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**Mike Irwin** · April 23, 2011, 03:07 PM

"It's just too slow for the handguns."

Winchester 680 was fairly close to WW 296; I'm pretty sure that 296 replaced it in the Winchester powder lineup.

680 was a good powder for the larger magnums like .44, and was also very useful for the smaller rifle cartridges like .25-20 (in which I found it very useful) and .218 Bee.

April 23, 2011, 03:07 PM	#6
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 33,097	"It's just too slow for the handguns." Winchester 680 was fairly close to WW 296; I'm pretty sure that 296 replaced it in the Winchester powder lineup. 680 was a good powder for the larger magnums like .44, and was also very useful for the smaller rifle cartridges like .25-20 (in which I found it very useful) and .218 Bee. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.