Accurate 2015 in 357 mag rifle.

[garym1a2]

Hello: I have a chance to buy 6 pounds of this powder at a very ggod price. I can find data on it being good in several rifles. But no data on it in 357 RIFLE. I think looking its burn rate than it will be good in the 20 inch Rossi 357.

Any try it?

[madsenshooter]

Too slow, oh it'll burn and it'll make the bullet come out the end of the barrel, but your pressure will be quite low, and perhaps some of it won't burn. The slowest powder listed for the 357 in a rifle on Hodgdon's site is H110. Take a look at this burn chart, http://gsgroup.co.za/burnrates.html and you'll see how much slower 2015 is. Good powder for bottleneck cases though.

[Kraschenbirn]

Agree completely with Madsenshooter. Back in my sillywhet days, I'd easily run through half an 8-pounder each season loading 7BRs for my XP100 but found it, essentially, a non-starter for anything with less case capacity (like any of the .223-based TCU rounds). Still keep some around, though, for use in 7.5x55 and BP-velocity smokeless loads in .45-70.

Bill

[garym1a2]

Thanks, after reading the first post I decided not to buy it. The Gander mountain in St Augustine s getting out of the powder and reloading and had this on sell for $12/pound. 5 pounds worth. I picked up 2 pounds of reloader 10x for $10 each for the AR. No other powder on sell yet.

[jwhite]

I have had pretty good luck using Data 68 which is very close to 2015, in a .357 handi-rifle with a 190gr Ranch Dog. Don't have acess to my notes right now but that is my go to load in the handi-rifle. I get a few unburnt powder pieces but not enough to be an issue.

JW

[sargenv]

I've had good success with 2015 with 55 grain bullets in the AR platform. I could hit a 10" steel plate at 200 yards all day if I wanted to.. which is the most I require of the ammo I shoot lately.. it is likely in the 1-2 moa range (I have not shot it for groups). My load was about a grain under book max and it cycled the ar action just fine.

[Rocky Raab]

Yup, A2015 is a VERY good .223 powder with lighter bullets, even for the AR platform. It's quite close to RL10X, H322 and Benchmark.