Only 2 powders to use

[Orange Dust]

My basement, 30# down there........yes I just let out an evil laugh. If he wants extreme, I'd say H4350 and H1000 would do.

Without looking all of them up i would agree.

 

[Orange Dust]

7977 is a good replacement for h1000 if it cant be found.

 

[JIsbell40]

My basement, 30# down there........yes I just let out an evil laugh. If he wants extreme, I'd say H4350 and H1000 would do.

Only 30#? You must not be feeding it much! Ha

 

[parshal]

Rl23 for all of them. Definitely

You guys beat me to it! I'm now using R23 for 22 and 6 Creed and 65 SS. No doubt it will work for the calibers listed.

 

[TBell]

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[JASmith]

You could have done this yourself in less than 5 minutes by going to these two sites:

https://www.hodgdonreloading.com/data/rifle

https://load-data.nosler.com/

Good advice for getting started.

Had the OP not asked a question he could have answered by going to these or other sites (Ammoguide.com works well too.), we would have missed the discussion that ensued. We see a lot of interest, and several posters suggested powders that are a tad slower and might work a bit better.

The frustrating part is that he will need to test as many as 5 or six different powders to find the ONE that gives closest to the best results across the board,

Speaking as one who has tried the one powder route, the reloader will inevitably be driven to try another powder "just to see" and then it will work very well in a particular rifle. Then another gets tried, and so on. The result is more types of powder on hand than one had at the start of the "one powder" quest.

 

[Sam Summey]

If you guys was gonna try an narrow down several calibers to only 2 some what extreme powders what would it be for these calibers.
25wssm with 85's
25-06 with 115's
264 win mag 120's
264 win mag 143's
270wsm 130's
7mm wsm 168's

all opinions are appreciated

25 WSSM H380-BLc2
25-06 4831, 7828, Retumbo
For other recommendations go to https://www.hodgdon.com/

 

[trevorn]

H4831 and/or H1000 would handle all of these. I'd have to try pushing 'em with Retumbo though. I use a lot of it in my 6.5-284 Norma and it does gggreat!

Plus one for this guy!!!!

 

[Starlite]

Hmmmm......IMR 4064?

 

[JMW67]

If you guys was gonna try an narrow down several calibers to only 2 some what extreme powders what would it be for these calibers.
25wssm with 85's
25-06 with 115's
264 win mag 120's
264 win mag 143's
270wsm 130's
7mm wsm 168's

all opinions are appreciated

I think it would be H-4350 and either 4831sc or H-1000

 

[sw282]

0nly 0ne powder needed for ALL..lnc rifle, pistol, shotgun.. UNIQUE works in all 3

 

[Deleted member 107796]

I load for roughly the same range and would say IMR4350 or H4350.

 

[Starlite]

Heck. Might as well say varget and superformance too. I seem to fill all kinds of different cases with those 2.

 

[Rich Coyle]

I'm going to be different. Instead of recommending a powder, I'm going to explain how I would decide what to use. I think it would be more useful to you in the future and the group as a whole. First off, you want to use Hodgdon's Extreme powders. I would add the IMR Enduron line to the list. Different tech, same results, often easier to find. First I would go to Nosler's website or manual because they list fill rates. Look up each combo you are wanting and make a list of extreme and enduron powders that have a fill rate of 90% or more with maximum loads. See if 2 cover it. If not, see if one of your 2 have a slightly lower fill rate. If so you will need to look at a lighter bullet. Now look at the velocities of the powders you have narrowed it down to. If the velocity is acceptable you are GTG. If it is too low, look at the fill rate. If it is low, look at a lighter bullet. If it is high look at a heavier bullet. Once you understand these relationships, it is pretty easy to pick a powder that will perform well in your rifle.

Kinda preachy, but I like it. Since I am not as smart as Orange Dust my fist thought was H4350 for my 8mm wildcat (which exist only as two dumby cartridges at this time) and Retumbo for my 6.5 wildcat.