Posted By: Savage243
22 Creedmoor Powder Choice - 01/31/23 04:53 PM
Alright THFers, you may recall that I posted a while back about putting a 22 CM together and I finally got it together and ready to shoot.
Now my dilemma is what powder to start playing with. Right now, I am loading 75 grain ELD-M, Hornady 6MM CM brass necked down and CCI 200 primers (because I have a metric ton of them).
My powder choices at the moment are as follows:
Superformance, StaBall 6.5, RL-16, RL-17, H4350 and H4831sc. (Super temp stability isn't a huge concern for me. I don't shoot much in the summer and hunting season is mild in the hill country, plus I don't shoot much past 3-400 yards)
Rifle is 18" with a suppressor. I have noticed that Hodgdon only lists slower powders for this cartridge, but I have seen plenty of mid burning powders used from reputable sources such as Primal Rights and Peterson.
Which powder do you think I should start with and why?
Now my dilemma is what powder to start playing with. Right now, I am loading 75 grain ELD-M, Hornady 6MM CM brass necked down and CCI 200 primers (because I have a metric ton of them).
My powder choices at the moment are as follows:
Superformance, StaBall 6.5, RL-16, RL-17, H4350 and H4831sc. (Super temp stability isn't a huge concern for me. I don't shoot much in the summer and hunting season is mild in the hill country, plus I don't shoot much past 3-400 yards)
Rifle is 18" with a suppressor. I have noticed that Hodgdon only lists slower powders for this cartridge, but I have seen plenty of mid burning powders used from reputable sources such as Primal Rights and Peterson.
Which powder do you think I should start with and why?