H-110 it is!

[ranger53]

I've been wondering what powder for my Ruger Blackhawk 45 colt I should use. It looks like the H-110 will get the nod. But when I order my dies this week from midway, I'm going to order the loadbooks for the 45 colt, 38 special, and possilbly the 357. Can't have too much info !
tommy

 

[Seismic Sam]

Save money and buy 296...

It's a fairly open secret in the industry that H110 IS 296 repackaged, or the other way around. (I can never remember, because I'm almost as OLD as ReloaderFred! ) The point, however, is that in the larger jug sizes, 296 is cheaper than H110 by at least a couple of bucks. That will get you a couple of hundred primers extra, which I'm sure you will appreciate.

 

[sargenv]

Personally.. when using this powder, I prefer to go one step further and get Mil surp WC820. $8 - $9 a pound beats $16 a pound any day and I can get 8# of it for the same price as 4# of the can grade stuff.

Vince

 

[Kamicosmos]

I like Blue dot in my 45 Colt loads. H110 works, but it's more for heavy bullets and/or atomic big loads. If you're also wanting to use a powder in 38 spec, blue dot can work in that. H110 won't. But, H110 is good for .357 and .44 loads.

I also use WC820. I don't care for it, simply because you have to do a lot of load development on each lot to figure out it's burn rate. My 8 lb jug was much closer to AA #9 instead of H110. I had some close calls, in Ruger guns, while experimenting with it. If you're not an experienced handloader, I'd recommend staying with the commerical stuff vs the milsurp pull down powders.

 

[Steve in PA]

Stick with H-110, I never got the same results from 296.

 

[Backfired]

It's been my experience H-110 and 296 are very foul burning in my model 25-5 45 Colt even at near max loads with magnum primers using Hornady's recipe for 250 grain bullets at 900 FPS. In fact, crud built so badly up between the cylinder and the frame, it seized up after about 30 rounds. I gotta admit the cylinder gap in my revolver is only a few thousandths but I've never had problems with Blue Dot.

 

[caz223]

Funny, H110 burns very clean for me........

 

[Steve in PA]

Same here. I've shot tons of H-110 out of my SRH, no problems or issues.

 

[Ndenway]

I use blue dot in my 45lc light/medium loads and littlegun for the heavy loads,

blue dot works well in the 38/357 for medium lead to heavy jacket loads, and littlegun works well with the 180gr 357mag load.

 

[Tyril]

H110 is pretty dirty in the .30 carbine, but it makes for some exciting loads.

The STARTING LOAD in Lee's Modern Reloading from the 110 FMJ is higher velocity than the accepted military load of WWII+, and at a much lower pressure.

It's magic. =)



-mike