Who is using IMR 3031?

[rjh245]

I have been having great success with 3031 in my 300 Savage, model 99.
I have been loading pulled surplus bullets.

Anyone else using 3031? What calibers are you loading and are you having success?
If you hate 3031 can you tell me why?

[ShooterAZ]

I use it in most of my .30 cals, 30-30, 30-06, 308, 7.62x54R. Also in 7x30 Waters. I like it a lot.

[fishhawk]

IMR 3031 works good in my 375 win BB

[44man]

Great powder and like 4895 works great in many calibers, 30-30, etc and great in the 45-70 too.
It was my powder of choice when I had a .222 also.

[truckerdave397]

I have used 3031 in 243 and 22-250 with very good luck.

[DLCTEX]

It is my accuracy powder in 22-250. 31 gr. behind 55gr. Gold match is a tackdriver for me.

[Bohica793]

36gr under an NOE 460-405 in 45/70 is a beautiful thing.

[tsubaki]

For the 30'06 I'm using a normal hunting load of 48.0gr with a 150gr PSP and then a real fast booger with 53.0gr behind a 150gr FMJ scooting out there at 3120fps.
The 45/70 now gets 56.0gr with the 300gr JHP. I did have it up to 60.0gr but that load ended up being pointless.

I expect to start experimenting with real boolits for the 45/70 soon as I get the pistol boolits going.

[Pistol Champ]

I load 125 gr in my 475 A&M mag with a 500 gr bullet

[LAGS]

I just started using it in my 35 Whelen, and am going to try it in my 8 x 57 Mausers.
So far the whelen with Heavy C B's likes it
I used it years ago in my 30/30 and was very pleased

[John Guedry]

Use it in 45/70 works good.

[case931]

Pretty much accepted as "the" 308 Winchester accuracy load in the 60's and 70's. The AMTU at Fort Benning used it as their standard 300 meter load with a 168 sierra for a long time. Still good today.

[Yodogsandman]

Pretty much accepted as "the" 308 Winchester accuracy load in the 60's and 70's. The AMTU at Fort Benning used it as their standard 300 meter load with a 168 sierra for a long time. Still good today.

Welcome to the site! Thank you for an enlightening first post, I didn't know that. I'll have to try it in the 308.:drinks:

[Cmm_3940]

.30-06 and .223

[jrmartin1964]

I have used 3031 with success in virtually every cartridge I shoot that uses a Large Rifle primer, including but not limited to: 220 Swift, 243 Winchester, 257 Roberts, 6.5mm Carcano, 7mm Mauser, 30 Remington, 30-30, 308 Winchester, 30-40 Krag, 30-06, 7.65mm Mauser, 303 British, 8mm Mauser, 35 Remington, 375 Winchester, 11mm Mauser, and 45-70. It is an extremely versatile powder, and one of my favorites for 35 years.

[aharlow]

Use it for my 45-70 loads and love it so far. Pretty clean burning and fills the case very nicely with my 405 Gr. Lee cast boolits. So far besides using Reloader 7, when i can find it, this is one of my favorites for this caliber.

[rjh245]

.30-06 and .223

I never tried it in the .223. Is that a compressed load?

[pworley1]

Most everything already mentioned plus 43 Spanish.

[mrbill2]

3031 in the 308 with cast bullets from 190 to 220 grs. work for me in all 4 of my 308's.
Remington, Howa, Savage, Ruger.

[GabbyM]

Tried it in my 223 and 270 back in the 1970's. Had to weigh every charge to make the long stick powder work. Maybe I just needed a better powder measure but I'm lazy. So I migrated to easy measure powder. It's however obviously been a very successful powder.

IMR has a whole new line of powders out. Placing in limbo the future of some of our old standbys.

[35 shooter]

3031 has been a good powder in most of my rifle calibers over the years to one degree or another for jacketed bullets, which by the way, i no longer shoot. As far as cast go it has worked well with 200gr. boolits in 35 whelen at both moderate and faster speeds.

[plainsman456]

I hate it so much i have been working on a 20 lb.keg,for quite a while.

I even have a few 4lbs.somewhere around here.

Goes bang in just about anything.

[retread]

30-06, 30-30, 30-40 Krag. 3031 is a very versatile powder.

[Le Loup Solitaire]

I use a lot of it in 30-06, but in several other caliber as well such as the 30/30,38/55, 348,405 and the 45/70. Meters well and burns clean. Usually easy to find around. LLS

[1911cherry]

I use it in .223 and .308 pretty much works in all rifle calibers I load, actually that's why I tried it , I saw it was a common powder to several calibers in a manual I was browsing. I have tried other powders for .308 but I stay with Hodgdon products, if it aint broke...

[MtGun44]

Originally created for the . . . . . . . can you guess??

303 Brit cartridge --- 303-1, designation.

So, should be fine in any of the early 1900s or late 1890s bottlenecked military cartridges and similar
civilian rounds.

Bill

[Bullwolf]

I use IMR 3031 with .223, 30-30, 30-40 Krag, 7.63x39, 308 Win, and 30'06.

About the only 30 caliber that I don't use IMR 3031 with is the 300 Winchester Magnum. I use 4831 more than anything else in the 300 Win Mag.

I'm pretty sure I could come up with a 300 Win Mag load that worked well using IMR 3031 and lighter bullets (100-130 grains) if I ever took the time to try.

IMR 3031 has long been one of my go to powders.



- Bullwolf

[echo154]

I use it for my 45-70 with 350 Hornady Fps….ba!!s accurate at just under full tilt. I recently picked up some R7 after reading good reviews on it here and at Marlin owners for the 45-70.

[Djones]

I like it in my 32 win spec.

Only complaint is the long extruded sticks

[No_1]

It is my go to in 45-70 and have used it with success in my 375 Winchester.

[ballistim]

I've only used it in my 30-3O's, worked great with them.

[cuzinbruce]

Good in 35 Remington

[44man]

Tried it in my 223 and 270 back in the 1970's. Had to weigh every charge to make the long stick powder work. Maybe I just needed a better powder measure but I'm lazy. So I migrated to easy measure powder. It's however obviously been a very successful powder.

IMR has a whole new line of powders out. Placing in limbo the future of some of our old standbys.
Yeah, need to weigh, even my Redding measure has a problem with it, like 4759. I fear our best powders will end too. I bought 16# of 4759 so I have over 20# now. So old it will be in my will! :holysheep The only newer powder I like is Varget but can't find any. Kind of broke anyway.

[RugerFan]

IMR 3031 is my go-to powder with cast in .30 cal cartridges (.308, 30-06, 7.62x54R, 7.5 Swiss). Good accuracy at hunting velocities with 150-200 gn boolits.

[jeepyj]

I use it for my Thompson 223 barrel. I trickle every one because of the length but am very happy with the grouping.
Jeepyj

[hickfu]

Ive used it in my 300 Sav, 35 Rem, 222 and 45-70... very good powder

[Ido356]

I use it for 308, and 30-06, and after seeing all the posts on this thread, I now know why the last time I was at the reload supply shop they didn't have any, lol.

[acrijos]

25 gr of 3031 behind a 173 gr boolit for 30-30. A favorite load!

[TXGunNut]

I've used it in load development for several cartridges and I'm currently trying it in the 300 Savage. Some other powder always seems to work a little better for my favorite loads but it always works pretty well in almost every cartridge I've tried it in, probably one of the most versatile powders on my shelf.