ammomart powder
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It's very close to the original #4831 surplus powder, which was a slow lot of #4350, back in the day and to avoid confusion Hodgdon started calling it #4831 or something to that effect.
The milspec #4831 was a bit faster burning than the ''new manufacture H4831"
I used to use IMR specs for the #48 Nobel and it the results were very close.
The milspec #4831 was a bit faster burning than the ''new manufacture H4831"
I used to use IMR specs for the #48 Nobel and it the results were very close.
I used a fair bit of Ammomart Numbers 48 and 49. Both had similar burning rates, but
#49 was considerably bulkier than was #48, so filled the case more for any given load.
IMHO, they were both a slight bit slower than IMR 4831, but there may have been
more than one lot to work from as well. EE
#49 was considerably bulkier than was #48, so filled the case more for any given load.
IMHO, they were both a slight bit slower than IMR 4831, but there may have been
more than one lot to work from as well. EE
Just shot the last of my 22 250 rounds that I had loaded with Ammo Mart 44 and 55gr SPSX. Found two more pounds in the cabinet and prepping brass this evening to load more. Sticker on side of container says to use 3031 data. Was using this load to exterminate gophers out to 200 yds last weekend.
I have a good supply of 44, still in good shape. I shoot all the "old guy" cartridges - 30-30 32WS, 303 British, 8x57, 7.62x54 and x39, plus others. 44 works in nearly all my old cartridges.Shot up a fair bit of #44 as well. Decent stuff, but throws a pretty interesting muzzle flash.
Especially noticeable in poor light.EE.
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Second the opinion of “interesting” muzzle flash for the #44. Back in ‘86 I was on the range shooting my 22-250 with N44 and the muzzle flash was a flame around 4 feet long expanding out to the size of a volleyball. Had more than a few guys wander over to ask what I had.
Yup, loaded some for a fella in his short 788 carbine - WOW!
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47 S was H414 / WC760.
I stand corrected
. I have a note showing 47SL10 as being same as H-414.I also have some 47-N which is a stick powder slower than 4350, probably close to 4831.
That's why I shouldn't quote from memory!
Re: That's why I shouldn't quote from memory!
Me too!
Me too!
Re: Ammomart #33 powder
That particular powder, along with its mate, 44, were surplus WW2 powders manufactured either by Nobel ICI in Scotland or by CIL/EXPLO in Canada. They were both known to not only "go off" but to go bad. Does yours have an "acid-y" vs. a "solvent-y" smell? Is there orange "dust" coming up from it? Is the inside of the container, if it's metal, covered in rust? In either case, it's time to fertilise your lawn.
That particular powder, along with its mate, 44, were surplus WW2 powders manufactured either by Nobel ICI in Scotland or by CIL/EXPLO in Canada. They were both known to not only "go off" but to go bad. Does yours have an "acid-y" vs. a "solvent-y" smell? Is there orange "dust" coming up from it? Is the inside of the container, if it's metal, covered in rust? In either case, it's time to fertilise your lawn.
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#48, is Noble Rifle Powder 48, which is the iteration of H4831 that Hodgdon had marketed that was made in Scottland after the surplus H4831 dried up…….H4831 is now made by ADI (Australia)
Use H4831 data, but start at the published start load and work up accordingly.
Use H4831 data, but start at the published start load and work up accordingly.
On its own, unenclosed smokelss poweder will burn kind of slow, and smokey.
I had a couple of pounds of Ammomart #44 that went bad, and corroded the bottom cap of the cardboard container. If it doesn't have an acidic smell, it might still be okay.
I had a couple of pounds of Ammomart #44 that went bad, and corroded the bottom cap of the cardboard container. If it doesn't have an acidic smell, it might still be okay.
