38-55 win questions

Eutectic

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Actually Roger, there are quite a few double base powders we use in rifles..... All ball powders I know of are double base..... The whole family of Alliant Reloder powders as well. Burning rates are the moving target we need to watch for whatever our goal is for a certain cartridge, bullet and performance wanted.

Pete
 

Ian

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The spherical ones seem to have the most variance, but they all have variance....hence the warnings about lot-to-lot changes and reducing by 10% and working back up for every lot of powder, no matter what it is. Not that I or many others ever do that except when we're expecting a significant variance, but it's all over the loading manual and website data, you know, the sections of the books most don't bother to read..:rolleyes:

Roger, look at Powder Valley for good prices and excellent service, if they'll ship where you live now.
 

fiver

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I get around the lot variance by buying 2-4 jugs at a time then thoroughly mixing them into one lot.
if you can get AA#-9 it is pretty close to 2400, but AA-4100 is sitting right on the front porch of being 2400.
it's also known as Enforcer in the Ramshot brand, my testing shows it to be a titch faster in everything I have tried it in, so I work up from a grain less and generally end up within 1/2gr of where 2400 ends up when it's all over.


I done a short [100rd each] test in the 0-6 a couple of years back with both H-110 and AA-1680.
the 1680 needed another 1.5grs but actually shot better over the whole string than the H-110 did.
i was considering moving ahead a little with the 1680 and trying a little filler then went meh [shrug] i got other powders.
but if i had a bunch and wanted to just shoot i wouldn't not use it.
 

Roger Allen

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I misspoke. I use Allianz varnmit in my 223 and I use Winchester syphirical in my 22-250 as well. I had a thought in my head about 2400 vs h110 vs lil gun and wasn’t communicating it. A friend of mine just did a 45-70 test w h110. I urged him to really think this one out and maybe think his way away from doing it as he was pretty much doing a no case space load and I urged him reconsider.

I did win my 375 Winchester today. I’m getting ready to buy the mold I’m going to ponder a bit
 

Roger Allen

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I can’t stop looking at that noe 379-284 mold but seems a touch heavy but maybe I’m ok w that considering my twist rate
 

fiver

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I know the 38-55 will shoot a touch over 300 grains.
I think I still have a couple of molds that heavy, but have never tried them in the lever gun.
 

Ole_270

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My 38-55 is a 336 Marlin 30-30 bored out by JES. He uses a .3755-.376 groove size so it's really a hybrid .375 win/38-55.
I've pretty much settled on 3 loads, all from an Accurate 38-250B mold I ordered plain based.
10 gr Universal for a general target and plinking load, about 1235fps in this 20" carbine. This one is light enough that my slight built 5th grader Grandson handles it easily.
21 gr 4198 with a tuft of dacron for deer hunting in close quarters. Gives about 1400fps, penetration is NO problem.
32gr 3031 PC bullet. about 1600 fps. For when I feel like "Git er done!!" Noticable increase in recoil and muzzle jump.
All are very accurate, I think I've posted a picture before of the plinking load at 50 yards having 3 shots in a single, 3 lobed hole.
 
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Ole_270

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target from load workup when I had a VariX 3 2.5-8 on the marlin. Rested from 50 yards with the plinking load above. For some reason my notes doesn't show if that bullet was PC'd or lubed with Winds Wonder Wax.
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