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I have 3 rifles in calibers 7mm rem mag, 30-06 and 7mm 08. Which 1 powder would cover all 3 calibers.

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H-4350, RL 17, RL19. Personally, I’m using RL 17 for several different cartridges..... 6.5/284, 270 Win., 30-06, 375 AI. And probably could use it on several others! memtb


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I’ve used H4350 and RL19 on all three of those cartridges. I didn’t end up using them in either 7mm cartridge listed compared to other options.

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Why ?

That doesn’t sound like much fun.


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Go 4895 and you can load darn near anything you would use.

But, it will be upstaged buy others at almost every application.

Varget/4895, 4350 and H 4831 load a pile of different rounds for me.
The 4831 doesn't buy me much of anything.


Starting over, without the baggage of stock, old loads and loaded rounds,
I would use ball powders. Probably.


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Depending on bullet weights it could be RE 15, RE 19, or RE 22,23


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R26 would be best for the 7Rem Mag. and R16 but in the 7 mag it would be better for the lighter bullets. 7977 looks good too. I would be sure to pick a temperature stable powder and anti copper agents would be nice too, almost all the newer powders have this. IMR 4955 is another but not the best for heavies in the 7 mag. Problem is availability all the popular choices are in short supply it seems.R23 could be the best all around for those calibers.


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I use IMR 4350 in those

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No one mentioned StaBALL.

I have a couple of cans, have not used it in the listed rounds.

Agree with posters who suggested that would be so boring, one powder for all three...

I currently use Big Game in my '06 and 7-08, RL-26 in my 7RM...

That's just two powders...

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Originally Posted by Dixie_Rebel
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^^^^ This and IMR 4350 are so close you can find one OR the other.

Also IMR 4350 has NOT been bad for me in our cold WX. Only occasionally do we
have temp lower than 20F during season.

Now OTOH, you are going to need & shoot X no. of pounds powder so....
what diff is it if there is MORE than 1 brand & kind of powder?


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Here in Alaska I only hunt with a 30-06 and a .338 Winny, but I do carry a 45-70 often when out and about in the "off season" when hiking, camping, fishing, ATV riding, etc. For a long time I ran 250 grain bullets in the .338 and 200 or 180's in the 30-06 and Reloader 19 worked very well. Then a few years back I joined the 24 Hour Camp Fire. Now it is Hunter for the .338 and H4350 for the 30-06 and lighter weight Barnes TTSX bullets. I recently bought a can of WW StaBall, what the heck do I need that for?.

Don't even bring scopes up, what a confusing goat rope, used to be so simple, just zero scope and shoot critter.

I don't think the moose and caribou and occasional bear give a hoot. So RL19 or H4350 could easily do all I need doing, even with the 6.5 Creedmoor I picked up just to see what all the fuss is about. Oh ya, my Mod. 71 iWinny in .348 Ackley Improved might be done this week. Going o hunt moose and bear with a peep sighted lever gun this year. The 250 grain AWB bullet and a heavy charge of H4350. If I do my part.......

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[quote=hanco]I use IMR 4350 in those[/quote243. '06, 7 mag, 300 mag and 375 mag all use IMR 4350- Not perfect for any (fastest, etc) but, like a glock, it just works. Makes storing and stocking powder easy too.
BTW I only use magnum primers, so, on some loads, I back off 1.5 grains from MAX. I've had excellent results with it.


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+1 on H4895.

I've used it on chamberings from 223 Rem to 35 Whelen.

The only time it didn't do a good job was 25-06. It shot. It shot accurately, but the velocities were down around a 257 Rob.


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Originally Posted by Dixie_Rebel
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I've used IMR 4831 in 2 of your listed chamberings with better than satisfactory results. I have also seen it used in a 7-08. I don't have a 7-08 but have used it in its big brother, the 280 Remington. It's my go to powder there. However, some of that would depend on bullet weight used too. In my 06 I used it with both 180 and 200 grain bullets, in the 7 Mag with a 140-150 grain bullet and in my .280 I use it with complete satisfaction with a 150 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip.

However, if I had a 7-08 I'd be tempted to use some of the Reloader powders. I've had good luck with 17 in that size case and I see a couple other RL powders listed here. But I don't think I would limit any cartridge loading to one powder for simplicity sake or to save money. You can give up a lot of performance doing that. It's kinda like a compromise to me. That's why I started reloading so that I could make tailor made cartridges to get the most velocity with the best accuracy. Otherwise I would just buy a good factory cartridge and be happy.

Actually, everything I've ever killed with hand loads could have been killed equally well with both Winchester Power Points or Remington Core Lokts or a half dozen other factory loads just fine. But I get a crap load of satisfaction and a good bit more better accuracy on average with my hand loads. Also, if you are hand loading to save money, good luck with that. By the time you invest in the equipment you need to make decent rounds, you would have to shoot a lot of them to realize any real savings. Don't forget too that reloading components aren't cheap anymore if they've ever been.

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Originally Posted by Dixie_Rebel
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N/A here in Canada as well as a long list of other powders.

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