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Posted: 3/11/2010 7:52:18 PM EDT
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is there a powder that will work in both 9mm and .40s&w and do you use small or large pistol primers for them. and same ? for .223 and .308 for powder, i am trying to get started buy having to buy only 2 different powders if possible
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buy a reloading manual. best 25 bucks i ever spent. but since you obviously dont have one, il give you some info. yes, 9 and 40 are both small pistol. im going to assume that you are shooting 115 grain bullets out of the 9, because thats all i have info for in my book. if you are shooting 135 grain bullets out of the .40 it looks like the powders that cross over are AA7, unique, blue dot. for the 150 grain pills out of the .40 the powders that will work in both are AA7, HP38. as far as the .223 and 308, id say something like RL 15, TAC, AA2460, BL-C(2), Varget. you can find many others that will cross over too. and the .223 is small rifle and the .308 is large rifle incase you werent sure. |
| Don't just buy 1 reloading book. Buy about 4 of them. They may be pricey and I know everyone is looking to save cash, regardless of the economy, it's worth it. That way you have all the data you could ever need. Make sure you have data on hand for what you are using, don't wing it. |
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Don't just buy 1 reloading book. Buy about 4 of them. They may be pricey and I know everyone is looking to save cash, regardless of the economy, it's worth it. That way you have all the data you could ever need. Make sure you have data on hand for what you are using, don't wing it. Sir, just to expand a bit on what lawle102 has posted for the benefit of the OP, many of the more popular loading books are published by the various bullet manufacturers, ie: Speer, Hornady, Sierra, Lyman, etc. The content of each of the books are generally limited to the bullets that manufacture makes. That is to say that the Sierra manual only has loads for a given cartridge that Sierra makes bullets for that cartridge. Since I use a variety of bullets and powders as well as multiple cartridges I use the loading manuals of all the popular bullet manufacturers as well as a few published by the NRA. I've found that just because I can use one type of powder in multiple cartridges doesn't mean that powder is the best choice for all cartridges, jut that it can be used. HTH, 7zero1. |
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^this. and you may not or your rifles may not be satisfied with two powders specifically, there is no standard powder, there are loosely set parameters. Reloading is a bunch of specific measurements used to build an equation that in the end answers in the form of accuracy and safety. There are many factors such as burn rate, bearing length, OAL, case capacity, primer usage, twist rate, etc. Two powders are not going to be the end all, it's up to you to find the solution. Buy load data books, buy a lot of them, it's a great investment...and the education gained is worth it. |
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I guess I would go First choice for paper..... Second choice for nonpaper Hp38 or Unique 9mm/40 and then Varget or H335 for 223/308 Quoted: ^this. and you may not or your rifles may not be satisfied with two powders specifically, there is no standard powder, there are loosely set parameters. Reloading is a bunch of specific measurements used to build an equation that in the end answers in the form of accuracy and safety. There are many factors such as burn rate, bearing length, OAL, case capacity, primer usage, twist rate, etc. Two powders are not going to be the end all, it's up to you to find the solution. Buy load data books, buy a lot of them, it's a great investment...and the education gained is worth it. |
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well i bought ram shot tac from midway for rifles,and we have unique and blue dot from when we were reloading before so were gonna try that out. i will have to report on the old powder it will be interesting to see how it has faired,they are unopened 1lb cans about 20 years old same with about 1500 or so primers
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