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Doing some reloading and just curious to see what brand people prefer and why?
ADI
Alliant (Reloaders #)
Hodgdon
IMR
Norma
VitaVouri
Whinchester
Hodgdon buy powder from manufacturers and re brand it, but why choose Varget over 2208 or do you not?
interested to hear your thoughts, cheers.
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I voted ADI but that's all I've ever used and well "if it ain't broke.......
You are missing Alliant powders, I stick with ADI usually easiest to source, Tried Varget and 2208 in my F class 6mmBR's not worth using Varget
unless the price is the same.
ADI because it is normally the easiest to get and the nearest to buying local. Some others may get better accuracy but, to be frank, anything that will match my inaccuracy in the field is fine. Mine are basic, lightish sporting firearms so no point going overboard on accuracy. Three shots within 15mm @ 100m is my criteria, not worried about having them hold hands.
Ditto for meQuote:
Originally Posted by dannyb
Yeah realised that but dont know how to edit poll....Quote:
Originally Posted by shooternz
Currently using
vihtavuori and ADI
Again it's the reason of "What works in my rifles"
Its missing the king of propellents
BLACK POWDER 3f
Those newfangled schultz gunpowders listed are just a passing fad wait and see.
ADI - easy to find, relatively easy to get 4kg tubs if you plan ahead, large range.
Their load data isn't that flash, its been (for me at least) extremely conservative.
The ADI plant makes powder for Hodgdon
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I have used ADI or its equivalent in a number of rifles, WW has been good to me in pistol cases. I have been looking at WW again in rifles now and happy with results, but would change again if that's what the rifle dictates.
I'm with you @Marty HenryQuote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
This is the smoke cloud from my muzzleloader when I was in the scrub and finishing off a chamois.
My mate took the photo from where he shot from and couldn't believe the way the smoke cloud just kept getting bigger and bigger.
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Sensible decision as they're exactly the same powder. The only variations you'll get are due to batch.Quote:
Originally Posted by shooternz
I use ADI smokeless and Scheutzen black. As stated above, ADI, IMR and Hodgdon are the same thing.
Thats impressive, must be 70 plus grains. I have noticed that high humidity often makes it a bit heavier.Quote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
Adi, easy to get and cheapest too
adi and lil gun for the hornet
ADI at under $60 for 500gm hard to beat, except for IMR7828 in .270 and 25/06
where do you get it for under $60Quote:
Originally Posted by 257weatherby
ADI is good and available and I use it for all my rifles. ADI is essentially the DuPont recipe as they set up the Mulwalla plant in WW2 for the Aussies. I use Hercules 2400 in my .44 Mag (old Elmer's load is bloody good), WST for target pistol loads of all calibres except for my 10mm where I use WSF.
Yes on the money @Marty HenryQuote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
70 grains FFFG behind a 320 grain Lee REAL in my .50 cal means heaps of smoke
ADI 2206H / BM2 for rifles, WSF for 9mm pistol
So seems like ADI is most dominant and it makes sense, cheaper and more readily available. no one use those IMR enduron powders?
Would love to try them but $$ not available to afford to play.
Have some Norma URP and very impressed. Would go more Norma if full range was available and cheaper.
Always had a good run from IMR.
cheers for the feedback team
H414 a slow ball powder, otherwise like H4350. I like the safety of slow powders, can't double charge, and lower pressures for my old guns. Like 4350 an extreme powder, performance quite stable over a range of temps.
Trail Boss, a fast donut flake (and flaky, goes everywhere, sticks to everything halfway static!) powder. Also impossible to double charge full loads. Good for plinking cat's sneeze loads firing one buckshot, and lots of uses for subsonic loads.
And Cordite of course. Get some real old 1940s ammo and you have to re-learn follow-through due to hangfires as it can be a bit hard to catch ignition, and then sometimes kicks like a mule, probably from sweating nitroglycerine.
Also great magic for your bore (can evetually even transform a Lee Enfield Rifle into a smooth-bore musket).
ADI 2208 - was recommended to me when I first started to load for a 223.
Stayed with it when I began loading for a 308 as having only one powder for both stops mistakes.
Kept with it as it works for both calibres.
Use about 12 - 15 kg per year for two target shooters (4000 - 5000 loads).
Have tested different batches of 2208 against each other and have not found any discernable difference in velocity or accuracy.
Who here uses ADI for pistol? .
I am using ADI due to reasonable price and easiest to source. Plus I am also in the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” crowd. I have found it to be reasonably consistent batch to batch.
AR2209 for .270Win and 7mm08 (oneday I’ll add 6.5CM too)
AP70N for 9mm
I don't think this is quite true. Certainly many of the 'H' powders are renamed ADI stuff, made in Australia. There is a list on either the Hodgdon or ADI web site (or maybe both) giving the details. However, as I understand, the IMR powders are made in Canada, by a company bought by Hodgdon a few years ago, and they are not quite the same as their H counterparts.Quote:
Originally Posted by tanqueray
Hodgdon's on-line reloading data shows loads for both IMR and H powders of the same name - or number - and they are not identical.
