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300 black powder for 125TNT Speer

1jonathan1994

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So a $35 set of 300 black dies jumped in my cart last night. I have black brass and Speer 125 TNTs from my 308.
Never planned to load 300 black but now...
What's the go to powders?
I see H110 show up in searches.
Seems H4198 should be close.
A friend of mine bought CFE black and likes it but struggling for moa in a bolt gun.
I have an ar pistol.
 
I didnt have an issue getting sierra 125 and 220 under an inch in both super and sub sonic using CFEBLK back when I had my blackout bolt gun. That stuff is the gold ticket IMO.
 
I like Alliant 1680. It’s great for super and subsonic. Not as dirty as some powders supposedly. That said, anything suppressed is dirty.
Seekins 8” match barrel
76F 26% 29.86mmHg

Speer 125 gr TNT
AA 1680 19 gr
Fed 205M
Magneto V3
1552, 1554 fps
 
I like Alliant 1680. It’s great for super and subsonic. Not as dirty as some powders supposedly. That said, anything suppressed is dirty.
Seekins 8” match barrel
76F 26% 29.86mmHg

Speer 125 gr TNT
AA 1680 19 gr
Fed 205M
Magneto V3
1552, 1554 fps
That's super slow.
I get 2000 plus from factory ammo and my 8.25" cmmg barrel
 
H110 for the light stuff... make sure you case fill is up there in the high 90% range otherwise bad things can happen with H110.

I was probably on the verge of something bad when trying to work up H110 with 150g FMJ pulls. Blowing primers way before I should have. Buddy of mine that loads thousands of rounds of magnum pistol a year said H110 doesnt like case fills under like 95% as it tends to burn weird. I switched to Lil-Gun for those 150g FMJ pulls and no further issues.