.50 BMG Powders

hughes1

March 22, 2007 07:57

I would like to see a list of powders suitable for reloading the .50 BMG and any comments by people who reloded with them. Thank you

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  nononsense

  March 22, 2007 09:55

  hughes1,
  
  Each powder manufacturer has their own powder or powders listed for the large capacity cases. Don't forget about the surplus powders:
  
  http://www.patsreloading.com/patsrel/whatsnew.htm
  
  http://t6aluminum.tripod.com/Surplus_Powder.htm (links at bottom of page)
  
  From VithaVuori:
  
  POWDERS FOR .50 BMG
  
  For .50 BMG there are two special Vihtavuori powders available, 24N41 and 20N29. They are, like N100 series, single base surface treated powders. The burning rate of them is slower and their grain size is larger than that of the N100 series rifle powders. 24N41 is slightly faster burning than 20N29.
  
  Powders and Load Data
  
  Accurate Arms Powder
  Alliant Powder (formerly Hercules)
  Hodgdon Powder
  IMR Powder
  Norma Powder
  St. Marks Powder
  Ramshot Powder
  Vihtavuori Powder
  Winchester Powder
  
  Selectable links at:
  
  http://sst.benchrest.com/ (scroll down to list of suppliers)
  
  Best.

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