If you do use a non-ball type powder in a progressive like a Dillon, try tapping the powder measure a couple times between each pull of the handle. A couple small raps with your fingers. This helps settle the powder in the powder chamber in the powder bar and will lead to more consistent loads with "stick" type powders.
(There are actually devices you can/could buy that attach to the powder measure and vibrate it to settle the powder and you could get really consistent stick powder loads with standard powder measures with them. I don't have one but was helping a guy who had one and was trying to sell it like 12 years ago, until he passed in an unfortunate accident)
I'd still avoid stick powders in small necked cases like 223 as they can bridge inside the case (though rare) and they are not as convenient as ball type (spherical) powders or the very short cut stick powders (like Varget).
Right now it is use what you can find.
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If I want precision ammo, or stick powders,
I use a powder die and an automated powder dispenser. I know many with an autotrickler setup and it will pump powder out as fast as you can dump it.
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I don't know if it is STILL available but earlier today powder valley had Shooter's World powder in stock. It is relatively inexpensive. They have one called AR-Plus which IIRC is like H335 roughly.
I bought 4 kegs but not AR-Plus (I got their Blackout, Buffalo, and their magnum pistol powder)
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Powder Valley has H335 in 8# kegs available this moment. Probably gone quickly
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Finally someone else who shares my disdain for 4198. I would just use IMR-4064 before I would stoop to that garbage. At least 4064 gives decent accuracy while sacrificing a couple hundred feet per second. 4198 gave lousy accuracy and mediocre velocity, matched by its horrible metering from a powder measure.
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