Alliant Varmint Anyone using it for cast?

[aspangler]

I bought 8 pounds of Varmint for the AR that likes to eat ammo. Got it cheap and it does real well in the AR as well as the bolt gun. I would like to try this with cast in the AR, bolt gun (223) and the 30-30. Anyone using this powder in any of these with cast? What about other calibers? No data that I can find for cast with this powder. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[Bullwolf]

Some loads from Alliant Powders Online Reloader's guide using Varmint in 30-30.
With 130,150 and 170 grain jacketed bullets.
http://www.alliantpowder.com/reloade...0&cartridge=78

Alliant Data for .223 Remington with Power Pro Varmint.
40gr, 50gr, and 55 grain Hornady Vmax, and the Sierra 52 grain BTHP
http://www.alliantpowder.com/reloade...0&cartridge=46


From the American Rifleman June/19/2013.
Some .223 Remington Alliant Power Pro Varmint loads.
http://www.americanrifleman.org/arti...e-the-223-rem/

Varmint
Varmint has a slightly slower burn rate than 1200-R, which makes it useful in the .223 Rem. loaded with 40- to 55-grain bullets. I was a bit disappointed, though, with chronograph readings from four .223 Rem.-chambered rifles that were 200 to nearly 400 fps slower than the velocities Alliant states for Varmint. Alliant lists 50-grain bullets at 3,377 fps with 26.3 grains of Varmint and 3,700 fps for 40-grain bullets with 27.9 grains of the propellant. The Remington’s 24-inch barrel turned in 3,131 fps with 50-grain bullets using 26.3 grains of the propellant, and 40 grainers reached 3,276 fps with 27.5 grains of Varmint. That 40-grain combination lost only 90 fps when fired through a 20-inch barrel.

I've "read" that the burn rate of Power Pro Varmint is very close to Accurate Arms 2460, or that it may even be Old Reloader #12.

The Hornady 9th has some .223 load data using Alliant Power Pro Varmint.

I have not personally tried this powder with any cast boolits loads, but I do see it available often. Sorry that the above is mostly jacketed data, and not cast. Maybe there is still something useful in there.


- Bullwolf

[aspangler]

I have all the jacketed data mentioned above. It works fine with the jacketed bullets but was wondering if maybe someone could steer me to some cast data. May just start at the starting load and work down.