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View Poll Results: Which company do you think makes the best/most consistent smokeless powder? Any why?

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  • Hodgdon

    22 22.92%

  • Accurate

    6 6.25%

  • Alliant

    30 31.25%

  • IMR

    9 9.38%

  • Vihta Vuori

    22 22.92%

  • Winchester

    3 3.13%

  • Norma

    1 1.04%

  • Other

    3 3.13%
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Thread: Which powder companies tend to make the best smokeless powder?

  1. 06-21-2020, 12:05 PM #61
    kenton
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    I actually just looked a Vihta Vuori online data and it seems to be pretty comprehensive as well. I had honestly never looked for their data since I'm not sure I have ever seen any of their powder available locally.
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  2. 06-22-2020, 12:21 PM #62
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    Right now ,I am very happy & impressed with the powder sold under the Shooters World label.
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  3. 06-22-2020, 03:59 PM #63
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yooper003 View Post
    Right now ,I am very happy & impressed with the powder sold under the Shooters World label.
    The more of their powders I try the more impressed I am.
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  4. 06-22-2020, 10:11 PM #64
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    FWIW, I don't think I've ever had a 'bad' powder. I've had some that were 'dirtier' than others, like 2400. But, when they perform well the extra residue doesn't bother me.
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  5. 06-23-2020, 02:53 PM #65
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    Which one is best? The one that goes BANG!!!!

    I have to admit...I buy mostly Hodgdon powders...here is the reason why...its right on their website. (Same reason I'm a Buck knife fan too)

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  6. 06-24-2020, 01:23 AM #66
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    I'm waiting on a keg of Shooter's world precision... I was supposed to be here yesterday...
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  7. 06-29-2020, 10:43 AM #67
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    Which one is best is in the "eyes of the beer holder"!
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  8. 07-01-2020, 11:30 AM #68
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    That's a hard one to answer - some folks like apples and some oranges.

    I can only base it on what I like to use . . . and there are limitations to that depending on what your powder supplier carries. I kind of doubt if anyone has used every brand to the point that they can make a factual statement as to which is "best". Best for what? Rifle . . pistol . . . shotgun?

    Personally, I've used a number of different manufacturer's but it usually has been based on what is available and on the shelf for what I'm loading/shooting and I don't shoot enough to warrant buying a half dozen different pounds of powder to "try them" to see which is "best" - especially at the price of a pound of powder.

    For myself . . . I tend to use Alliant powders most of the time - again - because it's available where I buy it. Is it the "best"? Might be . . might not be . . . . . but it works . . . but then so do the other brands.
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  9. 07-01-2020, 06:11 PM #69
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    Some powder from some companies I've bought, have not worked well. Like any spherical powder, I don't like it. So the powder companies that make mostly spherical powder, I'll not like; kinda. Powder companies that make mostly extruded powder, I'll like!

    With my 357 I use H110; and have used it well in the 44mag.
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