H4227 where to buy

RustyNail

July 31, 2006 17:50

I used to use Powdervalleyinc.com but they stopped carrying it. Midway caries IMR4227 but not H4227. Anyone know if some other good on-line sources for powder?

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  Highball

  July 31, 2006 19:05

  http://www.bargainammunition.com/page25.html

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  RustyNail

  August 01, 2006 01:42

  Thanks HighBall, Looks like they have what I want at fairly reasonable prices.

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  Highball

  August 01, 2006 04:23

  You bet.
  I just did a web search...Lock, Stock and Barrel was my first looksee..oddly enough, they didn't carry it either.

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  mrbruce

  August 01, 2006 07:00

  The reason it's not available any more is that Hodgdon has discontinued H-4227 but will still package IMR-4227

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  RustyNail

  August 02, 2006 22:05

  Yeah, I went back to the Hodgdon site and looked up H4227. It was listed as "limited availability/discontinued item." So I e-mailed Hodgdon AND IMR to inquire if IMR4227 is just an H4227 "clone" or whatever--neither site has even acknowledged my e-mail.

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  Hawk Carse

  August 03, 2006 05:45

  IMR 4227 (and other IMR powders) are made in Canada and have been since DuPont got out of the smokeless powder business about 1976.
  
  H 4227 (and other extruded Hodgdon powders) are made in Australia by a somewhat different process which they claim gives less temperature effect on internal ballistics. Hodgdon powders are ADI powders fudged in burn rate to approximate IMR powder of the same number.
  APPROXIMATE, load data is NOT interchangeable.

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  mrbruce

  August 03, 2006 07:16

  IMR powders are all now owned by Hodgdon Powder Company.....

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