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Old 10-17-2014, 03:12 PM
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There might not be an advantage to one powder over another. Your rifle might prefer one of them over the others but that would be it. If I had to decide where to start myself, I would start with the hodgdon extreme power for their temperature stability then my next choice would be what I have or what I can find. Remember to start at the minimum and work up slowly.

As for your other question, I'm not exactly sure what you are asking.
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Old 10-17-2014, 03:16 PM
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There might not be an advantage to one powder over another. Your rifle might prefer one of them over the others but that would be it. If I had to decide where to start myself, I would start with the hodgdon extreme power for their temperature stability then my next choice would be what I have or what I can find. Remember to start at the minimum and work up slowly.

As for your other question, I'm not exactly sure what you are asking.
I have a couple pounds of H4831SC I was just wondering why I wouldn't try the IMR7828 and get that extra FPS
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Old 10-17-2014, 03:26 PM
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I have a couple pounds of H4831SC I was just wondering why I wouldn't try the IMR7828 and get that extra FPS
try it! work up some loads and see how it shoots it may be faster and more accurate you never know until you try
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Old 10-17-2014, 04:08 PM
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Manuals will usually give a number of suitable powders available to the hand loader, but not all that work.
Every rifle will perform a bit differently, and bullets will not always react the same to a particular rifle.
I have seen velocity difference of upwards to 150FPS or more with two different rifles with the same load .

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