I was given this powder and I’m chewing (crunching) through it. My question is reducing below starting loads with it. I thought I could go through it more quickly in 375 Winchester and 35 Whelen.
My only 375 mold is a Hoch nose pour mold that’s 330 grain. I found data for 38-55 and loaded some up. In a Contender carbine with synthetic stock it wasn’t as fun as I had envisioned. I loaded some of the same bullets with TrailBoss and they were mild. Felt and sounded like 45 Colt. But I still wanna use up the 3031...
Moving on to bigger capacity, l hope the 35 Whelen will be where I can really go through it. I have the Lee six cavity 200 grain flat nose mold. I haven’t even started with this combination because the listed velocity of starting loads seems higher than what seems wise for cast.
There’s instructions in the Lee manual for reducing H4895 loads for cast and I wouldn’t consider 3031 a slow powder and would think it would be fairly safe to go below starting loads with 3031.
Do any of y’all have a mild to weak 3031 35 Whelen load to share??
Thanks in advance!
PS. The gentleman that gave me the powder has passed away and my hunting goal this season is to put venison in the freezer with the 3031 instead of just playing with it. He had a slice of wood in his shop that said “waste not want not”