Durango_Dave
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The following powders are equivalent:
Win 231 = Hodgdon HP-38
Win 296 = Hodgdon H110
Win 760 = Hodgdon H414
But how equivalent? Are they really the same? Most of my reloading handbooks show the exact same data for equivalent powders.
Here's my understanding, but I have no way to substantiate this. Correct me if I'm wrong but there used to be lots of companies making smokeless powder. When Hodgdon bought the rights to distribute Winchester Powders they had the rights to sell the powder under the Hodgdon name.
I think they are making Hodgdon H110 the same as Winchester 296 is made. I've seen Youtubers compare H110 to Win 296. They come up almost the same on the chronograph. I think testing these two powders is the same as testing batch to batch consistency of the same powder.
The following are equivalent but discontinued. This may be helpful if you run across an old reloading book and want to find the modern equivalent.
Win 540 (discontinued) = HS-6
WAP (discontinued) = Silhouette
W571 = HS-7 (both discontinued)
Win 231 = Hodgdon HP-38
Win 296 = Hodgdon H110
Win 760 = Hodgdon H414
But how equivalent? Are they really the same? Most of my reloading handbooks show the exact same data for equivalent powders.
Here's my understanding, but I have no way to substantiate this. Correct me if I'm wrong but there used to be lots of companies making smokeless powder. When Hodgdon bought the rights to distribute Winchester Powders they had the rights to sell the powder under the Hodgdon name.
I think they are making Hodgdon H110 the same as Winchester 296 is made. I've seen Youtubers compare H110 to Win 296. They come up almost the same on the chronograph. I think testing these two powders is the same as testing batch to batch consistency of the same powder.
The following are equivalent but discontinued. This may be helpful if you run across an old reloading book and want to find the modern equivalent.
Win 540 (discontinued) = HS-6
WAP (discontinued) = Silhouette
W571 = HS-7 (both discontinued)