All around powder?????

[Foul Mike]

I have reloaded most of my life.
As far as an all around powder that will reload all kinds of rounds, calibers etc. in the medium to small case capacity I find it hard to deviate from 4895, BLC/2, 3031.
My choice would be 4895.
Am I wrong?
Regards, FM

 

[19Scout77]

Re: All around powder?????

you will need to be a little more specific as to what you load.

 

[gvanhyning]

Re: All around powder?????

Is that IMR or Hodgdon 4895? There is a difference.

 

[The Mechanic]

Re: All around powder?????

The more general your powder and question, the more general your group size will be.

 

[motodog]

Re: All around powder?????

i use this black grainey stuff i bought at a yard sale.it was in a 55 gallon drum.i just dip in my case,wipe off the extra that flows over the top,ram in a bullet of some sort and im ready to shoot long range stuff.hope this helps dude!!!!!!!

 

[armorpl8chikn]

Re: All around powder?????

I was born with a Rockchucker in my hand and in my experience there is NO all around powder. I would expect such an anomoly to produce all around groups.

 

[gunsnjeeps]

Re: All around powder?????

The variations of capacity and bullets say it won't work. For 5.56 and 7.62 Varget and RL15 are hard to beat. As you get into higher volume they work well but there are others that work better. It's like handgun powders, there is no one do it all powder but some that handle 75-90% of your needs.

 

[samnev]

Re: All around powder?????

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Foul Mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have reloaded most of my life.
As far as an all around powder that will reload all kinds of rounds, calibers etc. in the medium to small case capacity I find it hard to deviate from 4895, BLC/2, 3031.
My choice would be 4895.
Am I wrong?
Regards, FM
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I use IMR 4895 almost exclusively in all my rifle calibers except 223 (changed to W748). At times tried RL15, Varget, and 3031 but always came back to IMR 4895.

 

[fw707]

Re: All around powder?????

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: motodog</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i use this black grainey stuff i bought at a yard sale.it was in a 55 gallon drum.i just dip in my case,wipe off the extra that flows over the top,ram in a bullet of some sort and im ready to shoot long range stuff.hope this helps dude!!!!!!! </div></div>


That's the same kind I use.
It's got a pretty fast burn rate too. I got a bucketful of it lit up in the shop yesterday and I like to never got it stomped out.