Originally Posted by War_Eagle
I am itching to try something new in my Swift. I just bought a pile of Berger 52gr FBV bullets and looking around, see that I have several pounds of RS Hunter.

Anyone familiar with this powder in the Swift?


I worked up to 44-45 grains of Hunter with 50 and 55 gn Ballistic Tips. Got good accuracy and 3700fps with the 55 gn bullets.
My preferred powder is Reloder 16. Smaller groups and considerably higher velocity than Hunter. Speer Manual #15 has data.

Cheers,
Walt

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