I must be the odd man out here because I bought a 12 pound keg of it a few years ago and it probably still has 11 pounds left. I haven’t really found anything it can do that I can’t do with other powders.
NRA Endowment Member
Armed people don't march into gas chambers.
4759 is the Darlin' of many single shot shooters. Like Elkins45, I have not found it to do anything that I cannot do with other powders. And I've used it in a bunch of different loadings. I think I still have a pound or two on the shelf - hmmm, might sell them at the next single shot match.
It ain't rocket science, it's boolit science.
It's a great powder for cast, but so is 2400 , and they still make it!
I chased accuracy around for some time when I first stepped into CB’s. SR4759 solves my problems. A B&M powder measure is the only one I trust to drop consistent with it and other stick powders.
I tried them all and consistent results on steel,paper and chrono came with 4759.
I've used 4759 for a long time like many here and stocked up when the discontinuance was announced. However, and I've mentioned this before on the semi-regular 4759 threads... we have a tremendous number of powders available today, even for cast bullet shooters. I probably won't try it until I must, but I'm confident that 4759 results (accuracy and otherwise) can be duplicated with other powders.
From my ASSRA activities, especially advice from their former president, the late Charlie Dell, I have settled on 4759 for original (mild steel) barrels in my single shots... the Green Mountain BP barrel Charlie used to re-barrel my original high wall that became a faux Schuetzen rifle has been shot almost exclusively with 4759.
Back when it was still marginally available I stumbled on an 8 lb jug of surplus powder the seller claimed was actually 4759, and I am using that now as my go-to powder in most single shot apps.
Sure wish I could get a few more pounds, but at my age, I probably won’t use up all I have.
Froggie
"It aint easy being green!"
God rest it’s soul. Long live the?? What else to use.
I've gone to 4227.
I have a small supply. I use it for already developed loads.
Shiloh
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Works great for cast bullets in the 7.62x54r cartridge. My 1935 Finn model 27 loves it. Frank
Je suis Charlie
"A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves."
Bertrand de Jouvenel
“Any government that does not trust its citizens with firearms is either a tyranny, or planning to become one.” – Joseph P. Martino
“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert , in five years there would be a shortage of sand.” – Milton Friedman
"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns; why should we let them have ideas?" - J. Stalin
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 |