New reloader looking for help

[michaelm]

I just purchased a new reloading set up. I am reloading 260 Remington with 140 grain Hornady SST and a 308 with 165 grain Hornday SST. Is there one powder i could get that would work well with both loads. My shop has IMR and Hodgson in stock and a limited amount of Winchester powders. I don't want to buy too many powders while starting out.

 

[500 ss bob]

If you don't have a reloading manual handy do some interweb research,should be able to find out here.

https://www.hodgdon.com/basic-manual-inquiry.html

 

[Brianma65]

You could ask somebody , who has a hornady manual , to post a pic of those cartridges. The hornady manual has all the data for their projectiles. Powder,caliber,weight ,etc.

 

[stevebc]

I also try to keep my powder choices as simple as possible, and prefer to have one powder for rifles, one for pistols.

I'm not familiar with the .260 Remington, but I use Varget in my .308 for the Hornady 155gr Amax's I use. I'd be surprised if it didn't work in the .260 as well.

I also use it for my .303's. I too prefer to have as few powders as possible, and only use Varget for my rifles. I'm stocked up on Varget for a few years.

I tried to stick to W231 as the only powder for my pistols, but the shortages have forced me to branch out into other powders.

 

[hound2013]

I have 2 hornady hand books and also use the sst for 308 ill check it tomorrow and get back to asap thanks hound2013

 

[Rory McCanuck]

4895, Varget, 4064, 4320, 4350, H414, W 760, BL-C(2).
One of the new ones should work as well, IMR 4166

 

[michaelm]

thanks McCanuck and the others who posted replies, found some Varget and getting ready to give it a try