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If you don't like the way 4064 meters, pick up a pound of 4320. The kernals are smaller, so it meters nicely.

Out of my 18.5" barreled Remington M7, Re-15 and IMR4320 seem to perform best with the 120 gr NBT and TTSX. My nephew's Ruger Compact (20" barrel, I believe) shoots well with the same two powders. His also likes WW760.

And....I'll throw in with the majority opinion. The same powders that give top performance in a, say, 24" barrel will also be the top performers in a short barrel.

Member Tennessee extolled the virtues of Alliant 2000-MR to me awhile back. He may have posted on it here somewhere, too.

Told me he was pushing 130s at 3,000 fps with that fuel from his 19-in. Tikka T3 Lite custom 7/08. I know he's killed a lot of deer and a large aoudad with that rig, which is quite accurate to boot.

H414 does good things under a 140gr bullet. Pretty sure it was 2750-2800 out of a 20" Pac Nor tube. Accuracy was top notch, so I never tried to get a stiff bolt or flat primer...

Which is nothing more than Winchester 760 -- the original factory loaded powder in Remington's 140 grain 7mm-08 loads.

I use RL 15 and it works wonders with accuracy and on game. The problem lately is being picky on what powder you want to use. In reality, it has become what is available.