Originally Posted by Seafire
...cast bullet manuals are a great reference for that info also..accuracy with H 4895 usually stinks and it makes a load boom for some reason, compared to other powders...

...Note, if you do have any IMR 4895 powder, you can substitute it for the Hodgdon data on their H 4895, and get much more accurate results..

Your notes about H4895 vs. IMR4895 are very interesting and I am pleased to see them.

I worked with IMR4895 in reduced loads several years ago after reading an article in either Gun Digest or Handloader about how you can load it down some 30% below maximum and still get good accuracy.

Recently I wanted to create some reduced loads for myself (see my recent thread in this forum �Fun for recoil wimps�), so went out and bought a pound of IMR4895. I was sorely tempted to get the H version since I have switched from IMR to H in a couple of other identically numbered powders � 4831 and 4350 particularly. But I knew IMR4895 worked and stayed with it.

From your observations and my results on target I am glad I did!


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