Hunt Chat  

Go Back   Hunt Chat > Tools of the Trade > Reloading Bench

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #2  
Old 07-30-2007, 09:12 AM
Rocky Raab's Avatar
Rocky Raab Rocky Raab is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Ogden, Utah
Posts: 8,705
Yes and no. There are a few powders that would work in all four, but your loads would be undesirable at either the small cartridge end or the large end.

Any powder fast enough to work well in the .223 would be dangerously fast for the 7 Mag. And vice versa with a powder slow enough to perform in the 7 Mag.

You'll need at least two - and even then you aren't likely to get optimum performance. Varget or RL-15 are excellent in the .223 and .308, and good in the .257 for lighter bullets. RL-19 or 4350 are ideal for the Roberts and quite good in the 7 Mag. But you still won't get magnum performance in the 7mm unless you have a really slow powder on hand just for that round. That means one as slow as 4831 or RL-25.

The rub comes when one of your guns simply doesn't like your compromise powder - and that happens quite often.
__________________
Freedom of the Press
Does NOT mean the right to lie!

Visit me at my Reloading Room webpage!

Get signed copies of my Vietnam novels at "Baggy Zero Four" "Mike Five Eight"
Reply With Quote
 

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:50 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.