Speer #12 calls for magnum primers for AA2460 in .223 Remington. Book shows good velocities and loads for all bullet weights they list except 50 grain.
The manufacturer's website https://accuratepowder.com/load-data/ load manual does not mention 'magnum' primers for this powder.
H335 is the only ball rifle powder I've ever used and it did not seem 'hard to ignite' but that was years ago so my memory may be bad.
I use CCI BR4 primers for Midrange prone - as long as I still have them. I have no 'magnum' primers.
The backstory is that I've been using AA 4064 that I lucked into, after using up an old 8 lb can of IMR 4064 that I also lucked into. Then I found AA 2460 in stock and ordered it, while looking for more 4064.
White Oak had a reloading page years ago and I found it in the Internet Archive - https://web.archive.org/web/20160227230641/https://whiteoakprecision.com/info-reloading.htm Speaks well of AA 2460 so I at least knew that in 2016 people who shoot much better than I do liked it a lot in .223.
It also is supposed to meter well, being a ball powder. IMR 4064 does not - needs to be trickled. AA 4064 meters better but still needs to be trickled. Once the cases are all prepped and primed, it still takes me 1-1/2 - 2 hours to trickle and bullet seat 100 rounds, so throwing charges using my Uniflo is attractive, if it is precise.
So - anything anyone wants to tell me about AA2460 would be very welcome.
Thanks!
The manufacturer's website https://accuratepowder.com/load-data/ load manual does not mention 'magnum' primers for this powder.
H335 is the only ball rifle powder I've ever used and it did not seem 'hard to ignite' but that was years ago so my memory may be bad.
I use CCI BR4 primers for Midrange prone - as long as I still have them. I have no 'magnum' primers.
The backstory is that I've been using AA 4064 that I lucked into, after using up an old 8 lb can of IMR 4064 that I also lucked into. Then I found AA 2460 in stock and ordered it, while looking for more 4064.
White Oak had a reloading page years ago and I found it in the Internet Archive - https://web.archive.org/web/20160227230641/https://whiteoakprecision.com/info-reloading.htm Speaks well of AA 2460 so I at least knew that in 2016 people who shoot much better than I do liked it a lot in .223.
It also is supposed to meter well, being a ball powder. IMR 4064 does not - needs to be trickled. AA 4064 meters better but still needs to be trickled. Once the cases are all prepped and primed, it still takes me 1-1/2 - 2 hours to trickle and bullet seat 100 rounds, so throwing charges using my Uniflo is attractive, if it is precise.
So - anything anyone wants to tell me about AA2460 would be very welcome.
Thanks!