Quoted from post on this thread:
"None of them used ball powders because they knew it doesn't produce accuracy as good as stick powders."
Au contraire, during the heyday of the .222 Rem. in benchrest competition, which prompted above quoted post, Hodgdon's BLC, a spherical powder, was by far the most widely used propellant in benchrest competition. Specifically, it was the first lot of BLC available and proved ideal for the .222 and some other cartridges, and even generally preferred over IMR-4198 another popular powder for the .222. Both BLC and 4198, lost favor with the introduction of Reloader 7, especially after BLC-1 was replaced by BLC-2. Nowadays there are bench shooters who still pine for BLC-1. Two years ago at the SuperShoot, someone offered an original, unopened 5lb cardboard container of BLC-1 for $250. It was gone in fine minutes, so go figure.
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