Confused about powder and burn rates

sheepherder · 07-23-2010, 07:52 AM

Your best bet is to forget magazine articles and get a copy of Speers Reloading Manual - the latest copy you can find. Powder characteristics change over the years, especially if your favorite powder mfg changes ownership and then the product line is revamped...

(If you have several different years worth of reloading manuals, you'll notice that even with the same powder and the same bullet traveling at the same velocity, the amount of powder changes...over the years...or to put it another way, with the same powder & bullet and same amount of powder, the velocity changes...Even with different lot numbers of the same powder, the characteristics change...)

Reloading is an interesting hobby...Finding the "sweet spot" in the amount of powder for any given bullet in a particular pistol/rifle is a fascinating way to spend some time...

I use W231, HS6, or AA #7...when I can find them...

07-23-2010, 07:52 AM	#3
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	Your best bet is to forget magazine articles and get a copy of Speers Reloading Manual - the latest copy you can find. Powder characteristics change over the years, especially if your favorite powder mfg changes ownership and then the product line is revamped... (If you have several different years worth of reloading manuals, you'll notice that even with the same powder and the same bullet traveling at the same velocity, the amount of powder changes...over the years...or to put it another way, with the same powder & bullet and same amount of powder, the velocity changes...Even with different lot numbers of the same powder, the characteristics change...) Reloading is an interesting hobby...Finding the "sweet spot" in the amount of powder for any given bullet in a particular pistol/rifle is a fascinating way to spend some time... I use W231, HS6, or AA #7...when I can find them... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...