Getting to love Trail Boss!

[Jon K]

Powder Valley........$85.50/5#

Jon

[BCB]

Here they are sold in 5# jugs, about $100 shipped.

where do you get a 5-pound jug for $100 including the shipping and hazmet fee?...

I am ready to order...

BCB

[BCB]

Powder Valley........$85.50/5#

Jon

That price is deceptive as there is no shipping and hazmet fee included…

I recently placed an order to Powder Valley and it was for over $300.00…

I took the shipping charges and the hazmet fee and applied it to each product I received. I put it in a ratio and proportion (as to listed prices) so all was fairly distributed among all of the products…

My 5 pounds of Trail Boss cost a total of $92.01. Or about $18.40 per pound…

I think it would be tough to beat that price…

Good-luck…BCB

[DukeInFlorida]

I'm using Trail Boss in my .500 S&W Magnum! I can fire even the heaviest of bullets with no more recoil than a .38 special.

I love the stuff!

Been buying the 9 ounce plastic cans, and will have to look into the 5 pounder.

You guys have all seen this pdf file, right?
http://www.hodgdon.com/PDF/Trail-Boss-data.pdf

The suggestion is that you "Don't crush the donuts!"

Other than that, you can fill the case right up with the stuff, and never go over pressure!

[warf73]

My 5 pounds of Trail Boss cost a total of $92.01. Or about $18.40 per pound…

I think it would be tough to beat that price…

Good-luck…BCB

For my plinking load I use Red Dot or Herco it's $14.35 per pound if I purchase it by the pound.
If buying in the 8lbs keg its $12.31 per pound so it's not really "tough to beat" its just what do you want to do with what powder.
The price has held me back from TB and many others also I'm betting.

[BCB]

For my plinking load I use Red Dot or Herco it's $14.35 per pound if I purchase it by the pound.
If buying in the 8lbs keg its $12.31 per pound so it's not really "tough to beat" its just what do you want to do with what powder.
The price has held me back from TB and many others also I'm betting.

If you get Red Dot for that price today $14.35 per pound, that is amazing! And even more amazing is the fact that you can get it for $12.31 per pound if you purchase bulk...

You certainly must live in the area of Powder Valley and you can go pick it up at those prices...

Those are the prices he lists and that is before shipping and hazmet...

I wish I have a local gun store that sold it that cheap...

But, I do like TB because I just work the powder thrower and seat the boolit. A quick glance into the case is all that is required...

BCB

[Shooter6br]

Make mine Unique or Universal Clays

[warf73]

If you get Red Dot for that price today $14.35 per pound, that is amazing! And even more amazing is the fact that you can get it for $12.31 per pound if you purchase bulk...

You certainly must live in the area of Powder Valley and you can go pick it up at those prices...

Those are the prices he lists and that is before shipping and hazmet...

I wish I have a local gun store that sold it that cheap...

But, I do like TB because I just work the powder thrower and seat the boolit. A quick glance into the case is all that is required...

BCB

Yes I live within 40 miles of them, I get all my reloading supplies from.

[abunaitoo]

How are you finding loads for Trail Boss????
Would the Blue Dot formula work the same way????

[405]

TB load data? You can go to the IMR/Hodgdon site and look up the data for the cartridges they have tested. Or, you can call their technical hot line and maybe get an idea of guidelines for its use. Make no mistake, it is a fast powder- just such low density that it is hard to get too much in a "normal" cartridge in a modern gun to blow it up. I wouldn't bet on some of the very large capacity cartridges or large capacity/over-bore cartridges or large capacity cartridges in older, weaker BP era guns though.

[BCB]

Yes I live within 40 miles of them, I get all my reloading supplies from.

warf73,

You are a lucky guy to live that close to Powder Valley...

BCB

[Froggfuzz]

Landric,

While searching for .38 Special and .357 Magnum loads for a 200 grain swaged Winchester RN at .362" diameter (I think originally intended for .38 S&W-I happen to have about 1200 of them), I noted your post that you used Trail Boss for IDPA. Would you please share the details of that load with me?

I am looking for an easy shooting plinking load for my K and N frame Smiths and in Colt SAA second gen. and Officer's Match revolvers as well as a .357 Rossi Puma.

Thanks,

Froggfuzz

[JScott]

I recently tried some in 38 Special with favorable results. 3.5 gr under an RCBS 38-150-KT gave me 724 fps and were very consistent with a Standard Deviation of 10.6 fps(10 shots). This was out of a S&W Model 64 DAO with a 4 inch barrel. Accuracy was very good with 10 shots going about 2.5 inches at 50 ft. This was a very pleasant load to shoot and did not appear smokey. No leading with bullets of about 10.5 BHN either. Keep in mind it was only about 20 degrees out so you may get different results in warmer weather. I thought the accuracy was very acceptable for a fixed sight, double action-only revolver. I will be loading up more and might bump the charge a couple of tenths to try and get around 800 fps.

[stubshaft]

I tried in in my K-hornet and was not too impressed (3.0 - 4.0 with a 225450). I'll try a lighter charge with my PB and see what happens. Just loaded a bunch of 223's with Bators and the 450 over 7.8gr. Will see tomorrow how they shoot.

[Floydster]

Been using it in my .38 Spl., .357 mag and my 45 ACP for the last two years, I just love this powder for cast bullets--- if you haven't tried it, you are missing out
Floydster

[ItZaLLgooD]

I just bought a can for loading up some plinkers for the S+W 460. Any suggestions for TB and a 255gr RNFP? Does it smoke like black powder?

[Beerd]

look here:
http://www.hodgdon.com/PDF/Trail-Boss-data.pdf
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[KCSO]

1 Shirt you might try 5 grains of Trail Boss undr a 90 grain 32 acp bullet a real nice quiet plinker load and accurate in my Parker Hale 303.

[63 Shiloh]

I am using a very similar load KCSO, using a 85gn 32-20 HP bullet and 7gn of TB.

Vert accurate and has allowed me to use my .303 for bunny and fox shooting without the BOOM.

Mike

[quilbilly]

I have been testing TB in my 338 WinMag with some interesting results. At 70% caseful the MV was 1400 fps and wouldn't stabilize the boolit (Lee 220 gr GC). At 95% the MV is 1644 fps but going to the 100% caseful, the MV drops back to 1550 fps. That 95% load is the most precise I have ever chronographed and in the seven shot test only varied 4 fps. At 1644 the boolit is stabilized and I hope soon to get it out to the 100 yd range to see how accurate my cast boolits are.
FYI - 95% full is one full 45-70 case which I now use as an easy measure.