It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Alliant's Reloder 15 as a medium rifle powder. It's my go-to powder for the .308 Winchester, and I find it useful for the .223 Remington as well. It's a great medium rifle powder, and I normally buy it in 5 lb jugs. I keep a 1 lb bottle on the bench and refill the smaller bottle from the larger.
I was reloading some .308 Winchester this morning, and using powder from the smaller bottle. After finishing 100 rounds, I was tidying up the bench and noticed that the 1 lb jug was almost empty, so I reached up on the top shelf to get the larger jug. It felt fairly light, too, so I poured what was left of it into the one-pound bottle.
It's not much of a problem, because my stocks of loaded ammo are good, and I've got just enough in that smaller jug to give me a little planning time, but it's becoming apparent it's time to buy powder. A quick inventory shows me that I'm down to my last pound of IMR 4895, another medium rifle powder that I like a lot.
I hate paying the haz-mat fees, but I guess it's time to start looking for good deals online.
Pickings are still mighty slim.
ReplyDeleteI have seen Win 760/H-414, AA 2495, AA 4064 and AA2700. Some people have been telling me that these sell out very, very fast.
Wideners offers "Notify me when it is available". I think your best bet is to mentally have a first string (what give you joy) and a second string (may not be optimum but will get the job done).
Good luck.
-Joe
good luck. I haven't seen Reloader anything in months. If you were closer, I'd split the hazmat fee.
ReplyDeleteMy last order was to Powder Valley.
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't checked there it '
might be an idea to do so.
Check MidwayUSA often. I just got some 4064 there. Also, I got some AA#9, a good powder for straight-case loads, especially .357 & .44 Magnum. I had gotten Unique last fall from them.
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