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hoffbill · January 22, 2013, 07:35 AM

Don't know but I have seen several comments on various threads about Wolf primers causing problems in 223. The gist of it was they are not hot enough so you end up with poor ignition too slow a burn. So perhaps try CCI, Fed, or Win primers and see if anything changes. Those velocities seem kind of low for 223 as well which I believe can be caused by insufficient primer. Plan B for me would be try a different powder. H335 works very well for me, and seems to be the most popular with AR guys.

January 22, 2013, 07:35 AM	#2
hoffbill Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 246	Don't know but I have seen several comments on various threads about Wolf primers causing problems in 223. The gist of it was they are not hot enough so you end up with poor ignition too slow a burn. So perhaps try CCI, Fed, or Win primers and see if anything changes. Those velocities seem kind of low for 223 as well which I believe can be caused by insufficient primer. Plan B for me would be try a different powder. H335 works very well for me, and seems to be the most popular with AR guys.