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Benchmark Powder
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05/29/18 07:06 PM
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Joined: Nov 2005
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DLALLDER
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THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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Has anyone used Benchmark in their 223? What kind of accuracy did you get at lower loads? I am going to start working up loads with some 60 grainers. I have not found a large number of loads using Benchmark.
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Re: Benchmark Powder
[Re: DLALLDER]
#7182838
05/29/18 07:08 PM
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Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,481
redchevy
THF Celebrity
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THF Celebrity
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I shoot 22.5 grains of benchmark with 60 grain Nosler partitions. It has always been a great shooting load for me.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Benchmark Powder
[Re: DLALLDER]
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05/29/18 09:52 PM
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mulish
Tracker
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Tracker
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I have been using benchmark for 5 or 6 years now on three different 223's and it works excellent.I was shooting prairie dogs in New Mexico this weekend in hundred degree weather and it is not temp sensitivity. But I was a little .
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Re: Benchmark Powder
[Re: mulish]
#7183051
05/29/18 10:49 PM
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Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 81
pdog2062
Outdoorsman
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Outdoorsman
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I use Benchmark with almost all my 223 loads,25.5 with 50-55 grain bullets and a little bit more with 40 grain,works great
Y,all hang on I'm gonna drive closer
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Re: Benchmark Powder
[Re: DLALLDER]
#7183058
05/29/18 10:56 PM
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Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 9,501
RiverRider
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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Posts: 9,501 |
A 50-grain V-Max over 26.5 grains of Benchmark works well for me.
"Arguing with you always makes me thirsty." -Augustus McRae
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Re: Benchmark Powder
[Re: DLALLDER]
#7183312
05/30/18 03:28 AM
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Joined: Nov 2011
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DStroud
Extreme Tracker
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Extreme Tracker
Joined: Nov 2011
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Benchmark is certainly in my top 5 favorite powders for 223 with Bullets weighing under 65gr. N133 is tops.
"Anyone taking up handloading necessarily plays with unknown factors and takes chances. But so does anyone who drives a car,goes to a cocktail party,eats in a restaurant,or gets married."
Jack O'Connor 1963
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Re: Benchmark Powder
[Re: DLALLDER]
#7183629
05/30/18 03:02 PM
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Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,102
Bbear
Pro Tracker
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Pro Tracker
Joined: Nov 2013
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Using 22.8 gr with the 64gr BSB
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Pay it forward - Kids are the future.
Rifles are similar to boats and young women...there's no end to how much money you can pour into them without making them any more useful.
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