|
|
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 347
Campfire Member
|
OP
Campfire Member
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 347 |
Where has all the Varget gone????????
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,143
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,143 |
Makes a guy think about trying some IMR-4166 . . . Marketed to compete directly with Vargay https://imrpowder.com/imr-enduron-4166/
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 347
Campfire Member
|
|
OP
Campfire Member
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 347 |
Thank you sir, i cannot find Varget anywhere and two shops told me that they were told early next year!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 2,622
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 2,622 |
This isn't 100% accurate as IMR is marketed, by the same company as Hodgdon. They're 2 very similar powders sources from 2 different manufacturers.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 949
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 949 |
There's plenty of Varget in my area!! Every store that Ive been in has many pounds!
"Pride is the only disease that makes everyone sick except the one that has it"
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 347
Campfire Member
|
|
OP
Campfire Member
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 347 |
Zero in South West Pa, Zero on Midway!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,624
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,624 |
Zero in South West Pa, Zero on Midway! Powder Valley be your Huckleberry for 8 # Vargay. Personally I would go with the IMR. My experience with Vargay is that it sucks the big stiffy.
Swifty
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,036
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,036 |
RL-15 makes an excellent sub for Varget.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 17,781
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 17,781 |
Tried both Varget and RL-15 in .257 Roberts and .35 Whelen, neither performed better than powders I was previously using.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,832
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,832 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 32,130
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 32,130 |
Am I the only one who pronounces it like it’s French? Vər jeɪ
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 4,586
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 4,586 |
Where has all the Varget gone???????? Have my 16 lbs.
Never take life to seriously, after all ,no one gets out of it alive.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 2,195
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 2,195 |
Am I the only one who pronounces it like it’s French? Vər jeɪ yes 
Ride well, shoot straight, and speak the truth.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,143
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 8,143 |
Am I the only one who pronounces it like it’s French? Vər jeɪ . . . and you prolly load Vargay in a .270 !!!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 12,470
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 12,470 |
Am I the only one who pronounces it like it’s French? Vər jeɪ yes Yup. Named for: Var = varmint get = target Works well in 7-08
Faith and love of others knows no mileage nor bounds. That's simply the way it is.
dogzapper
After the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
Italian Proverb
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,624
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,624 |
Am I the only one who pronounces it like it’s French? Vər jeɪ yes Yup. Named for: Var = varmint get = target Works well in 7-08 That’s only for Hodgdon. The Aussies where it’s made by ADI it’s called AR2208.
Swifty
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 12,153
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 12,153 |
A lot of the Varget is in my reloading room. It's one of my favorite powders and sketchy availability had me doing some hoarding over the last few years, something that I don't regret one bit.
I love it for the temperature stability, RL-15 not so much for the lack of the same attribute. A better option I've found than RL-15 as a substitute for Varget is AR-comp, I use a lot of it in my 22-250's on the prairie dog fields. I tried some IMR-4166 but the only thing I could see that it did better than Varget was lighten my wallet by about $8 more a pound.
For the rounds it's well suited for you usually will be hard pressed to find something to best Varget. If you can't find an accurate load with Varget then you've usually got other problems.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,951
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,951 |
I can get 8# jugs up here. I never really warmed up to Varget. maybe it was just the lot that I had gotten. It was accurate enough, but no better than the usual replacements, and I couldn't get the velocity out of it that the manuals said it was capable of. I have plenty of H/IMR4895, IMR4064, and RL15, so there's no real reason to go try it again.
"Give a lazy man the toughest job, and he will find the easiest way to do it"
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 7,756
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 7,756 |
Varget is one of my favorite powders, i like to keep 5+ pounds on hand just in case it gets hard to find.....right now in my area there is no shortage of Varget 👍.....Hb
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 6,518
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 6,518 |
“Works well in 7mm-08” quote
I’m finding it to work well in the 6.5 Creedmoor also. At least with some bullets. I need to buy some more too!
If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
Doug
|
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,191,058
Posts18,463,238
Members73,923
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
