800X powder

[ipopum]

I came into a 1# can of 800X and can not remember where it falls in the burning rate. As i remember it was a shotgun powder.

I cannot find loading data for it. Most shot gun powders also work well for cast rifle loads.

What say you?

[Hogtamer]

Reliable old shotgun powder for heavy loads. Doesn’t meter particularly well though. Tons of shotgun data available. Good for 44 mag loads I believe.

[Dusty Bannister]

http://pdf.textfiles.com/manuals/FIR..._reloading.pdf

Perhaps this will give you the answers you need.

[Joe K]

https://accurateshooter.net/pix/burnchart1601op.png

[scattershot]

Here ya go…..

[1006]

357, 40s&w, 10mm, and I use it in the 38-55

[nhithaca]

32 H&R too.

[TNsailorman]

I started out using it in 12 gauge shotgun loads but soon switched to 700X. The 800 burned dirty(filthy really) but did give very good load results. I really believe the reason 800 was so dirty for me was that I was using it for lighter trap and skeet loads and I don't think it was developed for lower pressure loads. I got slightly better results using the 700 so I stayed with it. If someone has one of the older Dupont load manuals it will have the loads for 800X. just my experience anyway. james

[megasupermagnum]

Actually 800x is probably the best low pressure smokeless powder of all time. The fact you had decent results with a light trap load with it, when it has a burn rate closer to Bluedot than Unique should say something. A quick check of load data shows that most 1 1/8 oz loads of 800x in a 12 gauge are in the 5,000 psi range. That's blooper territory for most other powders, but 800x only gets a little dirtier.

[ipopum]

Thanks for the input guys