Thread: AP70N and dacron

Originally Posted by Three O'Three

@grandpamac. I've been using trailboss with excellent results but it's in very sort supply and ADI are in no hurry to make more so I need to broaden my powder range for cast reduced loads. I recently picked up some AP70N for loading 12g and knew it could be used for cast reduced loads so thats the reason for this post, to see what experience other people have had. AR2206H will most likely be my next powder purchase, I've read its good for standard velocity 303 150gr jacketed loads too. I have also been recommended 2205 and 2207 for cast loads.

Greetings Again,
My cast lead data is quite limited but I see that Lyman used both IMR4227 (close to AR2205) and IMR4198 (close to AR2207) in their .30-40 Krag loads. The .30-40 Krag was a US copy of the .303 so the data would be identical. I think that you will find AR2206H too slow for cast lead. I am getting good results with reduced loads, around the 2,000 fps with jacketed projectiles in both the .30-40 and the .303. I have some cast loads in the blocks using IMR4198 that have yet to be fired.
Regards Grandpamac.