This revolutionary, spherical powder was launched by Hodgdon CFE 223 Smokeless Gun Powder in January of 2012. This incredibly versatile rifle propellant was designed as being a copper fouling deterrent since it incorporates in its components cfe 223 CFE or Copper Fouling Eraser, an ingredient originally employed by the army. The resulting powder makes for a longer time intervals of dependable precision with significantly less barrel cleaning expected for many well-known cartridges like the 223 Remington, cfe 223 load data 22-250 Remington, and 308 Winchester. This powder is perfect for the Match, Varmint, and AR shooters.