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Art Eatman · March 20, 2001, 02:27 AM

KODB, if 4895 isn't "the" military powder, it does duplicate the loading, and the pressure curve is correct for the M-1.

I started using 4064 and 150-grain bullets in 1950, and I've just been too lazy to change. It's just a character defect.

Art

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

March 20, 2001, 02:27 AM	#8
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	KODB, if 4895 isn't "the" military powder, it does duplicate the loading, and the pressure curve is correct for the M-1. I started using 4064 and 150-grain bullets in 1950, and I've just been too lazy to change. It's just a character defect. Art "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."