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Thread: 10 Grs. Unique. The Universal Cast Boolit Rifle Load?

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    Rich I have only used Unique so far for the grandsons 30/30 and it is a great light load powder, that and I got a 4 lber that someone gave the son inlaw. I have not tried any others yet and I am interested with what you come up with. Good luck with your load developement and have fun . Boon

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    Rich,,,,I have used the same mold (311413) in the .308 with 10-11 grains of Unique....seems to work well up to 50-75 yds....but the groups wander at 100 yds.

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    Ten Unique works well in my 45-70 with a 300 grain cast. Nice easy, accurate, plinking load you can shoot all day. It is somewhat more accurate with a small wad of polyester in my gun.

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    Unique (Universal Clays) is one of the most flexible powders>I use it in my 32 mag.45 acp. 41 mag 32 S&W long 45-70, military cast. Differant charges of course but works well,

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    Well, for these, I ended up going with 11.5 grains of SR7625 because I was running shorter of Unique than I thought. It still shot well enough to give the boy some worthwhile trigger time with his deer rifle. I need to cast a batch of 311291s and then I'll try the 10 grains of Unique for sure.

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    I just got done reading everyones posts. The whole idea of having a light plinking load for my favorite rifle is awesome. I was given several hundred pound of free lead, and I just bought a .309 150gr fp mold. I'll now be able to shoot 1000 rounds for the price of 80 rounds of the cheapest Walmart ammo, and with no kick either. Thanks for all the info.

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    Guys, have alook at Hogdon,s Trail Boss powder light loads and good case fill.Gerry.

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    IMHO Trail Boss isn't quite as good for plinkers in rifle cases as Unique. Of course I may be a little biased since I been using Unique for 40 years. I do like TB in 44/45 pistol loads.

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    Of course with TB you lose the economy of the unique loads.
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    10 grains of Unique in my .38-55 is a soft accurate load. I am still trying for a good load of TB.

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    10 grs unique

    I am wondering would 10 gr unique work in a 25/06 with 120 gr cast bullets??

    Bill

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    7mm-08 anyone

    anyone have a Unique plinking load for the 7mm-08 kimber bolt action 22" barrel?
    Thanks

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    Would 10 grs of Unique be a good starting for the 234 and 6.5x55 with cast boolits?
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    17 grs of Unique behind a 160 gr g/c gives me 1-1.5" groups at 100 yds out of a Model 70 ought-6. Kicks like a 30-30.

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    How about the Russian Unique powder? It seems to burn cleaner for me but I have not used it in rifle loads yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lastborn View Post
    anyone have a Unique plinking load for the 7mm-08 kimber bolt action 22" barrel?
    Thanks
    I don't use unique in my 7mm08, but 16 grains of 2400 under a soupcan boolit is just DANDY.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CENTEX BILL View Post
    I am wondering would 10 gr unique work in a 25/06 with 120 gr cast bullets??

    Bill
    Can't say for sure, but yesterday,with my .250 Sav Mdl 16, I discovered that 9.5g of Unique and a Cramer 55A of 105g gave me a 1.1" 5 shot group at 100 yds. I haven't tried 10g yet, but 9.0g was not a good load. Since your case is quite a bit bigger, I think that 10g and a 120g cast would be safe.--Shuz
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eagles6 View Post
    17 grs of Unique behind a 160 gr g/c gives me 1-1.5" groups at 100 yds out of a Model 70 ought-6. Kicks like a 30-30.
    I wonder if 17Gr. would be too hot in a .308 with a 314299?

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    Unique

    Been using Unique for years and Dad always says, "There is not a rifle in the world that won't shoot Unique and cast boolits!" Our new pet load....15 gr of Unique and 500 gr Lee cast boolits out of my BMG. Would like to experiment with making a mold and getting up to 700 gr. Anyone have a favorite 30 cal cast boolit for use in sub sonic loads?

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