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WC867 Military 8lb Keg
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<blockquote data-quote="Kennibear" data-source="post: 886376" data-attributes="member: 51650"><p>trapper300RUM & Lefty7mmstw</p><p></p><p>the 300RUM does not have enough barrel life (maybe 1000 rnds of top notch groups) to justify the cost savings with these powders. How much practice are you going to do? An 8lb keg contains about 560 shots, and a 8lb keg of Retumbo or H1000 runs about $175. So the savings is about $100.... for 560 rounds. I can save more on the bullets than that.</p><p></p><p>This group of powders is in the right burning rate range. There are new manufactured MilSpec (WC8XX) powders from these same sources and they are not a lot more. But they are not canister grade powders so the same development applies but all the kegs will be from the same lot. One set of development loads for all of it.</p><p></p><p> When ball powder starts to deteriorate the pressure and velocities began to display wide fluctuation. This may be why Lefty had his problems.</p><p></p><p>If you want to practice with another rifle in say 300 WinMag I would say go for it. Just dip the case into a jar of powder and scrape it off level with the case mouth. Seat a 165gr - 180gr bullet (maybe over-runs or factory blemished) and a Mag primer and have at it. No exaggeration, this really works in 300 WinMag. The powder is too slow to build excess pressure and they shoot pretty good. A 300 WinMag has a barrel life of about 3000 - 5000 rounds so you can use up a shipment of 8lb kegs.</p><p></p><p>Just MHO...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kennibear, post: 886376, member: 51650"] trapper300RUM & Lefty7mmstw the 300RUM does not have enough barrel life (maybe 1000 rnds of top notch groups) to justify the cost savings with these powders. How much practice are you going to do? An 8lb keg contains about 560 shots, and a 8lb keg of Retumbo or H1000 runs about $175. So the savings is about $100.... for 560 rounds. I can save more on the bullets than that. This group of powders is in the right burning rate range. There are new manufactured MilSpec (WC8XX) powders from these same sources and they are not a lot more. But they are not canister grade powders so the same development applies but all the kegs will be from the same lot. One set of development loads for all of it. When ball powder starts to deteriorate the pressure and velocities began to display wide fluctuation. This may be why Lefty had his problems. If you want to practice with another rifle in say 300 WinMag I would say go for it. Just dip the case into a jar of powder and scrape it off level with the case mouth. Seat a 165gr - 180gr bullet (maybe over-runs or factory blemished) and a Mag primer and have at it. No exaggeration, this really works in 300 WinMag. The powder is too slow to build excess pressure and they shoot pretty good. A 300 WinMag has a barrel life of about 3000 - 5000 rounds so you can use up a shipment of 8lb kegs. Just MHO... [/QUOTE]
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