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Posted: 4/16/2009 5:24:05 PM EDT
Hey all, I hope you can shed some light. I just picked up 3lbs of this at the local store. I have not used this stuff before but have used imr4895. So here is my question. I opened up one of these bottles and noticed a strong smell. Then opened the other two and they smelled the same. Kinda like some kind of cleaning solution. I did not get any weird smell from the imr4895. So is this a normal for H4895. Thanks
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It's probably fine.
H4895 is a completely different powder than IMR 4895, (literally made half the word away) you will notice it is a different color, as it has much less graphite as a retardant. It has the same application as IMR 4895, but you can not just substitute one for the other. It's just slightly faster, so will use about a grain or so less powder. Make certain you are using the correct data. |
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Thanks, i was using the imr4895 @41.6 and getting around 2530fps with 147 bullets and LC brass. I'll probably drop this stuff down to 41.0 and see where i am. Uh...  start low and work up? Did you forget the importance of this? It is of my opinion that you're asking for trouble just to drop .6 grain off of a known load for a different powder and try there. Find your max load, take 10% off then work up.
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