Accurate Powder 5744

[RugerFan]

5477 generally needs...

5477 is my...

You mean 5744 right? Or is there a new powder I'm unaware of?

[Larry Gibson]

You mean 5744 right? Or is there a new powder I'm unaware of?

Its 5744 for sure..........sometimes my fingers get ahead of me.....thanks for the catch.

Larry Gibson

[RugerFan]

Its 5744 for sure..........sometimes my fingers get ahead of me.....thanks for the catch.

Larry Gibson

Just checking. I did the same thing when posting about a different powder a while back.

[Reload3006]

I loaded up 10 7x57 20gr atop a wwlr primer sitting on top of that Was an RCBS 7mm-168-SP lubed with Jakes Purple. All I could get was aluminum gas checks the load was fairly accurate for a while but was getting leading at the muzzle. think I am going to back off 4 grains and try it again or shelve it until I can get a guiding metal check. Accuracy was amazing until leading became a problem.

[OregonCaster]

Amazingly accurate powder for cast rifle cartridges, glad I bought 2 8lb kegs when I did if I recall about $120 per keg.

[rintinglen]

It's a good cast boolit powder, being on a par with IMR4759, but too darned expensive in my neck of the woods. It runs nearly 40% higher than most Hogdon or Alliant powders hereabouts.

I tried it some years back in 30-30, 30-40 and 30-06 and had generally good results, but nothing extraordinary. I have been hesitant to get too heavily dependant on it, because availability has been spotty. AA powders burst on the scene, were cheap, but then got rare, changed, and expensive. I tend to stick with IMR, Hogdon and Alliant powders these days, because they have been more consistently available and more consistent lot to lot. But 5744 shows up as a top choice for rifle cartridges very frequently in Lyman's #4 Cast Bullet Manual.

[9w1911]

why is it so expensive?