Hey all. I recently grabbed several hundred of the wood tipped cartridges. I plan to load these with reduced cast loads. I'm very likely going to charge them with IMR 4227. However, I am a waste not, want not type...and would like to repurpose this powder. The cases contain just under 24gr of this stuff...of the samples 23.8 and 23.9 consistently. I could load a lot of reduced rifle loads, or a large number of pistol rounds.
Reading says this stuff is very similar to Unique. Does anyone know if faster or slower? If the statement is true, I should be able to make loads for all calibers I currently own and load for, and calibers I intend to load for (guns I am buying, but have not paid off yet).
Calibers
.45acp
9x18
7x57
8x57
6.5x55
I can find Unique loads for all of these. Math tells me that I will have about 1.3lbs of powder if I can scavenge it all.
Thoughts?