Home Forums Hunting & Shooting AR and Tactical Rifles H4895, Talk me into it....

LGS today, 8lb jug looking at me.....Do I need to go back tomorrow?

So far I'm a Benchmark guy, would love to try AR comp if I could find it,

50g, 69g and also about to start playing with 77's......1-7 twist...

I'm just not familiar with this powder, H series which should be temp insensitive,

How does it meter?

Grab it, or just be patient?

If it was local to me, I would be there before you to grab it up. Works great in my 308s.

I would have grabbed it right away, good stuff, the H esp. meters nicer, but i would buy either one.
One is better than none. If the shortage ends you would still use it.

But I don't own a .308!

Looking for input for 5.56.

H4895 with 69 Sierra’s is the cats ass! Works fine with 77’s as well. I was using 23.5grs with the 69 Sierra’s.

I have never had luck with 4895 in our tubes. Always reached pressure before any top speed. Although it was accurate, it was slow as all get out. Both versions. I/H. And since AA is off my list...

Good luck though and if I was in the need for powder, a slow load is better than no load

I use a basic load of 25.6 gr of 4895 and a 55 gr. Soft point...Ive cycled it through Ans and Ruger Ranch Rifles...and of course bolt guns. It works in all of them.

Extruded stick powder?

Meters so-so?

Sticks are shorter than 3031 or 4064. So for .308 I throw charges.

H-4895 is also an "extreme" (ie., "temp-insensitive") powder, if that matters.

Don't see how you can go wrong with it.

It may be for you, but doesnt meter as well as other powders. Not saying I dont use it and drop right from the powder measure and go, but its not nearly as consistent as AR comp and the like. I've been using it in the 6x45 and it works fine, but then again powders like TAC, and AA2015 work better. I 'd buy it, if it was a good deal. Great powder in the 22-250

What rost495 said in spades.................it is very doubtful that you will ever reach book listed loads.

And it has a very sharp, quick recoil impulse in an AR that I really don't like.

They only way I will ever use it in an AR is if it's the last powder left on the shelf.

MM

220 for 8lbs, I might go grab it, but really wanting/rather to find 8lbs of AR comp.

I have not seen any AR Comp anywhere, even with the search robots that I use for a vey long time.

Most other stuff comes up, more less regularly & goes in minutes, but no AR-Comp.

Other good powders that work reasonably well, more or less in preference order for me are 8208-XBR, VV-540, VV133, 135 (with 55-62 gr bullets), VV-140, 2000-MR, CFE-223, Benchmark, RL-15, Varget, Shooters World AR Plus, Tactical & Match Rifle.

MM

Varget is suddenly available,,,, 1 lbers.......

opposite direction......

I have Benchmark on hand, I'm not in dire straights yet......

what to do......

Varget & RL-15 are not as user friendly to feed through a powder feeder as most of the others are, but they both shoot well.

They are also a little slower than what you can get with some of the others as well.............2700 with an 18" barrel & 77 grainers is a little out of reach with both; if you push it that far, you will be into high pressure territory.

MM

I would rather have H-4895 for 223's. If I had 8 LB's of it I'd be a happy camper for a spell. 223's , 30-30's, 308's. I'll take it.
Some mentioned speed, that's a fact, 4895's have never been on top of the heap as far as speed, but that spot don't have to many powders in it anyway. Speed ain't everything, but poking nice little
groups in targets is a plus. Temp stable powder is important up here in the frozen tundra when you can get it. A couple hun for 8 lbs in todays market? I'd still Grab it even though you found something else.

I wish I could by a ton of it. Yes, I like it.

I use this load for 65gr Sierra GK's, have taken many whitetails with this load, shoots very nice groups, and good down to -20.

grabbed some Varget, nothing saying I cant still go grab that H4895!

There's powder in this area, but no primers.......

We have nothing here. Not even shotgun shells.