data for imr 4831

[sandman228]

I sold my 243 over the weekend and made a teenager who was saving money for his 1st rifle and his dad very happy . the dad was even more happy when I sold him all the brass dies and bullets I had for it along with the gun . ive got about 3/4 pound of imr 4831 here and the only gun I used it for was the 243 . the only other rifles I load for is 30 30 win and 35 rem and I usually use varget or pistol powders for them. does anyone have any data for this powder with either of those calibers? weather its just plinking lead bullet load or otherwise . I cant find any in my manuals or online and I hate to waist it with the powder situation the way it is today .if not i'll see if my father inlaw can use it for his 7mm08 I guess

[Ben]

I cant find any in my manuals or online

Google is an amazing thing, you should try it.............

http://www.imrpowder.com/basic-manual-inquiry.html

As per the site above in the link :

.243 Win. Load data 100 gr. bullet , IMR 4831 powder.

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[sandman228]

ok ??? maybe my 1st post was misunderstood , I sold the 243 still have imr 4831 here I was looking for data for 30 30 win or 35 rem with 4831

[madsenshooter]

I have an old IMR manual, for the 35 Rem it shows a compressed 43gr load of 4831 under a 200gr j-word yielding 1780fps and only 25,900psi, and also a compressed load of 43.5gr under a 150gr j-word for 1850fps, 21,300psi. The old manual doesn't have any 30-30 loads at all, that's odd. It doesn't appear you could stuff enough 4831 into either cartridge to get yourself in trouble. Although an inefficient burn, I sometimes get some surprising groups out of slow burning powders. Wouldn't recommend them in cold weather unless you use a magnum primer, in fact that might improve the efficiency some in any weather.

[Ben]

Your two cartridges you're interested in using IMR 4831 in need faster burning powder.

You can always find a reloader friend and trade him your 4831 for a faster burning powder that would be suitable .

Ben

[.30/30 Guy]

Many years ago I used 4831 in my .30/30 with great results. I was using about 30 grains of powder with a 170 grain boolit. Expect to see unburned powder in your barrel. I would start at about 30 grains and work up to about 34 grains. Fill a case up to the base of the neck and you should be in the range of 30 grains.

Some time back R5R had a post on using 4831 in the .30/30.

[swheeler]

You want published data- here it is- IMR Handloaders Guide 2002

30-30 150 gr Hornady RN-IMR 4831 38.5 gr C-1925fps-24.1Kcup
30-30 170 gr Rem CL IMR 4831 36.5 gr C-1795 fps-25.1K cup


35 Remington 150 gr Rem PTD SPCL-IMR 4831-43.5 C- 1850 fps-21.3k cup
35 Remington 200 gr Hornady RN- IMR 4831 - 43 gr -1780 fps-25.9k cup