olin 540 powder

[chevyiron420]

hi folks, i have a near full can of this powder and i would like to make some use of it if posible in some handguns. possible calibers are 32H&R MAG with 100 grain cast plain base boolit, 38S&W with 158 cast plain base boolit, 44MAG lite load with 215 cast plain base. does anyone have any data on this?-phil:castmine:

[oso]

I only have about a dozen pounds of it left. I use HS6 data for it.

[Lloyd Smale]

like oso said its hs6 packaged in a ww can.

[xtimberman]

W-540 (HS-6) is a great powder in the Unique-Herco class. It meters particularly well and is clean-burning in high-pressure low-capacity rounds like 9mm and .40 S&W.

I can't offer experience in your first two cartridges, but I believe that it would work well in both - particularly the .32 H&R. I've loaded and shot many .44 mag. midrange loads with that powder - using 240-265gr. bullets - and it's a favorite.

W-540 is my #1 favorite gunpowder for 9mm Luger.

xtm

[Harry O]

W540 is a great powder for the .32 Mag. I use 4.5gr of it with an RCBS 98gr cast RNFP. That closely duplicates the .32 Mag lead bullet factory load.

I recently used up a pound of the stuff I was given and have moved to HS-6 without changes

[DonH]

It is probably irrelavent at this point because 540 is no longer marketed but properly HS 6 is 540.

[Cherokee]

Great powder, still got 12+ pounds of it.