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Surplus Military Gunpowder/WC 844 Pull down - (Cross reference loading data for H335) from Hi Tech Ammunition. I was thinking about doing a group buy. If I buy 4 - 8 lb jugs it comes out to $90 each shipped. They don't charge Haz mat fee if we buy 4 jugs. I have no idea if this is good powder but wouldn't the military use good powder? But how old is it and how was it stored? http://www.hi-techammo.com/
4gunfun
I bought some and haven't gotten out to test my starting loads yet.
I'll let you know when I shoot it.
It looks perfectly clean and it's spherical powder so it meters well.
I have used it before. Meters great, but it can be dirty and temperature sensitive.
Try using a magnum primer to help lighting off that powder. It helped my long range accuracy.
Thanks for the replies. Hoser I have some lake city brass coming with lake city primers in it all ready so that might work good huh? Any other users or interest in going in on a buy?
I am down to 7 of the 16lbs I bought from pat's 4 years ago. In my case (and lot) it was a direct swap for the H355 load I was using. I use CCI41 primers for it and like I said after all was said and done it was identical.
Every lot has it's own characteristics so YMMV. Unless severely abused gunpowder has a very long life. I am just finishing up half a can of W748 for plinking .308 rounds that I bought 5 years ago and was MFG in the 70's and stored god knows where.
I think if you filled the case and carded it off, then jammed a bullet in there you might get 2200fps with allot of unburnt powder rolling out of the barrel.Quote:
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WAY TOO SLOW.
Thanks Jerry
Sounds like it would be a very good deal then for $11.20 a lb. out the door.[Coffee]Now to find a few other buyers.[Stooge]
It is good if you have a 55gr Blc2 or H355 load that your gun likes. I know some HP shooters that did not have good luck with 69 and up pills. I tried some of the WC846 in .308 and my Fal hated it.Quote:
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If you want drop me a PM and you can try 1/4 lb before ya buy a bunch.
I do not think it would cycle the gun.Quote:
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I think I got off track. We were talking about .223 and now going back I see that your comment was about 50. Sorry that I missed that. Carry on. Was trying to understand why ya would want to try such a slow powder in .223.Quote:
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Someone that loads for .50 should chime in. I am not qualified to state one way or the other since I have never loaded it.
Someone please correct me on this if I have it wrong.
Hbar, using a powder that's too slow for your cartridge (eg using 50BMG powder in a 223) I believe the burning powder would not develop its peak pressure early enough to accelerate the bullet as it was designed/intended to accelerate.
In the scenario Jerry mentioned, the bullet would have left the barrel before all the powder had finished burning. In this case your are just wasting powder. I guess the opposite scenario is the guys who load pistol powder (which is very fast burning) to get subsonic rounds for use with suppressors.
That looked interesting to me (since I'm trying to save $) because they use loads around 4 grains which is like 1/4 the powder I normally use.
I have not tried any surplus 50 powders. I might later, but have not had the need or desire yet. I have a lot of 20N29 and H50BMG to burn through.Quote:
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Gotcha - Now I guess it's me who's reading too fast and missing the point.
We still need to hit Pawnee the same day sometime.
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