I have a friend that is wanting to get into reloading (bad time to start but what can I say).
He gave me a list of what he is wanting to load for which includes the following:
243 Winchester using 100gr bullets
300 Win Mag using 150gr bullets
300 Savage using 150gr bullets
308 Winchester using 150gr bullets
Pistol
9mm with 120gr and 40S&W with 180 gr
My question is what powders would you suggest I tell him look for that will cover these. I know there will be a divide between the pistol and rifle but trying to help him buy as few different powders as possible to cover his needs. He is a deer hunter and not a target shoot.
Thanks in advance
He needs two rifle powders. One for the .243 and .300WM and one for the .300 Savage and .308. For the .243 and .300WM, I’d be looking at a temp stable powder in the R23 burn rate and for the .300 Savage and .308 I’d be looking at the R15 and Varget burn rates.
John
This two-rifle-powders solution would be my suggestion. And one pistol powder in the Unique/Universal/Power Pistol/Long Shot burn range.
Like Antelope Sniper said, the "one powder" idea has serious limitations in reality, and is a sort of pipe dream. You can pick one powder for all the mentioned rifle cartridges and bullets, but it will give less-than-ideal performance for at least two. You could actually use one powder for all the above, including the pistols, such as Unique, and it will push the bullets out the barrels, but not at typical velocities from the rifles. I've done this, and it is rewarding in its own way, but it isn't for novices.
