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One powder to rule them all (30-06)?
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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 1638165" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>When you settle on a favorite, it might be a good idea to buy and eight-pound can of whatever works best. Then you can dedicate that can to that rifle & cartridge, and have a lifetime supply. If it's all in the same can, it's definitely all from the same lot - and your lot-to-lot variation problem is out the window. </p><p></p><p>I have three eight-pounders that I bought during the obama gun control scare several years ago. It was the only way to buy H-4350 ( the one-pound jars got bought up so fast you would never see one.) I watched & waited a year for it, and bought one the same day my wife bought the other two for me. ( She was on her way home from Costco, where she buys massive quantities of everything, so her mindset was to get all she could carry out of the store.) Now, one of those jugs has a sticker on it that reads "ONLY FOR 30-06.") Another one is about to get opened up to start ginning up a load for my new .280. If things go well with that one, it will get a sticker pasted to it as well. ( I'm more expecting that the jug that holds the H-4831 is going to be dedicated to the new rifle, but we'll see how it goes.)</p><p></p><p>I know that seems like a lot of powder to dedicate to one rifle, but it goes pretty fast when you start shooting a lot. In addition, as new bullets come on the market, you never know what you might want to try next. When the rifle likes the burning rate of a particular powder, that is the obvious first choice to work with when switching bullets. Even if one doesn't switch bullets, it's always fun trying something new.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 1638165, member: 109113"] When you settle on a favorite, it might be a good idea to buy and eight-pound can of whatever works best. Then you can dedicate that can to that rifle & cartridge, and have a lifetime supply. If it's all in the same can, it's definitely all from the same lot - and your lot-to-lot variation problem is out the window. I have three eight-pounders that I bought during the obama gun control scare several years ago. It was the only way to buy H-4350 ( the one-pound jars got bought up so fast you would never see one.) I watched & waited a year for it, and bought one the same day my wife bought the other two for me. ( She was on her way home from Costco, where she buys massive quantities of everything, so her mindset was to get all she could carry out of the store.) Now, one of those jugs has a sticker on it that reads "ONLY FOR 30-06.") Another one is about to get opened up to start ginning up a load for my new .280. If things go well with that one, it will get a sticker pasted to it as well. ( I'm more expecting that the jug that holds the H-4831 is going to be dedicated to the new rifle, but we'll see how it goes.) I know that seems like a lot of powder to dedicate to one rifle, but it goes pretty fast when you start shooting a lot. In addition, as new bullets come on the market, you never know what you might want to try next. When the rifle likes the burning rate of a particular powder, that is the obvious first choice to work with when switching bullets. Even if one doesn't switch bullets, it's always fun trying something new. [/QUOTE]
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