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Tools and Uses => Reloading => Topic started by: bushidoaa808 on May 18, 2013, 12:18:40 PM

Title: Name your favorite...
Post by: bushidoaa808 on May 18, 2013, 12:18:40 PM

Hey 2A Hawaii gang!

Trying to do some research here and was wondering what your favorite powder is. I know we all have our favorites, and it depends on what caliber and type of load you're doing, but I'm curious to see what the top 10 most popular powders are for both rifle and pistol. If you want to give more than 1 favorite, please feel free to do so.

No need to put your load data, just the caliber loaded (if you'd like), and the type of powder. I'll start it off.

Pistol: 9mm Luger & 45 ACP = Vihtavouri N340 or Winchester 231
Rifle: 223 Rem, 308 Win, 270 Win = Hodgdon Varget or H322 (mainly for 223)

Thanks,
 ;D  :shaka:

Title: Re: Name your favorite...
Post by: Inspector on May 18, 2013, 12:52:50 PM

For 9mm I like Titegroup.
For .223 I like H335 for lighter bullets and Varget for heavier bullets.

Title: Re: Name your favorite...
Post by: ren on May 18, 2013, 02:07:48 PM

Reloder 15
.223 - 24.0 topped with a 77 SmK or Nosler, 24.2 topped with an 80
.308. - 43.0 topped with a 175 SMK.

To add, the loads with the 77s and 80s are very accurate. Scored pretty well considering I made mistakes of my own. All the charges were thrown on my Dillon 550B and a crimp was added since I had the extra station anyways, I think it improved my confidence.

Title: Re: Name your favorite...
Post by: wirecounter on May 18, 2013, 03:58:24 PM

For 9mm - Vihtavouri N320 or W231

For 357 - W296

For 38SPL - W231

For .223 - Varget & TAC

For 308 - TAC & IMR4895

Title: Re: Name your favorite...
Post by: popeye on May 18, 2013, 05:22:03 PM

blc-2

Title: Re: Name your favorite...
Post by: crazy cat on May 18, 2013, 06:52:40 PM

W231
IMR4895

Title: Re: Name your favorite...
Post by: oldfart on May 18, 2013, 08:30:03 PM

9mm/45acp- WW231 or HP38 same thing

223- Reloder-7 -light bullets only

Title: Re: Name your favorite...
Post by: mnpfamily on May 20, 2013, 06:41:23 AM

9mm, .40S&W, .45ACP -  Viht N320.
.38 Super - Viht 3N38

Title: Re: Name your favorite...
Post by: powder monkey on May 20, 2013, 07:07:17 AM

 :shaka:

Title: Re: Name your favorite...
Post by: Heavies on June 02, 2013, 04:43:43 AM

.45-.38spl - Bullseye, because that is what I have a lot of.

.308 - .30-06 - Varget, AA2520, IMR8208XBR depending on application.

6mmBR - IMR8208XBR 

Title: Re: Name your favorite...
Post by: Hi state on June 02, 2013, 08:22:47 PM

These are the powders I use
(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll153/taiyota/52255D96-05ED-4D88-971C-2DEEC291FF0F-92821-00001BE529347B4C_zpseacb6298.jpg)

Title: Re: Name your favorite...
Post by: justin1098 on June 02, 2013, 08:34:45 PM

6mmbr - varget
223 - H335 and vihtavouri n135

I would like to ask everyone to stop using varget so I can get some for me.

Title: Re: Name your favorite...
Post by: hnl.flyboy on June 02, 2013, 09:07:59 PM

.223: 23.0 grains of Varget under a Sierra 77gr MatchKing

Title: Re: Name your favorite...
Post by: fang23 on June 03, 2013, 10:57:44 AM

.223: Reloder 15 and Varget for 69 gn HPBT; Reloder 7 for 52 gn HPBT; H335 and CFE for 55 gn.  The last rounds fired by each rifle are CFE loads before I  case 'em up.
Only did that a few times, but seems to work: less copper fouling saves patches and time.