VikingsGuy
Well-known member
The topic came up in the middle of a long thread in firearms, so thought I would post here too, in case some reloaders with interest might find it here easier.
H4895 is a very versatile reduced load powder. The attached document used to be distributed by Hodgdon but has disappeared from their website recently. It gives a lot of good starting points for reduced loading with H4895. In general, if you have a cartridge and bullet type that have published load data using H4895, you take 60% of the max published load and work up until you get to an accuracy node that has the recoil, velocity and terminal performance you are looking for. As with all hand loading - use at your own risk.
H4895 is a very versatile reduced load powder. The attached document used to be distributed by Hodgdon but has disappeared from their website recently. It gives a lot of good starting points for reduced loading with H4895. In general, if you have a cartridge and bullet type that have published load data using H4895, you take 60% of the max published load and work up until you get to an accuracy node that has the recoil, velocity and terminal performance you are looking for. As with all hand loading - use at your own risk.