It's certainly not my favorite, being such a pain to measure/meter, but I have a really dumb question. I see it used in handgun and rifle loads, but the rifle charges are really really small, 5 grains or so - why? I should know this one...
It's certainly not my favorite, being such a pain to measure/meter, but I have a really dumb question. I see it used in handgun and rifle loads, but the rifle charges are really really small, 5 grains or so - why? I should know this one...
Sometimes you want a really light plinker load, and small charges of fast burning shotgun and pistol powders work well.
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If the charge was too big the pressures would be too. 700x is too fast to use in large quantities, it is a great target load shotgun and pistol powder though.
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I use alot of it in 8mm,45/70,308,30/06,11mm. It simply shoots very good in all of them
Thanks, just curious. Always something else to learn.
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