H4895 is Sweet.

[WLW]

Ironically I just bought a pound of it to try today. H4895 seems to be the go to powder for reduced recoil loads.

 

[ghitch75]

THE powder for 44 magnum is Win 296 or H110. JMO

great powder for 45 Colt "Ruger" loads too....btw i have always like 4895 for 223,22-250 and 308's....

 

[shibumiseeker]

True. I've been using 33.0gns of H110 in my Socom loads. Sends those bullets flying FAST.

It's weird, but up until a year ago, I'd never used H110. Now I keep 8# around all the time.

I'm using 35.5gr under a 300gr JHP, but it's also 1967 production a friend gave me 20# of I'm getting about 1870fps give or take with mild flattening of the primers. Unfortunately I'm getting a large variance in velocities (as low as 1720 and as high as 1910), but I suspect it's the Lee powder measure that may be at fault. I'm going to try hand weighing ten or so to see if that is the problem or not.