Mystery Powder.........To Me Anyway.

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So guys......I have acquired 4 lbs of an old Winchester powder for which I can find no reference. I know it's a shotgun powder, but like so many shotgun powders I was wondering if it wouldn't have a use in one or more of my pistol cartridges. It is Winchester 540 and with my limited computer skills, I can't even find a burn rate chart that shows it. Nor can I find any load data in any pistol case as far back as I have books.......and that spans more than 40 years.
So is this exclusively a shotgun powder and I should sell it, or can it be used for 45 ACP/38 spl or something like that???????
 
Same as HS-6 so quite a good versatile pistol power.
http://www.trapshooters.com/threads/540-winchester-ball-power-info.98454/
HS-6
HS-6 is a fine spherical propellant that has wide application in pistol and shotshell.

In pistol, 9mm, 38 Super, 40 S&W and 10mm Auto are some of the cartridges where HS-6 provides top performance.

In shotshell, HS-6 yields excellent heavy field loadings in 28-, 20-, 12- and 10-gauge.

HS-6 is truly an outstanding spherical propellant and identical to Winchester’s discontinued 540.
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