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Does Hunter have copper cleaning ingredients ? I 'm thinking to use with Barnes 127 LRX in a Zastava 6.5x55 custom.

No, it doesn't. But like the other Ramshot powders made in Belgium, it burns so cleanly that often there's not much copper build-up anyway. Powder fouling is pretty abrasive, so tends to strip copper from bullets.

In fact, when they first appeared around 20 years ago I shot 500 rounds of .223 ammo using TAC from my heavy-barreled Remington 700 during a prairie dog hunt, and there was only a faint hint of copper in the bore.

Obviously it also depends on the bore itself, but in general have found copper-fouling reduced when using Hunter, TAC, Big Game and Magnum. But should also mention that they all need to be loaded to near maximum for that result. "Starting" loads usually result in some powder fouling, but it usually disappears as pressures rise with heavier charges.

Thank you. The other powder I was thinking of using was N-560., but it's also 4x the price. N-560 also requires higher pressures for a consistent burn. Big Game and Magnum are my go to powders in a couple of cartridges.

N560 also burns very hot and meters like firewood.


Okie John

Hunter is outstanding in my 30-06, getting 2950 with 168 TTSX and 1/2 MOA at 200 yards

I use a Lee Cast powder measure, I can easily get within two IMR 4350 logs, so metering is the least of my problems. The plastic version that I gave to my son worked even better. I use IMR 4350 for practice Bang. I like it, very lineal. Lack of load data on the other hand is going to require use of the chrony and a few trips to the range.