As much as I would prefer to have 32# of 2400,...
During the previous shortage, I found some Alliant 300MP for slightly more than just before that shortage, but about a third of what everyone is selling powder for today. I've not found all it's uses yet, but in the 357 Mag Carbines, it shines for upper end velocities. If I need less (which is 99% of the time), I use Unique, Herco or HP38/W23. May be "better" powders out there, but these are what I have.
I've tended more toward "what I have" in recent years than what I perceive to be "what's ideal," because everyone else seems to know what's ideal too, or the powder companies aren't making those in deference to cooler-sounding powders to feed the impressionable masses.
All the same, I'm soaking this information up and taking notes. Won't kill me to settle for something I can get or can afford v. what I think is ideal.
During the previous shortage, I found some Alliant 300MP for slightly more than just before that shortage, but about a third of what everyone is selling powder for today. I've not found all it's uses yet, but in the 357 Mag Carbines, it shines for upper end velocities. If I need less (which is 99% of the time), I use Unique, Herco or HP38/W23. May be "better" powders out there, but these are what I have.
I've tended more toward "what I have" in recent years than what I perceive to be "what's ideal," because everyone else seems to know what's ideal too, or the powder companies aren't making those in deference to cooler-sounding powders to feed the impressionable masses.
All the same, I'm soaking this information up and taking notes. Won't kill me to settle for something I can get or can afford v. what I think is ideal.
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