.223 - How much powder...

MosinNagantDisciple

How much powder do you go through to reload 1000 .223 cartridges? I'm trying to estimate my cost for reloading that many, and since I've been pretty bad about tracking my actual powder usage, I can't just set up a simple ratio.

Ballpark figures are fine. I just want to know, roughly, how many pounds of powder one needs.

richbug

Avg 25 grains per load/ 7000 grains in a pound. thats 280 loads per pound, which works out to a little under 4 pounds to load 1000.

JustC

what he said[:D] there are 7000grains in a pound, that is all the variable you need to figure any caliber.

MosinNagantDisciple

Awesome, thanks. 25 gr. is what I use exactly.

temblor

Try 24.9 grs. -- It's cheaper and alot more accurate...[:D][:D]