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Posted: 8/23/2015 12:31:54 AM EDT
| Any reviews on this stuff? I am looking to reload 7.5x55 Swiss for my K11. My father in law recommended H335. From what I can tell the powders seem really similar. What are your experiences with either of them. |
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Great powder. I use it in my .223 loads and have seen it used in .308 loads to good effect.
According to hodgdon you can get reliable ignition down to 60% of a max listed load for any given bullet. Have plans to test this in 30-30 but not set up for that round yet. |
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Use a measure set to throw the charge a hair light and then trickle up. Any jams in the throw motion and you likely get a higher charge. Experience will tell you which ones to just toss I the hopper and re throw.
Any 4895 will work in that cartridge. Also 4064 with throws worse. |
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Quoted: Any reviews on this stuff? I am looking to reload 7.5x55 Swiss for my K11. My father in law recommended H335. From what I can tell the powders seem really similar. What are your experiences with either of them. You have to remember it's Swiss. They lived and breathed precision. If your K-11 is any thing like my K-31 you know. Swiss ammo is just as precise. I couldn't improve on it. |
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I have severe arthritis and am very recoil sensitive, Hodgdon recommends H4895 for reduced recoil rifle loads, I load it in 7.62x54R, 8mm Mauser, and 30-06, its kind of a life saver for me. I'm sure you have noticed that IMR 4895 and H4895 aren't the same thing, the loading recommendations are different, and Hodgdon says to use their H4895 for the reduced loads, not to use IMR 4895 or any other powder. For my 223/5.56 loads I use AA2460 ball powder, stick powders don't like that small neck very much, but sometimes I use Varget in my 22-250 loads, its a shorter cut than H4895. |
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They actually started as different lots of non-canister.
Hodgdon started out purchasing huge lots of surplus powder and packaging them. A long time ago they used to sell 50 pound drums and you could buy it by the pound in a paper bag from dealers. The first lot lasted long enough to be worth having new powder made to match it when it ran out. The IMR line was made by DuPont originally. Non-canister first. |
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