C Younger
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- Jan 4, 2017
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Greetings,
Hope everyone had a safe and uneventful new year. I've been lurking around the forums over the last couple of months, and this place looks like one of the best.
Other than playing with black powder loads in my .44 mag in 2003 or so, I'm fairly new to reloading. I've recently purchased a Marlin 1895xlr and am working on loads for this firearm. I've loaded triple 7 and some H4895 loads with good results.
A friend of mine recently gave me some IMR 4895 (I know this is not H4895) with a sticker on it indicating it was sold in 1993 or so. The can is in good condition, still sealed, and the powder smells good with no rust coloring.
I like shooting trapdoor loads in my lever action for fun, and found a minimum load on Hodgdon's website listing a starting load of 45.6gr under a 405gr lead flat point for 18,900cup.
I've got a Hornady reloading manual Fourth Edition with a copyright year of 1991. The Hornady book doesn't list pressures, but does list a starting load of 51.2gr under a 350gr jacketed round nose, or 45.1gr under 500gr jacketed round nose. Both of these loads are in the (Ruger) section indicating that they are to be used only in very strong firearms, which is where I get concerned.
I've read that powder formulas change from time to time even though they are under the same name, so don't want to rely too much on my new Hodgdon data for this old powder. Does anyone have any loading data from the early 90's that would show an acceptable Trapdoor starting load using IMR 4895 under a 405gr cast bullet that they would be willing to share?
Thanks
Hope everyone had a safe and uneventful new year. I've been lurking around the forums over the last couple of months, and this place looks like one of the best.
Other than playing with black powder loads in my .44 mag in 2003 or so, I'm fairly new to reloading. I've recently purchased a Marlin 1895xlr and am working on loads for this firearm. I've loaded triple 7 and some H4895 loads with good results.
A friend of mine recently gave me some IMR 4895 (I know this is not H4895) with a sticker on it indicating it was sold in 1993 or so. The can is in good condition, still sealed, and the powder smells good with no rust coloring.
I like shooting trapdoor loads in my lever action for fun, and found a minimum load on Hodgdon's website listing a starting load of 45.6gr under a 405gr lead flat point for 18,900cup.
I've got a Hornady reloading manual Fourth Edition with a copyright year of 1991. The Hornady book doesn't list pressures, but does list a starting load of 51.2gr under a 350gr jacketed round nose, or 45.1gr under 500gr jacketed round nose. Both of these loads are in the (Ruger) section indicating that they are to be used only in very strong firearms, which is where I get concerned.
I've read that powder formulas change from time to time even though they are under the same name, so don't want to rely too much on my new Hodgdon data for this old powder. Does anyone have any loading data from the early 90's that would show an acceptable Trapdoor starting load using IMR 4895 under a 405gr cast bullet that they would be willing to share?
Thanks