That's great to hear! I like their actions and they have been a great company to deal with. That said, The Zermatt long magnum action I bought is made extremely well. We'll see how I feel about it when the barrel gets here.
Vihtavouri powders, who is using it, and how does one get started using it??
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comen
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Iuse N165 in my 338 Jarrett and mt 30-STW!
Seabeeken
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Ive been using vv for 30+ years. Got rid of hodgdon powders to go to vv permanently
10steved
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My guess is that those commenting about barrel life can read all the negative posts about how VIHT burns out barrels but probably have little to no experience using it themselves. I use from 100 series in my 45-70 and 7PRC to 500 series for my 6.5 and 300 PRC. I've got well over 1000 rds on my 6.5 PRC barrel and it still drills it. I shoot a fair share and haven't seen any issues with that powder any more than I've seen with IMR/Hodgdon powders. If you load heavy because you're a speed junkie you're gonna see limited barrel life with any powder you use pure and simple.
VV 133 excellent in .223, 20 practical and .221 fireball. VV 540 excellent in .308. I am currently using VV 570 in 7mm PRC. Very clean burning powder. Used to be more expensive import but Alliant and Hodgdon powders are often more expensive lately. Very nice metering too
Bad guess. "100 series" and "500 series" doesn't exactly nail down the powders you're using. Some of the hotter 5 series powders definitely increase erosion. Good ole 555 works great in my 6.5PRC. 565 also works great in my 6.5 PRC (555 is better) but it's a tad hard on the barrel according to my borescope. F Class guys and gals are a good source of info when it comes to which powder is harder on a barrel than others.
555 is great in a lot of cartridges! I just grabbed 2lbs at LGS, last they had. Cannot find it on line last time I looked.
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