Pat McDonald

[Ben]

I'm about to order some surplus rifle powder from Pat McDonald.

He has a Ball powder that is equivalent to Ball C-2
and a Ball Powder that is roughly equivalent to H-322.

I shoot a lot of .308 Win. with cast bullets ( and sometimes even those J- words ). Would one of those be better than another for use in the .308 Win.

Ben

[MT Gianni]

I had a good load of BallC2 surplus equivalent and a Lee soup can in 308. It was the only combo I tried in 308 and shot well enough to ring an 8" gong @200 yards. Gianni

[Ben]

Unless I change my mind I think I'll get an 8 lb. jug of both.

Thanks,

Ben

[454PB]

Some years ago I bought two kegs of AAC2200, which is a ball powder close to H-322 in burn rate. I've found it works very well in everything from .222 Remington to .308 Winchester. Could this be the same powder?

[Ben]

I'm not certain, but everything I'm reading says that Pat's ball powder ( with Ball C - 2 and H - 322 Burn rates ) would work just fine in my 308 Win.

Ben

[Idaho Sharpshooter]

that's because Pat's surplus WC844 is the military powder for the 223 and WC846 is what the military uses for 308.

Rich