4895 in a 223 / 5.56?

I've used up 8#'s of RG 4985 in 308 loads. It made a very accurate 155 load. RG 4895 is NOT Hodgdon or IMR 4895, "RG" stands for "Radway Green" it is a British surplus Military powder with a similar burn rate. I would buy more if I could. Just be sure to start out low and work up. It's going to be close to the other 4895's out there, but it is not exactly the same.

Didn't get to use it in my 223, but it should work fine. I do use a lot of H-4895 in my 75-77 gr. 223 gas gun loads.

45.0 of RG 4895. 155 Nosler CC.

Federal GMM brass and a Tula LRP. Work up to it. With that load, the powder would throw off a good flash every once in a while in a 24"-27"bolt gun barrel

I haven't used RG. H4895 meters OK through a dillon 650 measure. IMR does not.

I load US mil-surp 4895 on a Dillon 550. The kernal size really doesn't meter the best for .223, but is workable if you can live with some velocity Std Dev. I use 25.0gn behind a Nosler 77gn, giving around 2580fps from a 16" barrel. For .308 I use 42.2 behind a 150 FMJ for a cheap bolt gun and AR load.

H4895 data from 16” Seekins AR
SMK 77 gr HPBT
H4895 23.4 gr
Fed 205M
BTO 1.843
COL 1.750
COAL 2.260
CBP chrono 6ft from muzzle
2612, 2621, 2618, 2620, 2643
0.5” @ 50y group

H-4895 sucks in a 223

Like Stated above RG4895 is not the same as IMR4895, I used IMR 4895 in my 223 all the time. seems to do well behind 62gr green tips from a 20" barrel seems to be too slow of a burn rate for anything shorter than a 18" barrel

I use IMR 4895 in my 223 and 556 as I have a lot of it. I also have H335 but the 4895 works better for me so it gets the nod.
I wish I had discovered it earlier.
I have zero experience with a Dillon so can't comment on that.

david walter said:

Anyone using this in their 5.66/223 loads?

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FLIGHT762 said:

RG 4895 is NOT Hodgdon or IMR 4895

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Funny how every Tom, Dick, and Harry gives their take on the other 4895's when it's not what we're discussing.....I bought 16lbs from Bartlett Brass back in the late 1990's/2000 for use with 55gr FMJ's on an RCBS Piggyback progressive. I no longer have the load info but used IMR4895 data to start. The shorter kernels dropped decently with the progressive.

Hope it helps.

They’re not exactly the same, but there’s a reason that the name is almost exactly the same. Main difference is how much graphite they add. H-4895 has the least, meters better and burns a little faster. Each can be made to do the same job. If you can’t figure a recipe without a cookbook, skip the surplus powder.

I got 32 lb of Surplus 4895 in 2001.

I shot lots of it in 223.
I got more accuracy at 200 yards with the 4895 and 55 gr Vmax and more velocity with H335 ball powder.

62 grain Barnes TTSX, max load with H4895. 16.5” AR-15, 8 twist, LC brass, CCI 400, speed was phenomenal.

Rockhurr said:

max load with H4895.

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Ummm, day late and a dollar short since this conversation was about RG4895 and four years ago....

smoothy8500 said:

Ummm, day late and a dollar short since this conversation was about RG4895 and four years ago....

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Yup… the squirrel just brought me acorn that’s why. Not sure if you know what it means.

Yeah, those "similar threads" listed below the page throw off a lot of folks.