Has anyone used this surplus powder?

[jerrymrc]

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.

[2ndChildhood]

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.

[Hoser]

what about thier 50 powder, Hoser? would that work? only plinking, no precision?

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.

[2ndChildhood]

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.

i had posted a 50 cal powder from the same website, wanting to use it in a 50 cal. i know about reloading most cartridges and the reccomeded amounts and brands of powder for those cartridges. i was talking only about 50 bmg. and i was kidding when i said, if i dont mind cleaning or walking.