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September 26, 2011, 08:04 PM | #26 | |
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If Peetza says to use Benchmark for 204, then just use Benchmark. This post is getting as bad as "Who Makes the Best AR". (LOL) I started out loading rifle using just one powder too. (H-4895) Too cheap to buy more than one pound of powder, and seven years later and 7 calibers of rifle and about 22 pounds of powder on the shelf I would have done it differently. TWS92 if Peetza says Benchmark use Benchmark. 204 is a great round, but just not one I use. I am more a 223 fan and use three different powders for the 223 Remington, 40 grain to 53 grain bullet - powder is H-335, 55 grain to 60 grain bullet - powder is IMR 8208 XBR, 75 grain bullets H-4895. All are .224 bullets just in different weight and length and different powder gives different results for each of them. Now for 243 (105 grain Hornady bullet) (something I know about) you could use IMR-4350 or H-4350 but I have gone to H-4895 since I want more push and less snap. For 270 you can use IMR-4350 or H-4895. But what do I know I just load for accuracy Five shot group at 100 with a Savage 110 in 270 using 130 grain Hornady SST and H-4895: Good luck Jim
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September 26, 2011, 08:34 PM | #27 |
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Something I read in my first Speer manual that I have found is very true; the best powder for a given cartridge is usually one that fills the case to the base of the seated bullet. There are, of course, loads that differ from that guideline--but I have found that in most cases it is true.
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September 26, 2011, 08:53 PM | #28 |
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Richard Lee has a similar approach. Seems reasonable enough but he doesn't like the same powders I do.
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