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    Somchem Powder

    I came across some of their data while looking up some 38 Super loads on Load Data. Didn't know this company even exists. Are there any firms selling their powders in the U.S?

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    That I am aware of, they do not have a direct retailer in the US. I think Western imports some of their ball powders and rebadges them.
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    Somchem powders are manufactured in SA. Here it is the only powder type available to reloaders. I have had great results with S365 in my 300wsm, S335 in my 22-250 and 308. If you are interested I can add the Somchem load data for you as I have Somchem load data manual.

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    If you dont care to send me a PDF of it I'd like to add it to castpics. Staff (at) castpics.net
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    wiljen, just you the mail with the pdf attached. Hope it can help someone.

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    Cool, I found an older one the other day and added all the data to the load lookups on Castpics. I'll add this one to the downloadable manuals so people have a choice.
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    Pleasure, the only major change from the old one is the S335. It is now a tad hotter. This was from lot 699 onwards i beleave. You will see the 22-250rem have been adjusted for but none of the other calibres changed.

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