sundog
11-22-2009, 09:15 PM
I'm resurrecting a topic that had a thread way back in the archives. Several of us tossed this around for a week or so. I finally shot some of it in a .357 with a 148 gr WC. I tried 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0. I only shot a few rounds of each, just for grins. The 3.0 load smoked the case mouth just a little. The other two will need to be shot on paper just to see, and across the chrono to verify. Bore had a little trash with each load, indicating possibly that it wants more pressure for a cleaner burn. I'll decide that when I see what the velocity is and how it prints. So, even at 5 grains, with 5 lbs of powder, that's 7K rounds. That's enough to make it worthwhile, eh?
This batch of powder is probably 20-30 years old, in its original 10 lb round cardboard caddy. I smells fine. It looks fine other than its a mix of gray kernal sized from small to dust and rather irregular shape. There are several pounds still in the caddy, so it should be used. Even if it's used for nothing more than plinking loads. The caddy says it's for 12 ga target and skeet loads. Just thought I'd post a follow up in case anyone might be interested.
This batch of powder is probably 20-30 years old, in its original 10 lb round cardboard caddy. I smells fine. It looks fine other than its a mix of gray kernal sized from small to dust and rather irregular shape. There are several pounds still in the caddy, so it should be used. Even if it's used for nothing more than plinking loads. The caddy says it's for 12 ga target and skeet loads. Just thought I'd post a follow up in case anyone might be interested.