I picked up a Handi rifle in 223. I want to see if I can do reduced loads using 4227. Why 4227, well all the other pistol powders are not available to me. Unique, 296, Red dot, green dot, blue dot are all missing from the shelves around here. 4227 works in everything else I have and I did find some standard loads for the 223 with 4227, max charge is 17 grains. I have read several published articles on using the fast pistol powders but none for the 4227.
I would like to make reduced loads, aka cat sneeze, that duplicate 22LR or subsonic. I will be using a Bator bullet cast with soft lead and tumble lubed.
There was great article written about developing reduced loads using the fast powders. I read it several times. What I took away from it was to reduce the powder charge until you stick a bullet in the bore. Remove the stuck bullet then go back to the load before the stick and call that your minimum. From there you adjust the load to get what you are after, usually a compromise between desired velocity and accuracy.
Anybody used 4227 for reduced loads?
Any reason that 4227 shouldnt be used reduced?
Anybody got advice on developing a reduced load?