i got a bottle of it today im wondering what calibers this can be used for does anyone use this powder ?????? . ive looked on the website for hodgon but it doesnt go into much detail on it so can you give me some ideas of what its good for thanks hound13
h110 powder
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most if not all pistol magnum's, and for rifle 300 blackout.
i use it in 357mag and 500mag, big flame, lots of recoil, lots of fun!
hodgdon does mention when working up a load to not go to low (3% of max i think) as it starts to act funny when not alot of powder is in the case.
i use it in 357mag and 500mag, big flame, lots of recoil, lots of fun!
hodgdon does mention when working up a load to not go to low (3% of max i think) as it starts to act funny when not alot of powder is in the case.
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Some powders are General purpose. H110 is not. If it is a sealed can, sell or trade it for a powder better suited for your rifle/pistol.
Really? Not really a suitable powder for reduced loads, and I somehow think a full case full in a 45-70 would make the rifle go BOOM!
Winchester came out with a little loading book, I think it was about the 1970s, where they were pushing their new powder 296, for magnum revolvers. I got some and used it according to their directions in each of 357 and 44 magnum, which stated to use the exact load as shown in their loading chart and not lower.
I had been using H110 in the magnum revolvers with good success, both at full power loads and reduced by as much as 25%, before accuracy started to fall off.
Here are a couple of results from using H110 in a 270 with a 100 grain jacketed bullet, from my notes of the 1960s.
8 grains of H110, 100 grain CIL bullet. Penetrated 600 page Eaton's catalogue, then a 1 5/8" fir plank and kept on going.
6 grains of H110, same bullet, penetrated the 600 page catalogue and just made a dent in the plank.
8 grains at 40 yards made a 1 inch group.
Then, low and behold, not that many years ago I started reading that H110 was the same powder as Win 296, that shouldn't be used at less than full power loads!
I had been using H110 in the magnum revolvers with good success, both at full power loads and reduced by as much as 25%, before accuracy started to fall off.
Here are a couple of results from using H110 in a 270 with a 100 grain jacketed bullet, from my notes of the 1960s.
8 grains of H110, 100 grain CIL bullet. Penetrated 600 page Eaton's catalogue, then a 1 5/8" fir plank and kept on going.
6 grains of H110, same bullet, penetrated the 600 page catalogue and just made a dent in the plank.
8 grains at 40 yards made a 1 inch group.
Then, low and behold, not that many years ago I started reading that H110 was the same powder as Win 296, that shouldn't be used at less than full power loads!
Just looking in another note book. This one from away back, when I was trying every concoction of powder, and bullet lubrication, in an attempt to get speedy but accurate loads in a 30-06, with hard cast gas check bullets.
I saw where I had shot 3 groups using 16.5 grains of H110 and the groups all went from 2 1/4 inch to 2 3/4 inch at 100 yards. This was very consistent, plus the 30-06 I was using had close to an 8 pound trigger and in general was not well tuned. Any group around 1 1/2 inches with that outfit was a darn good group.
All in all, I can't figure out where all the talk about H110 not being a powder to load down, comes from.
I saw where I had shot 3 groups using 16.5 grains of H110 and the groups all went from 2 1/4 inch to 2 3/4 inch at 100 yards. This was very consistent, plus the 30-06 I was using had close to an 8 pound trigger and in general was not well tuned. Any group around 1 1/2 inches with that outfit was a darn good group.
All in all, I can't figure out where all the talk about H110 not being a powder to load down, comes from.
I use it for 357Mag and 300BLK. It can also be used in 44Mag. Check out Hodgdon's site and you'll get an idea what calibers it can be used in.
Hey Dave, Hodgdon in another forum has confirmed that H110 is the same as W296.
Hey Dave, Hodgdon in another forum has confirmed that H110 is the same as W296.
I can tell you where that came from... The descendants of Cain known as lawyers...
