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Old 03-21-2005, 10:53 AM
Jack Jack is offline
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PJ, I guess I got lucky...
First powder I ever tried for my 308 was 3031. The rifle grouped 1 and 1/2 inches (5 shots@100) with a peep sight and the old 165 partition with the relieved waist and the screw machine marks on it. I figured that was plenty good enough for woods ranges and never tried anything else for many years. Didn't have a chronograph in those days.
Got some 2520 about 10 years ago, and tried that along with H414.
BTW, 2520 is also the best powder I've found for the 8x57.
I think of 2520 as 'ball 4895' - it's very useful stuff.
For some reason or other, I've never used 748.
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