Powder Selection for a Few Calibers

[mosinmaster]

Hi,

So I am choosing some powders to reload .30-30, .308, .270, and 8mm Mauser

.30-30 is a Marlin 336 with 20'' barrel and will load 170 gr RN bullets (Woods Deer Rifle)
.308 is a Ruger M77 with 22'' barrel and will load 165 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip (Main Deer Rifle)
.270 either in a Rem 700 or SAKO, for future considerations. 22'' barrel (150 gr Nosler BT and Partitions)
8mm Mauser is a Husqvarna M98 commercial rifle with 22'' barrel that I will load with 200 gr Speer Hot-Cors for <200 yard shots on moose/elk

I was recommended IMR 4895 for a general purpose powder, and I've read about 4064 as well.

I also saw that Hodgdon makes H4895, what difference is there from IMR 4895?

Any other recommendations?

 

[Ganderite]

4895 is an excellent powder. very similar to H4895. Buy whichever is available. Other good powders for those are RL15, 4064, 4320 and Varget.

If you use a ball powder, you can throw very accurate powder charges. For other than match ammo, I prefer the convenience of ball powder. H335 and 748 would be good choices of ball.

 

[MaxKW]

Whatever you choose make sure you can get a good supply of it, I can think of at least 2-3 cartridges that I had to rework up loads because the powder supply dried up this winter.

 

[iceman2]

H4 895, IMR4895, 3031 or 4064 are all fine powders for the 30-30, 308 and I believe the 8mm mauser, but are a little too fast for optimal performance in the 270 win i believe. H4831 or IMR 4831 are proven performers in the 270.

 

[Ganderite]

H4 895, IMR4895, 3031 or 4064 are all fine powders for the 30-30, 308 and I believe the 8mm mauser, but are a little too fast for optimal performance in the 270 win i believe. H4831 or IMR 4831 are proven performers in the 270.

I agree. Sorry. did not notice the 270 in that list. 4831 is the standard powder for 270. It would work with a heavy bullet in 8mm, too.

 

[sunray]

IMR4064 gives more consistent accuracy than either 4895(difference is the burn rate. They're close but not the same). Flows through powder throwers better too. Works particularly well with .30-06 and .308 with match bullets. For those cartridges, it'd be my choice if one is limiting oneself to one powder.