Recommendations on H322 and BL-C2

[tcoz]

In the event that I run out of H335 I'm thinking about trying CFE223 if I can find it or BL-C2 which I've seen around quite a bit lately, or H322 which has been in stock in a few places over the past week. I'd be interested in anybody's experience with the BL or H322 since I've never used either and both are recommended for .223. I load 55gr FMJBT. Recommendations and anecdotes are welcomed. Thanks.

[Whiskey&beer]

H322 is an outstanding powder - one of my favorites, but now I have to say I've never used it with 55gr bullets. I would feel like I'm wasting it using it with light bullets. I've only used a little of the h335 and i thought it was too flashy / smoky and it's limited to using it in the lighter bullets. CFE and BL-C2 I'm sure would work fine, and if it's available, load some up! When I load up 55 trainers I just use TAC since my shooting bros insist on keeping that around, and keep my extruded powders for the heavies.

[markm]

H322 is a very good powder. It's a fast powder though. It's a benchrest style powder that meters great. Should be easy to work up loads with light bullets. I use it with mild primers for target loads with 77 gr OTMs.

[Onyx Z]

As said above, H322 is a great powder, but it would feel like a waste using it on 55gr FMJ's... I'd stick with a cheaper ball powder for that kind of bullet.

Extruded powders like H322 are typically geared more toward match ammo.

[opngrnd]

I like H322 quite a bit. It's stable, works great with heavy bullets for precision ammo, and is fine for plinking ammo if you aren't obsessed with high velocity. Where I live, it's the same price as the ball powders, so I just use it for both blasting ammo and precision ammo.
I used to load with BL(C)-2, but I did not like how temperature sensitive it was. I still have rounds sitting on the shelf because they were fine in the early winter but too hot in the summer.

[markm]

Yeah... H322 is the same price as everything else, but you do feel guilty running it with FMJs when you know how good it works with OTMs.

[AFshirt]

I had issues running H322 in a 55g projectile. After reading on here it turns out the CCI400 primer I was using wasn't the best one. I switched all my H322 loads to 69g and above with Wolf magnum primers and haven't had a problem with it since.

[NWPilgrim]

BLC2 is the best powder for me with bullets of 55-62 gr and 68/69 gr. For some reason I have got good but not great loads with BLC2 and 65 gr and 75/77 gr bullets. But 55 gr it is great!