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Thread: Good all around powder for cast, 30 cals

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hickory View Post
    IMR 4895 can be used in everything from .222 Remington up to 458 Winchester magnum.
    That would be correct if talking about jacketed bullets. It's ver versatile in cast loads, but not all areas of cast bullet shooting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vzerone View Post
    That would be correct if talking about jacketed bullets. It's ver versatile in cast loads, but not all areas of cast bullet shooting.
    Your correct, cast do eat different.
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    You can find a powder that will "work" in all of the calibers listed but it will not "work the best." You will find that guns in the same caliber might require different powders in each to work the best. Guns are like women, no two alike, thank goodness.

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    I use imr 4227 quite a bit for 308 and 7.62x39

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    Quote Originally Posted by vzerone View Post
    Let me see if I understand you correctly. You're saying 2400 is not position sensitive. Well Larry Gibson did an extensive and very well done test of 2400 with a 44 magnum and a 30-30 both shot from TC Contenders. He found it was position sensitive and his test was ditto 100% what an Alliant Techinical Service Rep told me about the different era's of 2400.

    its a very interesting article(http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...s-vs-Alliant-B).

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    I feel like I must be missing something here. The obvious answer to the OP is Trail Boss. Fill 'er up and you're good to go---no load data needed, and one powder works for all.

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    I have not found a powder better than Reloader #7 for cast bullet loads for 30-30 Win, 308 Win, and 30-06 Springfield.
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check