Bob Hodgdon said that IMR 8208 was the most accurate powder he had ever encountered. Powders include Accurate, … I think it excels in the .204 Ruger. I quickly worked up a load for the .20 Practical of 27 grains of CFE, RWS reformed .223 brass, Rem 7 1/2 primer and 40 Hornady VMax. This is … CFE™223 is a … It meters accurately to help yield consistent loads for top velocities in popular cartridges like 204 Ruger, 22-250, 223 Remington/5.56mm NATO, 6mm PPC, and 308 Winchester/7.62mm NATO. This rifle powder offers top-notch velocities and boasts superior metering that is formulated for superior accuracy with every shot you take. The brief trial in 17 Remington did not ring my bell. Using bullets from Hornady NTX, Hornady V-Max, Hornady SP. Being a spherical powder, metering is superbly accurate. cases provided by Federal with Sierra’s notoriously accurate 55-gr. The Alexander Arms Rifle and Nightforce SHV scope used for testing (above). The test results with my Lock-N-Load case activated manual powder dispenser and my RCBS Chargemaster (automatic trickler/scale) are the same; i.e. Some day I will ty it in 223 Remington. Reload data for CFE™223 is available in 27 different cartridges with 147 loads. CFE 223 yields top velocities in many cartridges such as the 204 Ruger, 223 Remington/5.56mm NATO, 22-250 Remington and the 308 Winchester/7.62mm NATO, plus many, many more. FMJBT bullets, propelled by Hodgdon’s maximum recommended charge weight of CFE223 for that cartridge/bullet combination. I loaded 500 new Federal .223 Rem. Maximum velocities are obtained in the 204 Ruger, 5.56 NATO/223 Remington, 22-250 and 7.62 NATO/308 Winchester at hodgdon.com in the Reloading Data Center. A few examples include the (1) Browning BLR 81, (2) Thompson/Center G2 Contender, (3) Ruger No. This spherical rifle powder propellant is versatile enough to use in a wide variety of popular cartridges; the 223 and 22-250 Remington, the 204 Ruger and the 308 Winchester. CFE 223 was introduced in 2012, and CFE Pistol followed in 2014. I intended to load the CFE in a .20 Practical and a .204 Ruger. I use 28.0 gr with 32 gr bullets, I have used Zombie Z-Max and Nosler HPFB with great success on ground squirrels. 223 Remington Load Development: 52, 55, 69 HPBT, Varget and the Ruger American Rifle January 9, 2019 Bill Marr 223 Remington , Reloading 0 I believe 223 Remington is one of the more underappreciated cartridges on the market. In fact my careful metering tests show that CFE-223 doesn't meter as accurately as short stick powder like Vihtavuori N-140 or IMR 8208 XBR. 1, (4) Ruger M77 MKII All-Weather, (5) Mossberg MVP and (5) Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle. I have tried CFE223 in 17 Remington and 204 Ruger in both bolt and AR rifles. .204 Ruger (Using Hornady Bullets) reloading data with 193 loads. Great results - sub 1 inch groups at 200 yards. Nitroglycerine content makes them double-base propellants. The .223 Remington has been chambered in a variety of rifles and action types. I like the load I have worked up in the 204 Ruger with 40 grain bullets. Like some other spherical powders, Hodgdon CFE BLK performs best in cartridge case capacity/bullet weight combinations that allow 90 to 100 percent load density.