Powders for old guns?

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Originally Posted by TennBill2

Thanks, Gents for the ideas. As it turns out, I looked at a can of powder I'd had for years, it is SR 4756! Got it in a chest with some reloading equipment bought at a yard sale. There was a bunch of 30-06 shells in the stuff and I assumed is was for reloading those. Put it on a shelf and never thought anymore about it. I'll look up some data on it and give it a try. Might see if I can find some of the older Unique, know of a shop that has a lot of old stuff sitting around. Bill

I don't believe that there will be any problem with using the newer Unique, and it is shoots cleaner. No real need to use the old Hercules Unique, unless you just want to do so.