Thread: Versatile powders?

Originally Posted by 30.06king

Yep. Had exactly the same happen to me, going from an older to newer batch of AR2209. Never thought there was any need to compare batches first. At the range I realised immediately with the first shot the new batch felt and sounded different. And the chronograph confirmed higher velocity with the new batch.
It's the only time I had this happen when changing from one batch to another of the same powder but also the reason I now buy piwder in reasonable quantity of the same batch when I can.

Greetings,
And to this day 23 years later Hodgdon has not updated its load data. If you don't have a chronograph you would be oblivious to the extra velocity and pressure. I was shooting a 6.5x55 so I didn't notice any increase in recoil but the chronograph did.
Regards Grandpamac.