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IMR 4895
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I'm looking for info to load 243 with IMR4895 using the 100 grain Nosler Partition bullet. My loading manuals have loads for the 95 gr. but not 100. Can any lead me to a book that has loads for the 100 gr. using this powder?
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Will th 4895 do the same?
I know I can look it up in the reloading manuals , but thought I could get some input from someone that loads with it or has loaded it in the past .
Most of my loadings are from 243 up to 338 win mag , and anything in between for Pa. black bear and Deer hunting .
Just did a search in this forum , and found that most folks use it for their 223's , if thats the case maybe I'll have a use for it after all , once in a while I'll load a bunch of 223's for the Bushmaster [:)]
If you want less variation just trickle the last few thenths of a grain.
There are such a broad spectrum of cartriges and calibers that can use 4895 that it would serve well as a lone powder on the bench for most rifle needs.
H110 is a ball powder, much faster than 4895. H110 is a pistol powder.
4895 is my favorite rifle powder. Even the vaunted Varget takes a distant second place to it. It is a single based stick powder of a medium lenght. Careful consistent operation of the dispenser handle can yield loads within about 2/10th's grain.
If you want less variation just trickle the last few thenths of a grain.
There are such a broad spectrum of cartriges and calibers that can use 4895 that it would serve well as a lone powder on the bench for most rifle needs.
H110 is a ball powder, much faster than 4895. H110 is a pistol powder.
I know 110 is a pistol powder. It's a spherical powder as well. Very fine. My powder measure hates it. It squirts out all over the place. Are all spherical powders fine like that? I am pretty sure that I'm going to use 4895 for my 243. I plan on weighing each charge unlike throwing 5 and weighing one like I do with my pisol rounds.
quote:Originally posted by bpost1958
4895 is my favorite rifle powder. Even the vaunted Varget takes a distant second place to it. It is a single based stick powder of a medium lenght. Careful consistent operation of the dispenser handle can yield loads within about 2/10th's grain.
If you want less variation just trickle the last few thenths of a grain.
There are such a broad spectrum of cartriges and calibers that can use 4895 that it would serve well as a lone powder on the bench for most rifle needs.
H110 is a ball powder, much faster than 4895. H110 is a pistol powder.
I know 110 is a pistol powder. It's a spherical powder as well. Very fine. My powder measure hates it. It squirts out all over the place. Are all spherical powders fine like that? I am pretty sure that I'm going to use 4895 for my 243. I plan on weighing each charge unlike throwing 5 and weighing one like I do with my pisol rounds.
More or less; the ball powders vary in size and to somewhat lesser extent shape. The deterrent coatings control burn rate along with size. With 4895 you will get a few crunches from time to time as the measure shears a kernel of powder but it will not squirt out like 110 does.
Any flavor(IMR/Hodgdon, Accurate arms{2495}) is about the same. Very good performance in most cartridges. I use it from my 9.3mm down to my .223 with good success in between for all loads.
You do get a crunch once in a while from kernels getting cut in half but that is to be expected to some degree with any extruded single base powder. It does meter very consistently (+-1 gr.) in my RCBS Uniflow powder measure. so well that for most reloading I do I don't rely on weighing each charge. Only the really tight performance ones get measured.
If so the Lee does VERY well with 4895. No leaks. No grinding. No chopping. No binding.
I use Hogdons H4895 in my .243 (4 of them) and I wouldn't use anything else. Course i"ve never tried anything else. I can split holes in paper, so I never considered anything else. I also use the Lee perfect powder measure. Mike[:D]
Quite the oddities my .243 does better with the IMR 4895