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What all around Powder for.....

longhunterlonghunter Member Posts: 3,242
edited August 2003 in General Discussion
I will be loading 357,30 rem.,30-06,308,44 mag...I see imr 4227 can do em all,any suggestions?
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  • old single shotsold single shots Member Posts: 3,594
    edited November -1
    Although you may be able to load all the calibers you listed with 4227 it definately will not be the best powder for all,if any, of them.There is no such thing as ONE powder that will work well for everything.If there was,i wouldn't have about 25 different cans on my loading bench.
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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    30/06 and 308 I use Imr 4064, 44 Mag I use H110,

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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    I gave up on that one for all stuff. I tried to use one powder for handguns and shot guns, and one powder for rifles. It just didn't work. Guess that's why they make Coke, Dr. Pepper, and a hundred others![:D]

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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    chances are you will get one to shoot great and the others will be mediocre.



    why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    4227 is a pretty good choice for .44 (in carbines!!); it would be a particularly poor choice for the other three cartridges and relatively mediocre in many .44 handguns.

    As others have noted, "one size fits all" does *NOT* work in ammo. Different bullet weights, twist rates, barrel lengths, case configurations . . . all sorts of variables, not quite infinite, but a huge number! Even the same bullet / powder combo in the same case can perform real well in one firearm and be only slightly better than tossing rocks in the next.
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  • longhunterlonghunter Member Posts: 3,242
    edited November -1
    Thanks all,back to the drawin board....guess I'll just hafta buy MORE stuff...Noe thats a shame ain't it?[;)][:D].L.H.
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