Originally Posted By: schlaggermanWhat's your favorite load for the .223 with 55gr. spire point bullets. Please list powder, powder charge, and primer. If you have chrono numbers that would be great or any other pertinent info. Thanks
From the way you word your question, it makes me think you are looking for a recipe to copy - kinda like the recipe for pound cake (a pound of flour, a pound of shortening, a pound of sugar, etc).
Loading doesn't work that way - my best load can (and probably will), be a dog in your rifle, but I'll point you in the right direction.
First off, for primers, use CCI BR-4s or 450s, or the Remington 7-1/2.
The reason being - that all the other primers, like the federal 205s and the CCI 400's have thinner cups and will show signs of pressure long before there are any issues of pressure.
Second, go here:
http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp
They have the best loading data you will find... and it's free, and documented by people that know what they are doing.
A load you get here can be from someone that just got their first Lee Junior reloading kit - and they think they're a "hot handloader".
The Hodgdon data is far better than anyone's "pet load" that you will get here.
And last, the three powders I would recommend are H-322, Benchmark, and 8208 XBR.
They are tiny grained and flow through a measure like ball powder, but are temperature stable and much cleaner burning than ball powder.
Now, go pick your poison, and work up "your best load".
There are no easy fixes to loading.