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smokeless powder
mike721068
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What is the difference between rifle and shotgun powder? Will either work for shotshells?
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One exception would be something like Hodgdon Lil Gun. It was designed for 410 shotshell, but I have found it to be THE go to powder for 22 Hornet. There is some interchangeability, but normally it is in the fast end of the burn rate spectrum and smaller cases like the aforementioned 22 Hornet; slow burners like Retumbo and IMR 4831 would never be a good applicaiton in any shotshell of any gauge. Hope that was coherent and understandable!
You BADLY need a handloading manual to give you the methods.
Actual load data is FREE in print or on the www.
It not really something to guess at, get a book and have a good safe time.
Here is a website of Hodgdon's where you can look up data.
http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp
I think you will fiond that the different characteristics and burn rates of different powders are not like a plug and play device.
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