brandon6976
CGN Regular
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- Toronto area
Yeah I saw from some 45-70 forums people discussing it. People were suggesting that though h110 is good it's only good when the case is almost full (your 90% as you mention). People there were suggesting for people who wanted something similar to H110 should use Alliant 2400 and that most powders such as HS-6 and Unique that are common 45-70 loads are fine as they will have a good ignition regardless of how much the powder has filled where as H110 isn't consistent ignition at the lower case fill. They seemed to suggest more that it wouldn't have a good consistency and therefore bad accuracy, also suggesting it would potentially not always properly ignite leaving a higher chance of squib loads.
So not so much the over pressure but more the other end of the spectrum. I appreciate all the feedback everyone has given, as the answer appears to be that H110 (possibly some other powders) are different than most powders in that it requires the near full case capacity for it to function normally (pistol, rifle or otherwise). Meaning that the H110 though shows good in something like quickload is more that quickload is likely assuming a proper ignition which may not happen with H110 specifically.
This also explains to me why Johnny's reloading bench would be able to use various pistol powders in 223 but h110 wasn't one of them.
RJ
