In our 12ga tests the VV110 was close to and operated like 4759.
Just don't let it get real, real cold. It is better in the cold than 4227,
which is why I stopped using 4227.
Using 4744 for compressed wad/sabot/shotcup loads for slugs is NOT safe,
by any means of measuring, and can damage the heaviest of guns
if larger amounts are in use. If slugs are loaded down at safe levels
with small amounts, might as well use other stuff that has none of
the same pressure spiking problems..Ed
Dig out the credit cards, boys.
Ed,
What about RL7 or is that crazy?
John
Ed,
What about VV105? I was gift a couple of pounds of this stuff.
BB
Originally Posted by bhn22
Done, my shipment was picked up by FedEx this afternoon. Now to explain to the wife why I NEEDED more powder.
BB
Gotta a good laugh at some of the silly nonsense that gets posted about
various manufacturers.
Bill
If it was easy, anybody could do it.
Im gonna miss 7625...lots of good low pressure loads for the old guns...anybody know if theres anything close enough to it for a replacement?
FYI, Powder Valley has 4759 as of now if you are interested. I just ordered 32 lbs. Get it while you can!
NRA Endowment member, TSRA Life member, Distinguished Rifleman, Viet Nam Vet
At the moment I use 7625 for lower pressure 10 , 12 , 16 and 20 gauge loads looks as if Hogdons Universal Clays , Aliants Unique and possibly Green Dot might be decent replacements . But that's just what I'm seeing from the variousr load tables .
Parker's , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines
Well that kinda bites! I was hoping to get some 4759 because I happened into a pile of 100 gr .277 bullets last week and thought that would be a fun powder and bullet combo to load for Miss K and I to play with. Dang it! I guess I'll have to look into 2400 or something similar, or a full powder load, but I hate to do that because it takes so much powder for those lighter bullets.
Rats! Just my luck, I'd buy stock in air the week people decide to stop breathing!
Raisin' Black Angus cows, outta gas, outta money, outta tags, low on boolits, but full 'a hope on the Rocky Mountain Eastern Slope!
Why does a man with a 7mag never panic buy? Because a man with a 7mag has no need to panic!
"If you ain't shootin', you should be reloadin' if you ain't reloadin' you should be movin', if you ain't movin', somebody's gonna come by and cut your head off and put it on a stick!" Words to fight by, from Clint Smith
Just added another 8 lbs today. Came by FedEx through the snow and cold weather. Took an extra week but it finally made it.
Just when I bought a lb of PB to try for low pressure loads in an older 12 GA.
Man, that does suck. I don't even USE any of those powders - I don't have any current applications for them, and maybe never will.... but.... I've seen some of those powders listed in so many loads, particularly "special applications" (like low pressure loads for shotguns, for example), that it does seem like a loss for us as a shooting / reloading community. Seems like these powders filled some unique roles that may be hard to fill with something else.......
Total BS rumors!
I went and picked up for a friends gunshop at one of our distributers last thursday . I was able to get an 8 pounder of SR7625 for myself .
Looks as if I'll be going back in 4-6 weeks . And if I'm lucky I'll try and score another SR7625 8 pounder for myself and that oughtta handle a very large portion of my shotgun loading for several years .
Parker's , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines
Not long ago I got some SR 4756 of 8 lbs of it so i am set now that is not counting the about 2 lbs more i had. When i first hear about it and seen that it was not a fake I got the 8lbs. also I was at one shop and they told me that they did not had that powder for about 10 years now so.I ask them how come it is still in the reloading handbook.They said it was not up dated. Well I got what I wanted and I am set now. Like on some other powders .
Life Member of NRA,NTA,DAV ,ITA. Also member of FTA,CBA
4756 will work for lower pressure loads in the 16 and 20 I believe as I've used it some and still have a couple pounds . I just went to 7625 because of my Short 10 loads . And it pretty much covers everything I wanna do with every gauge except perhaps the 410 . But I keep H110 or 296 for that one .
Parker's , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines
Unique is where I'd look
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response from Chris Hodgdon re; 4759, 4756 & 7625 is attached.
BB
O/P attached link with email from Chris Hodgdon from December 2013 from Brian Enos Forum. This issue has been well settled for months. Done deal.
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