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<blockquote data-quote="technetium-99m" data-source="post: 1251989" data-attributes="member: 3615">I&#039;ll be the lone voice of dissent about Varget and 223, at least in an AR.I have never gotten that combo to perform well with any bullet I&#039;ve tried.&nbsp; 55&#039;s through 77&#039;s have all equally stunk in barrels ranging from 1 in 9 to 1 in 7.&nbsp; My conclusion was that it just isn&#039;t possible to get enough powder under a long heavy bullet.&nbsp; Loading as much as a grain under the Sierra max load has always resulted in a very compressed powder charge when seating to mag length and depending on the bullet I have actually gotten deformation of the nose when seating.&nbsp; I have tried everything I could find to settle the powder before bullet seating, I just never got good results.I have not yet succeeded to get MOA performance in an AR with Varget.&nbsp; 55&#039;s have performed very well with AA2230 and the heavier bullets have performed exemplary with TAC.&nbsp; The best thing is that these powders are typically available, much cheaper than Varget, and run through a powder measure very cleanly.&nbsp; Varget is the bee&#039;s knees in my Savage with 155gr Lapua scenars however, that rifle loves Varget under any bullet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="technetium-99m, post: 1251989, member: 3615"] I'll be the lone voice of dissent about Varget and 223, at least in an AR. I have never gotten that combo to perform well with any bullet I've tried. 55's through 77's have all equally stunk in barrels ranging from 1 in 9 to 1 in 7. My conclusion was that it just isn't possible to get enough powder under a long heavy bullet. Loading as much as a grain under the Sierra max load has always resulted in a very compressed powder charge when seating to mag length and depending on the bullet I have actually gotten deformation of the nose when seating. I have tried everything I could find to settle the powder before bullet seating, I just never got good results. I have not yet succeeded to get MOA performance in an AR with Varget. 55's have performed very well with AA2230 and the heavier bullets have performed exemplary with TAC. The best thing is that these powders are typically available, much cheaper than Varget, and run through a powder measure very cleanly. Varget is the bee's knees in my Savage with 155gr Lapua scenars however, that rifle loves Varget under any bullet. [/QUOTE]

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