Originally Posted by
P Flados
For a long time I was happy with 296. As my stash of 296 was running out, I got a jug of H110. This was also about the time I was changing over from J words to PC coated boolits. I had ignition problems with the boolits / H110 combination and gave up on H110 for the max.
I looked hard at Lil Gun, but saw too much stuff about it having problems.
Others have reported good 4227 results in the Max, but when I tried it, I did not like it. My gun got "happy" accuracy wise at nothing less than a full charge worked up during the winter. This same load seemed "too hot" in the summer.
I found some Wc 680 (milsurp version of 1680) and found it much to my liking. I started watching for it, found some and stocked up on it. I will probably have some leftover for my son when I am gone. The second purchase was almost 4 years ago (just before things went nuts).
If I were searching for powders at this point, I would take what I could find from the following list:
1680, N110, Enforcer, Accurate 4100, AA 9, SW Blackout.
As a warning, the above are powders that seem to behave well and have the right burn rate. Unfortunately, available load data could be a problem.