Originally Posted by
Ron of Va
I bought some of that stuff at the Richmond Virginia gun show on Saturday. The guy said that they had loaded all the ammo on the table that was for sale with that particular powder. I bought an 8 lb. jug. After thinking about it, I went back and bought another 5 one pound containers.
Sunday, I loaded up about 10 rounds individually, of 45 ACP, 38 special, 40 S&W. and took them out to run them through my chronograph.
The granular appearance of the powder was that of a large flake, looking like small paper wads of a shotgun shell. From what I can tell from reviewing the load data on the label, the burn rate is about the same as VihtaVouri N340. That is as close as I could come.
This powder would NOT meter through my Harrell’s powder measure. With no change on the dial, the powder charge could be from 2 to 6 grains. I was almost in a panic. I remembered that the guy said that all the bullets for sale on the table were loaded with this powder. So I loaded the powder in my Dillon S1050 and to my surprise, the powder metered perfectly from the Dillon.
I am worried about the 45 acp. Here is the load data.
38 special. 158g Label recommends 4.9g producing velocity of 950fps
My load: 158g @ 4.6g 796 to 897 fps.
40 S&W 165g Label recommends 5.8 producing velocity of 1050fps
My load: 165g @ 5.5 producing 898 to 940 fps
45 acp 230g Label recommends 5.8 producing velocity of 850 fps
My load; 230g @ 5.5g producing 1188 to 1199 fps