Good ole 748 for"j" rounds

[kavemankel]

Just wanted to say I forgot how well win 748 loads and meters for 62 gr "j" words. I was cleaning up my reloading bench to cast some 135 grain 9 mm bullets the other day and my loader was set up for 223 already so I decided to crank a few out. So they were 26gr of win 748 with hornady j words. They were Excellent shooters great groups. 2" at 150 yards with red dot on a 16" barrel semi auto. Clean burning and duplicate factory load for real 5.56 ammo.

[CastingFool]

I love how 748 meters through my Redding measure, too.

[ScotMc]

I use 26.5 gr. 748 for 52 Nosler j words in a 222 Rem Mag in a Cloward custom Model 700. The load can produce 1 hole accuracy @ 100 yards when I do my part. 748BR Ball Rifle propellant introduced in 1968 and replaced by 748 in 1973. It has been claimed the the 748 produces less temperature and reduces barrel wear. I'm glad I have a good supply of 748

[RickinTN]

I love 748 in the .223. I load from 26.5 to 27.5 grains with a 55 grain bullet for excellent accuracy and as mentioned it meters very well through a measure. I played with it in .308 Winchester and 150 grain bullets a few years ago and got stellar accuracy.
Great powder in those applications!
Rick

[Winger Ed.]

Its my favorite for 5.56 and 7.62 NATO with FMJs.

It runs clean & cool, I've gotten my best groups with it, and ya couldn't ask it to meter any better.

[Randy Bohannon]

My go to powder for 55 gr boolits @3000 FPS in .223 Remington, it’s a killer.

[wc870]

Just got me a new 223, I'll have to try 748 in it, I'm mostly a Varget man with 223

[Texas by God]

Incredibly, I've only used one pound of it in my life. At the end of the bottle, after good performance with 5.56 and 7.62 Nato jacketed loads, I tried it with cast bullets in the 30-30- it really shined there. I'll pick up some more if I find it.

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[txbirdman]

I like it for my AR due to it’s metering ease in my powder dump. Can crank out a lot of ammo in a hurry. Have also used in the .308 and 30/30 with good results. I like having multiple applications for times like these. 748 along with H4895 are a couple of the best.

[Randy Bohannon]

Only downside to 748 is it is temperature sensitive, lower than expected velocities in the cold and can really spike at upper end loads when it gets hot.

[cwlongshot]

My buddy swears by it for 223. For me H332 does that.

748 is my 30/30 powder. I loaded a couple boxed of Hornady 170 sp back about 1990. Ill likly never need load more as its a hunting bullet only

But I like it!! I just loaded up some For a 358 Win load and a 220g WOW it shot good and almost 2400 fps! CW

[highbrow]

A couple years ago I got on a 30-30 reloading kick. Had a bunch of 150 and 170 gr bullets from RMR. Using 35 gr 748, I loaded about a thousand. Very good load and the bullets were cheap enough that we use them for plinking and 500 yard rams.