Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Differences between IMR & hodgdon powders 4350 and 4831

the campfire is tough on a guy who's trying to get by simply...

i started loading in the 70s with imr 4895 and unique...
truth be told, i could probably do most of my loading today with just the 4895, if it came to that...

i did a fair amount of loading in the military, and we experimented with a lot of stuff, for the day... what is available today though, is a glut of what is probably pretty good stuff...
but do i need it???

i haven't begun loading for my 7 RM yet, but i feel like i can load for the others with h4350, h4831, rl15, rl22, and imr 4198...

i'd love to try rl 17 and rl 25... same for the ramshot stuff, and a lot of others...

i've ditched, for my porpoises, imr 7828, RL19, imr 4064, imr 4895(mostly), & ball760...

as to the caution on marathon loading sessions, duly noted & point well taken....

John your post got me thinking about how many powders I have on hand.A quick check showed H-380,H-110,Benchmark,Varget,H-4350,AC-4064,Ramshot BigGame,Hunter,Imr-4831,Imr-8208,Reloader 7,15,19,22 more than I thought.

uh-huh...

as i mentioned above, the campfire tends to make it a bit hard for a guy who'd like to get by simply...

how many of those dozen or more powders did you use before you found the 'fire???

I could get by on RLs -15 & -22 & IMR4350, personally.

Or Ramshot's Big Game, Hunter, and Magnum...

JOHN W - an UN asked for suggestion.

I have and have had several 7 Rem Mags and since you haven't begun loading for one I can recommend 1 or 2 of the powders that you have listed.

IMR 4350 has done WELL in every 7 RM I've used and for other hunter's as well. Since you list H 4350 I suggest you start there AS it is very close to the IMR. As Mule Deer has said H is an EXTREME powder therefore very temp. stable. You could sure do worse than starting here.

Also among your list is R 22, since you have it, it wouldn't hurt to give it a whirl.

I hope you have as good luck with your 7 RM as I've had with mine.

thanks,

and i will try them... as well as the h4831...

a bigger concern for me is my inability to locate any federal 215 primers... what i have left on the shelf won't get me very far...

i have, in the past used WLR primers for the fast .30s...
but i prefer the Fed 215....

AGW,

the info the the various powders produced by ADI is a bit fascinating...
my reading about it, however, does nothing for my desire to simplify my on the shelf selections...

JohnW - I hear ya bout Fed 215, however where I live and have lived they have not been readily available. ? Why ? I don't know.

That said, WLR/WLRM is what I use whenever possible.

A few yrs back, I ran a test between WLR vs WLRM and I saw NO difference over the Oehler. I haven't been interested enough to re-do it.

Good Luck Jerry

I recommend you submit to your desires. When you are retired and money is short, you will thank me.

John

AGW - very nice history lesson on ADI. Thank you! I gotta say, Australia looks better and better every day..........

To the OP - if I was looking to simplify, I could get by very nicely with H4895, H4350, H4831. In fact, those are the three I burn the most and run everything from 45-70 to 30-06, to 300 WM - and several between each. I have a bunch more powders but am reducing inventory to get at a handful of powders; those 3 will always be on my shelf. In addition, I run IMR 7828, H1000, Re 15 more than occasionally.