WC 844 what would be the closest substitute?

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I picked up some surplus 5.56 bullets today at the gun show. I started doing some searches to find out what the armed forces load behind these puppies and it listed 24.7gr to 26.1 of WC 844 behind them. I was looking in my Hornady book and it doesn't make a reference to this powder. Is there a good source on cross reference for questions like this out there? Like an encyclopedia of powders?

Thanks for the help.

 

[poke5353]

Re: WC 844 what would be the closest substitute?

You can get WC844 at Hi tech ammo and I believe it burns at about the same rate as H335.

http://www.hi-techammo.com/

 

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Re: WC 844 what would be the closest substitute?

thank you Poke

 

[MALLARD]

Re: WC 844 what would be the closest substitute?

from gibrass.com

WC844 Original application is U.S. 5.56mm NATO Ball M193 (55gr) & M855 (62gr),
plus Tracer M196 & M856. Typical starting load for 55gr bullet is 26gr,
and 62gr load is 25gr. A ball powder which can be loaded with Hodgdon H335 data.
Also works great in 7.62mm NATO (.308 Win.).
This is pulldown powder.

 

[Schrader]

Re: WC 844 what would be the closest substitute?

WC844 is H335