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    One place that Vitt powders are usually available at are stores or shops that cater to action shooters. They use N310 (45 acp, 40 S&W), N320 (9mm, 40 S&W), N330 (9mm, 40 S&W), N340 (9 major, 38 Super), N350 (38 Super/Supercomp), 3N37 (9 Major, 38 Super/supercomp) and 3N38 (38 Super/Supercomp). N110 doesn't move at all.

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    I went around to find some vv powder for my 45-70s here and i got weird looks and laughed at. Was told since hodgedon was the main seller thats what they try to keep in stock. Was not in a very good mood the rest of that day. But like everything else in libby ya have to go to kalispell to get what ya want unless you want to fight with some idiot. Welcome to 2 weeks from everywhere
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    Powder is getting harder to find. Not as bad as primers, thankfully.....
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    I’ve been using VV powders quite a bit lately. I picked up some N110 for .300 Blackout which was a newborn when this post was started. I haven’t tried that combo yet but have had good luck with N340 and subsonic bolt action loads. Also use N320 in 45 ACP target rounds and N340 in 9mm. All are very consistent, accurate and clean burning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by reddog81 View Post
    I’ve been using VV powders quite a bit lately. I picked up some N110 for .300 Blackout which was a newborn when this post was started. I haven’t tried that combo yet but have had good luck with N340 and subsonic bolt action loads. Also use N320 in 45 ACP target rounds and N340 in 9mm. All are very consistent, accurate and clean burning.
    Interesting. The common thing I hear around my club is that they like N310 with 45 acp and N320 for 9mm and 40 S&W. N340 is usually used for the higher velocity stuff as I mentioned above.

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    N110 is one of the best powders for 44's and 45 colt in strong guns... it can out preform H110 in a 44mag while being flexible enough to load lighter if desired... i always have some, but the loads i use it for are not ones i shoot every week... i buy all my components online as local places have no selection at all and my powder library has 4 or 5 times more selection than i could find in all stores selling powder within 100 miles of here...VV powders are accurate, meter well and burn clean.. but if you can't work up loads and adjust, lack of data is a problem... VV manuals are very limited and the big manual folks don't do much with the VV line.. another drawback is they cost too much for plinking loads, and are more suited to competition and serious target work...

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    VV N110 is a favorite of mine in the 357mag and 30 carbine. Gp

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    I use other VV powders but the N110 is the only powder (and I use a lot of old powders) that has gone bad for me.
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    I'll be pressure/velocity test some N110 in the 44 SPL under the RCBS 44-250-KT on Monday or Tuesday, hopefully......
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    I'm tempted to try it in .44 mag for a lever rifle as more flexible than H110

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    I'm wondering about N110 pressure in .41spl......
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    since the WW296 disappeared here, I only replaced it with VV.N110_
    full loads in over 6" .357 and .44mag. N frames, redux+cast in .444 at .44mag levels.
    it is not an option, but an obligatory choice because around here there is nothing else with the same burning rate that is decent and systematically available.
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    I have been using N110 in my .357 MAX rifle with 200 grain cas boolits. I went to it after finding the spherical, double-based powders like W296 and H110 needed a small rifle magnum primer. I was getting vertical stringing. Inch to inch and a half wide groups 4-5 inches high. N110 is a cut powder and didn't require a magnum primer. I have not tried N120 but will when I find some. I saw VV N110 for sale today at either Mid south or Natchez. I'd put its burning rate at similar ti either Accurate #9 or LilGun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ddixie884 View Post
    I'm wondering about N110 pressure in .41spl......
    A .44 Special prolly needs a faster powder.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim22 View Post
    A .44 Special prolly needs a faster powder.
    yes, same as .38spl. vs. .357mag._ if not dangerous, 110 is plainly wasted in less-than-magnums_ also wasted in short barreled revolvers, imho_
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    I use VV-N110 in 357 Maximum 10"-16" barrels, 150gr - 310gr projectiles, super and subsonic (suppressed). Its like it was made for the Maxi. Super versitile and really clean.

    Graf and Sons had a lot of VV powders in stock just a few weeks ago. I loaded up on over 40lbs of N320, 3N38, N110... I think im good for a while.

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    Larry Gibson got results similar to 2400 in his HV .44spl tests with N110........
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    Quote Originally Posted by Canuck Bob View Post
    It gets great reviews for clean and consistent performance and available locally. Considering it for hi-vel loads in a 32-20.
    Yes. I have been working with VV N110 in my Marlin 1894C levergun in.357 Magnum. I have had trouble with the speherical powders like W296 and H-110 being hard to ignite. They seem to need small rifle magnum powders. N110 is a cut powder and seems to be easier to light. My Speer reloading handbook Number 14 lists a maximum charge of N110 as 15.0 grains ahead of a 158 grain jacketed boolit in a rifle like mine. The boolit I am using is Lee's 158 grain flat point plain bae. In my alloy, COWW, it comes out at 160 grains. One coat of Smoke's John Deere Green and unsized. I have gotten safely to 14.5 grains N110 with no pressure signs. Will try a bit more. I likee the accuracy with a peep sight and a 1/16" brass bead.

    My burning rate chart lists N110 right next to Lil Gun.

    Edit: I just loaded some of the same boolits with 15.0 grains of VV N110. Now I know why the 15.0 grain load is considered tops. The powder is compressed at that load with that boolit at an OAL of 1.58". Hard to get a crimp.
    I'm gonna call this load max. Oh, and Speer lists this load as max velocity of all powders.
    Last edited by Jim22; 07-21-2021 at 02:26 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim22 View Post
    Yes. I have been working with VV N110 in my Marlin 1894C levergun in.357 Magnum. I have had trouble with the speherical powders like W296 and H-110 being hard to ignite. They seem to need small rifle magnum powders. N110 is a cut powder and seems to be easier to light. My Speer reloading handbook Number 14 lists a maximum charge of N110 as 15.0 grains ahead of a 158 grain jacketed boolit in a rifle like mine. The boolit I am using is Lee's 158 grain flat point plain bae. In my alloy, COWW, it comes out at 160 grains. One coat of Smoke's John Deere Green and unsized. I have gotten safely to 14.5 grains N110 with no pressure signs. Will try a bit more. I likee the accuracy with a peep sight and a 1/16" brass bead.

    My burning rate chart lists N110 right next to Lil Gun.
    I hear you on the Spherical powders. Magnum pistol primers have never been that easy to find where I am and right now apparently unobtainium currently. Also H110 isn't that easy to get hold of along with many other US powders.

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