Pistol powder for light rifle loads

todbartell said:
I only use Trail Boss these days for light loads. No chance of a double or triple charge
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Yup, 30-30 165 cast, .44 and 444 240 cast. Since I've been using TB the 22rf has not left the cabinet. .44 is my favorite grouse gun, 444 my best plunker.
 
I've used many pounds of 700X in light rifle loads with WW cast. Lately I've been working on a 10 lb. keg of Unique. Typical load would be something like 10 or 11 gr. of either with a 150 gr. cast WW in 30-30, 30-06, 308, 32 WS.

I've fired hundreds of loads of 5 gr. 700X with a 93 gr. Lee WW in 30-30. I use Lee molds.
 
I used H4895 in the beginning as well. I needed pretty heavy charge weights to get things stable and velocity wasn't great. Even with jacketed bullets I wasn't impressed.
 
I’ve used h4895 but find to get de ent accuracy you’re into regular load territory. Trail boss and unique are my gotos. Tried titegroup in the past but accuracy was poor and it’s dirty as hell. There’s a page on hodgdons site on calculating loads for both trail boss and h4895.
 
I use lots of SR-7625, red dot and Unique for light loads. A pound goes a long way. Between all editions of the Lyman cast books, the rcbs cast load book , articles in old Handloader magazines and old NRA cast books, there is a enormous range of powders that have been used successfully. It kind of funny really that there is actually so many fellows that are so unaware of what works for a good cheap load with cast bullets, and will happily blaze away with "boughten" jacketed bullets at high prices.
 
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