Hogdon 'Lil Gun' powder - Anyone loading with this?

Crimper-D · December 17, 2001, 08:44 PM

I picked up a can for my 22 Hornet loads, and it functions very well with low chamber pressure for max loads, but I'd like to know what other calibers of rifle and pistol loads people are using this powder in.

Kernel · December 17, 2001, 10:58 PM

Hodgdon Lil' Gun is the hot ticket in the 10 ML - the muzzleloader from Savage designed to shoot smokeless powder. Recommended powders include V-V N110, IMR 4227, and 2400. But Lil' Gun is proving to be the best. -- Kernel

Crimper-D · December 19, 2001, 03:54 PM

Smokless in a front-stuffer

Must be at least 50cal...toe low pressure the powder generates for volume used must be the main reason. Now I wonder if it would do as well in BP cartridge loads.

Desert Dog · December 19, 2001, 06:31 PM

I heard it is supposed to work well in .45 Colt, heavy loads for Rugers, but I haven't tried it yet.

Kernel · December 20, 2001, 12:41 AM

With Lil Gun the Savage 10ML is capable of 2500 fps shooting saboted 300gr .45 cal pistol bullets. Energy at the muzzle approaches .375 H&H factory loads. Don't even think about trying this in any other muzzleloader, the Savage is proofed at 92,000 psi (just like the centerfire guns). -- Kernel

December 17, 2001, 08:44 PM	#1
Crimper-D Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2001 Location: The Bearflag Republic Posts: 579	Hogdon 'Lil Gun' powder - Anyone loading with this? I picked up a can for my 22 Hornet loads, and it functions very well with low chamber pressure for max loads, but I'd like to know what other calibers of rifle and pistol loads people are using this powder in. __________________ "It is evident that scepticism, while it makes no actual change in a man, always makes him feel better.".....H.L.Mencken

December 17, 2001, 10:58 PM	#2
Kernel Senior Member Join Date: November 21, 1999 Location: Madison, WI.... "78 Square Miles Surrounded by Reality" Posts: 923	Hodgdon Lil' Gun is the hot ticket in the 10 ML - the muzzleloader from Savage designed to shoot smokeless powder. Recommended powders include V-V N110, IMR 4227, and 2400. But Lil' Gun is proving to be the best. -- Kernel __________________ "You can shoot down every MiG the Soviets employ, but if you return to base and the lead Soviet tank commander is eating breakfast in your snack bar, Jack, you've lost the war." — Anonymous A-10 Pilot, USAF

December 19, 2001, 03:54 PM	#3
Crimper-D Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2001 Location: The Bearflag Republic Posts: 579	Whoda thunk... Smokless in a front-stuffer Must be at least 50cal...toe low pressure the powder generates for volume used must be the main reason. Now I wonder if it would do as well in BP cartridge loads. __________________ "It is evident that scepticism, while it makes no actual change in a man, always makes him feel better.".....H.L.Mencken

December 19, 2001, 06:31 PM	#4
Desert Dog Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 1999 Location: Deep East Texas Posts: 474	I heard it is supposed to work well in .45 Colt, heavy loads for Rugers, but I haven't tried it yet. __________________ Yes, in fact I do have a 454... in more ways than one. "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority" - Thomas Jefferson

December 20, 2001, 12:41 AM	#5
Kernel Senior Member Join Date: November 21, 1999 Location: Madison, WI.... "78 Square Miles Surrounded by Reality" Posts: 923	With Lil Gun the Savage 10ML is capable of 2500 fps shooting saboted 300gr .45 cal pistol bullets. Energy at the muzzle approaches .375 H&H factory loads. Don't even think about trying this in any other muzzleloader, the Savage is proofed at 92,000 psi (just like the centerfire guns). -- Kernel __________________ "You can shoot down every MiG the Soviets employ, but if you return to base and the lead Soviet tank commander is eating breakfast in your snack bar, Jack, you've lost the war." — Anonymous A-10 Pilot, USAF