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blkmoon · September 15, 2010, 02:43 AM

Me and Grandad had an awsome time today! We tested the powder's and to my surprise they worked great! I still haven't opened the can of Hodgdons4831 he gave me. I think I am going to get a new can of Hodgdons4831 to see how much of a difference there is between them.

We tested the Hodgdons4895 in a Remington 721/.270, a Remington 788/.308, a Remington 700/.30-06, a Remington 660/.243, a Remington 700/.243, and a Winchester 70/.30-06. We loaded 20 rounds for each rifle. It worked awsome in the 06's and the .270. It worked ok in the .308. I didn't like it in the 660, but it was about the same in the 700/.243 as the 700/.308. The 660 has an 20" barrel. The rest have 24" barrels. The 660 has only had 100 rounds through it. My dad bought it new for my mom and when they divorced she sold it to me. She never shot it except to sight it in all of these years. She just sold it to me a week ago, so this is the first chance I have had to play with it! Anyways I noticed today that the reloads fit a little tight. Another thought I had was wether or not to keep the brass seperate for the .243's since the 660 is so tight?

We used Remington brass, CCI large rifle primers. For bullets we used 130 grain Speer Spitzer-BTSP in the .270, 180 grain Speer Spitzer-BTSP in the .30-06's, 150 grain Speer Spitzer-SP in the .308 and 75 grain Speer HP for the .243's.

After using 4 or 5 rounds to sight in with each, we went ground squirreling. We only hit a few. Our longest shot was around a 100 yards. Shortest was around 25 yards or so. The powder fired every time and even the old primers I used worked just like new ones.

So all in all the old powder and primers worked fine. Thanks for the advice again everyone.................................Ed

September 15, 2010, 02:43 AM	#17
blkmoon Registration in progress Join Date: July 21, 2010 Location: CDA, Idaho, USA!!! Posts: 43	Worked Great!! Me and Grandad had an awsome time today! We tested the powder's and to my surprise they worked great! I still haven't opened the can of Hodgdons4831 he gave me. I think I am going to get a new can of Hodgdons4831 to see how much of a difference there is between them. We tested the Hodgdons4895 in a Remington 721/.270, a Remington 788/.308, a Remington 700/.30-06, a Remington 660/.243, a Remington 700/.243, and a Winchester 70/.30-06. We loaded 20 rounds for each rifle. It worked awsome in the 06's and the .270. It worked ok in the .308. I didn't like it in the 660, but it was about the same in the 700/.243 as the 700/.308. The 660 has an 20" barrel. The rest have 24" barrels. The 660 has only had 100 rounds through it. My dad bought it new for my mom and when they divorced she sold it to me. She never shot it except to sight it in all of these years. She just sold it to me a week ago, so this is the first chance I have had to play with it! Anyways I noticed today that the reloads fit a little tight. Another thought I had was wether or not to keep the brass seperate for the .243's since the 660 is so tight? We used Remington brass, CCI large rifle primers. For bullets we used 130 grain Speer Spitzer-BTSP in the .270, 180 grain Speer Spitzer-BTSP in the .30-06's, 150 grain Speer Spitzer-SP in the .308 and 75 grain Speer HP for the .243's. After using 4 or 5 rounds to sight in with each, we went ground squirreling. We only hit a few. Our longest shot was around a 100 yards. Shortest was around 25 yards or so. The powder fired every time and even the old primers I used worked just like new ones. So all in all the old powder and primers worked fine. Thanks for the advice again everyone.................................Ed __________________ Why run?You'll only die tired!