J_McLeod]

I bought a few pounds of CFE 223 and took some of it to the range yesterday with some 55gr FMJ. It meters very well, looks a lot like BL(C)-2 and is close in speed. I worked up loads with both CFE and BL(C)-2 yesterday and got about the same accuracy with both. Can't say much about the cleaning abilities of it, because my rifle had already a few hundred rounds.

Anyone else try it yet?

If anyone in Tucson wants to try some, I have a little extra.

 

[nastynatesfish]

What range do you go to? Ive been looking for someplace up there to try. I was told it shoots like h4895 and to try it in my 308 but ive got a bunch of it already.

 

[J_McLeod]

I shoot at an outdoor range on Houghton south of I-10.

 

[wingman]

I've used about 1/2 can in my AR results are very good using Sierra 52 gr match and 55gr sierra, groups average .800 @100 yards, my second best powder for the AR is Reloader 7, I intend to do some more testing of the CFE223 in my bolt action rifle.

 

[snowrangers]

Your test was nullified by the fact that your gun was not clean to start with. Don't expect to get good results from dirty barrels. Just my 2 cents.

 

[J_McLeod]

Your test was nullified by the fact that your gun was not clean to start with. Don't expect to get good results from dirty barrels. Just my 2 cents.

Not entirely. I wasn't expecting great accuracy,because the gun was dirty and it was really windy. I only clean my guns for matches and when they stop working. My test was between the two powders and it was good because all other factors were equal.

 

[snowrangers]

Remind me never to go shooting with you! Safety first, foremost and always. Not just when you need to shoot a match and someone might see how dirty your guns are. Or worse yet, your gun misfeeds cause there's so much crap in the action you cant tell if there's a bullet in the magazine!

 

[J_McLeod]

They'll start to get finicky before they get unsafe, then I clean them. I'm not worried about appearance, just functioning. But even when I move back to WA state, we'll be on different sides of the mountains.

BTW, welcome to the board.

 

[Fatelvis]

I just looked it up on Hodgdon's burn rate table and was surprised to see that it is pretty slow burning. (Slower than 748). Do I smell a good 175 SMK 308 load? Hmmmm......