Longshot for a 44 mag, using a Lee Loader to pound them all together.
Longshot for a 44 mag, using a Lee Loader to pound them all together.
Sometimes I think we make things harder than they have to be
IMR4064 for the '06 in '73
In 1958 I dropped 3031 into a 30-30 case.
Disclaimer: The above is not holy writ. It is just my opinion based on my experience and knowledge. Your mileage may vary.
HP38 into a 38spl case. Spring of 1997. It was for a very cheap Heritage Arms snubby. It was a gift and it lasted a me a whole 4 years before the barrel unscrewed itself.
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"If the enemy is in range, so are you." - infantry journal
The very "first" powder I ever dropped was DuPont FFFG Black Powder . . . back when it was 75 cents a pound! What can I say? I'm old! I still have the can somewhere with the 75 cent price marked on it in black grease pencil. At the same time, I could buy a tin of Remington percussion caps for 25 cents a tin of 100.
The first smokeless I ever dropped was Bulls Eye - my favorite - in 38 Special.
Titegroup for .45 acp and IMR3031 for .223 ,now my favorite powder is 2400
AR15 goes bang, AK47 goes bang, Mosin goes boom...
IMR 3031 in the .303 British.
It was DuPont Hi-Skor 700X in a 8oz can while I was stationed in Germany in 82/83, for both 9MM and 45ACP. I soon learned to translate German and was using Rottweiler powders, as DuPont were the only American powders I could find at the time.
IMR 3031 for me as well for my 303 British
IMR 4350 for my XL7 30.06 when I finally started reloading on my own back in 2009.
i started with cast loads with Unique in a Ruger 45 about 20 years ago. But I reloaded 6.5X55 with H380 then switched to Re 22 about 25 years ago.
Bullseye in .45 acp. 1970.
Unique in .44 Magnum. 1988.
Most people would sooner die than think, in fact, they do so. -B. Russell
I think it was IMR 4350 in a 7x57 Mauser.
IMR4831. 270Win. 1972. Coaching by Jack and Elmer.
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IMR4198 in a .222 Remington in 1960.
Unique in a .45 acp. I still like that combination.
IMR 4227 dipped into .44 Magnum, under #429303 boolits using a Lee Loader.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |