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You and everyone else. It's pretty much impossible to find online these days
What other powders have you tried? other than 4451? Maybe some 4831? I am going to try a light load of 4895 and see how it goes. It shoots everything else and I have a good supply so will give it a try. I don't expect too much in velocity but? In my 6.5 Creedmoor. FM
Not sure where you live but I was in Palmetto State Armory yesterday and they had an 8lb jug. You may need to get out to the bigger retailers and do some looking.
IMR4350 and Accurate 4350 work as well. Not as temp insensitive though.
I've got and have only tried 4895. Accuracy good but lacks in speed. I live in Indiana and don't really know where to look other than online and local gun dealers checking their suppliers for me with no luck. Km Glasgow, can u explain what u mean by not as temp insensitive plz? I'm new to this whole deal and veryou UN knowledgeable still. Thank yall!
Certain powders you will see and increase or decrease in fps as the temperatures rise and fall. That's why Hogdon created there Extreme line of powders and IMR has there Enduron powder lines they are more stable and show little change in fps regardless of temperature. http://www.hodgdonreloading.com/reloading-education/tips-and-tricks/extreme-powders. http://precisionrifleblog.com/2016/06/19/powder-temp-stability-hodgdon-extreme-vs-imr-enduron/
Exactly what devildog said. Powder temp affects velocity. IMR4350 and Accurate 4350 change velocity more with temperature. How much I'm not sure.
I just did my tests with 4451, I think you'll like it.
I tried 36 gr. 4895 it shot well but did a vertical string thing. I tried 37.3 gr. and it was better, no pressure signs and shot flatter and grouped better.. Going up a bit farther and hoping for the best.
May not be as fast as I want but I have plenty of it. YMMV 6.5 Creedmoor at 1000.
I would rather use other powders but am sick and tired of being sick and tired of trying to find the better powders only to find them out of stock so will try shooting what I have a lot of and expect it to be a bit slow, long as it hits it is good enough for me. Dial up a click or two and go for it. FM
These shortages will work out sometime but in the mean time I will at least be shooting.
May not be as fast as I want but I have plenty of it. YMMV 6.5 Creedmoor at 1000.
I would rather use other powders but am sick and tired of being sick and tired of trying to find the better powders only to find them out of stock so will try shooting what I have a lot of and expect it to be a bit slow, long as it hits it is good enough for me. Dial up a click or two and go for it. FM
These shortages will work out sometime but in the mean time I will at least be shooting.
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YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary
FM = Foul Mike
FM = Foul Mike
RL-16 is working well for some too.
https://reloadingunlimited.com/product/hodgdon-h4350/
listing in stock, ordered 4 lbs fingers crossed.
listing in stock, ordered 4 lbs fingers crossed.
I ordered 3lb from them a few weeks ago and all went well! After I ordered it said 2 left so they must have restocked.
That's great news! About time this powder is starting to show up on shelves.
Just went to my normal store this afternoon and the shelf was full of it. I just laughed... I had bought the only pound they had a month ago, guess it's starting to be more available.
The local shop here had a few 8lb jugs and 6 one pounders. More is on order. Unfortunately the distributor gouged him and he had to sell it for $31/lb ($30/lb for the 8lb jugs). He normally sells it for $25/lb.
I saw it at my local gun store today as well, it was higher than normal at $30 for 1 lb and $220 for 8 lb's. First time I saw it there in months, I stocked up over the past 2 weeks from Midsouth and Powder Valley.
I really hope hope it starts becoming more available, but that may take a while from the looks of it.
I really hope hope it starts becoming more available, but that may take a while from the looks of it.
No, I have a stock of 4350 but I know of a couple others that are using it with good results. We'll see what happens in July when it's 100 degrees here.
Just have to keep looking for it. Been searching locally for a month and found about 50 lbs of it today and bought a case of 10 and a 8lb jug to hopefully last me for the rest of the year.
If you live in the Los Angeles area, I can sell anybody some.
42gr 4451 out of my 24" barrel was an avg of 2624 fps. I am .020 from lands. Shoots great for me.
1 lb bottles are in stock now at reloading unlimited.
picked up 2 while waiting on the 8 lbs version.
picked up 2 while waiting on the 8 lbs version.
Out of stock again. Grrrr! I signed up for notification but I never got a notification that they had any. Ugh.
I found 2 pounds and then 4 pounds here locally just by checking out small gun shops and getting lucky. I'm ALWAYS on the hunt because it's so durn hard to find most of the time.
Jojosdad,
I'm in central IN and I could let go of an 8 lb jug of H4350 for a fellow Hoosier, if you'd want to meet me FTF around the Indy area. PM me if so.
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1 pounders In stock again at reloading unlimited
https://reloadingunlimited.com/product/hodgdon-h4350/
https://reloadingunlimited.com/product/hodgdon-h4350/
Power Valley may have #1s in stock via their new website www.powder-valley.com. Shows up as OOS on their old one (www.powervalleyinc.com).
