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4350/4831 Mixed in same can - super powder?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ian M" data-source="post: 27754" data-attributes="member: 25"><p>I am not a powder expert or ballistician but I think you are treading on thin ice. I would stick with what the factory puts into each can. They have spent a lot of time and money trying to keep the burning rates uniform, why mess with that. </p><p></p><p>We simply cannot duplicate the HE ammo, nor can we match some other factory loads because the factory uses powder that we don't have access to. The HE stuff is very good and shoots well, only problem is it is not cheap.</p><p></p><p>The High Energy stuff is supposed to be a combination of a powder that we cannot get (compressable powder from Australia or someplace overseas I believe) and a loading technique where they dump in a portion, compress hell out of it, dump in some more and compress and then dump in a final dose and more compressing. Notice there is no small caliber high energy loads, because the ram that is compressing the powder would be too small, would not work correctly. I have not done this but have heard that if you dump out the powder from a HE load you cannot get it back into the case.</p><p></p><p>Mixing powders is probably an invite to disaster, I could think of lots of faster powders that would give 4831 a hell of a kickstart but the result would be nasty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ian M, post: 27754, member: 25"] I am not a powder expert or ballistician but I think you are treading on thin ice. I would stick with what the factory puts into each can. They have spent a lot of time and money trying to keep the burning rates uniform, why mess with that. We simply cannot duplicate the HE ammo, nor can we match some other factory loads because the factory uses powder that we don't have access to. The HE stuff is very good and shoots well, only problem is it is not cheap. The High Energy stuff is supposed to be a combination of a powder that we cannot get (compressable powder from Australia or someplace overseas I believe) and a loading technique where they dump in a portion, compress hell out of it, dump in some more and compress and then dump in a final dose and more compressing. Notice there is no small caliber high energy loads, because the ram that is compressing the powder would be too small, would not work correctly. I have not done this but have heard that if you dump out the powder from a HE load you cannot get it back into the case. Mixing powders is probably an invite to disaster, I could think of lots of faster powders that would give 4831 a hell of a kickstart but the result would be nasty. [/QUOTE]
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