Ammomart Powders

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Thanks to Dosing's posting that premiere issue of "The Canadian Handloader", as well as the perennial posts asking about one or another Ammommart's surplus powder, I thought I'd post what little information I have about them. Please feel free to add whatever you can about them.

Remember, boys & girls, these powders have all been around a day or two, and, because they are surplus powders, there is little to no lot-to-lot consistency.

And, if you're one of those "It's too dangerous, use it for fertilizer" people, GOOD, that'll leave more of the Gunshow, estate sale or auction finds for those of us "Adventurous" folks!
 
This is a great company and i've never been disappointed dealing with them. I miss talking to the old guy that worked there. He was very informative and entertaining.
That would have been Tom the elder, who has now passed.
The outfit is now owned and run by his son and nephew, Tom and Andrew.
My parents lived across the road from Ammomart, and when I was in town it was always a great time to go over and have a chat and a coffee with Tom
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Ammomart powders [that I am aware of]

Over the years, the same powders had different names; later to align with Hodgdon’s numbers, I suppose.

The below list is from Fast to Slow.

P 3-S [HP38, aka WC231]

PP-3 [Nobel Pistol 3] [I used this for fire-forming 7mm Rem. Mag. To .458 Winchester MANY years ago]

WC230 [Olin WC230] This is NOT W231; it is MUCH faster!

WC235 [Olin WC235]

Trap 1-A [Nobel Glasgow Shotgun Powder, hereinafter NGSP 80]

XR-2 [NGSP 82]

XR-4 [NGSP 84

SP83 [NGSP 83, between Power Pistol & Herco]

Magnum 6 [NGSP 86] [I use this in .298 Westley Richards Min.Ex. & .32-20, as well as for cast bullet loads in many mid-range rifle cartridges. It is quite similar to Vihtavuouri 3N38, ReloadSuisse RS24, or Somchem’s S221].

S-6 S [Olin WC540, HS6]

SP85 [NGSP 85, between W540 & Blue Dot]

69 [NGSP 69] [~Blue Dot speed]

S-7 S [Olin WC571, HS7]

WC820 [Olin] between 2400 & W296, aka AA#9]

P-8 S [H108 [~20% faster than WWC296 or H110, or the above WC820]

P-10 S [Olin WC295, faster than WC296 or H110]

H116 [WC680, AA1680] I’ve used it in .357 Magnum HEAVY bullets in a Ruger #1 & light [i.e. 35-40 gr. Bullets in a .222 Remington]

27N [NGSP made H4227]

101 [NGSP 3]

33 [Nobel]

33A

4197

200 [similar to Norma 200]

102 [NGSP 2]

WC735 [aka SMP 735] [My absolute FAVOURITE in 1:14” .223 Remington 45-53 gr. Loads]

WC845 [H335 start loads MAX!] ~Accurate 2230-Lot C, Accurate 2460

44N [Nobel] [This is one of the 2 Ammomart powders that went bad on me]

44S [Olin WC844, aka Hodgdon’s H335]

CMR100 The original was a single base “stick” / Tubular powder pulled-down from a 1969 Lake City Arsenal production lot of .30-06 ammunition using 150 gr. FMJ bullets. The accepted advice was to use 3031 data. The problem, like with ALL surplus powdersd, is that there were several lots of this sold over the years that range in speed from 15-20% faster than 3031 to 10-15% slower than 4895.

45H [Hodgdon H4895]

AM48 [similar to 4895]

55 [Ammomart’s early name for BLC2]

46S [Olin WC846, aka Hodgdon’s BLC2]

103 [NGSP 1]

Xelex CR 4064 [Xelex, another of Tom Higginson’s house brands]

Olin X2924, ball powder with a burn rate between W748 and BLC2 [In the lot I have tested & used, it is much closer to a fast lot of WC852]

WC755 [see above]

CF8506 [see above]

Expro X2924 [Expro Chemical Products Inc. – Valleyfield, Quebec, what we know as IMR, now owned by General Dynamics]

WC852 [at least 3 lots with burning rates ranging from H380 to H450 & WC785]

104 [NGSP 0] see below for later name

47N [aka HP104] [Nobel #0]

47 OEM [Vihtavuouri N160] This is the other Ammomart powder that I had go bad.

4351H

47SB, [Olin, aka H414SL10, also WC760SL131, but a different lot]

CF7900

RP-5 [Bofors RP-5, the original Norma 205]

48S [H450]

48H [H4831]

WC 867 [Olin WC867] Athough it is sometimes advertised as “Like H870, that is NOT the case; it is MUCH closer to H1000.]

WC870 [Olin WC870; this IS the real H870!]

50H [H5010, aka IMR5010]
 
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