Need a clean powder for 12 ga

tinman

March 06, 2008 17:45

I have been shooting some 0 & 00 Buck shot and 1 oz slugs with some HS-6 powder and recently with Blue dot. (using a 12 GA Mossberg 500 24'' rifled barrel 2.75'' hulls) I have found a bunch of unburned powder in my barrel after i just cleaned it, both powders leave a fair amount of powder in the bore. Is there a cleaner powder i can shoot for my heavy loads that is better on my gun??? Any advise would be greatly appreciated thanks,
Travis

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  charliemeyer007

  March 06, 2008 19:00

  Do your loads shoot good? I like bluedot for my cast 540 sabots. Clean burning and slow for mags seems like you are asking for a lot. The only clean shotgun powder I remember was Super M Balastite but it was for light loads.

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  dcs shooters

  March 07, 2008 10:46

  Try Win.WSF or 571 or.

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  338magnut

  March 07, 2008 12:12

  Can you still find Winchester 571? They say, whoever they is, that Hodgon HS-7 is the same as Winchester 571 and loading data is the same. Anyone else heard this?

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  bpost

  March 07, 2008 15:31

  Unburned powder is different than a "dirty" powder. Some unburned powder is normal in shotguns. A dirty powder tends to leave a lot of carbon fowling and deposits from combustion. Please be careful in thinking the powder is dirty. The higher the pressure the more complete the burning will be. It is not uncommon to find unburned kernels or flakes of powder in mild trap and field loads.

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  tinman

  March 07, 2008 19:06

  Thanks for all the info i will try the Win powder.

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  5mmgunguy

  March 08, 2008 05:49

  I would try blue dot.

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  crowbeaner

  March 10, 2008 15:19

  Try some IMR SR 4756 and 800X. They are my favorites.

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  5mmgunguy

  March 10, 2008 20:00

  800X would be excellent.

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  Odawgp

  March 11, 2008 07:56

  the clays line from hodgdons will burn 10x cleaner than all the above listed powders
  
  Clays
  Universal
  International clays
  
  "Anything else burns like diesel in your gas powered auto mobile" [xx(]
  
  Also when reloading primers make the fire if the primers are week as are most of the cheapies you will have alot of unburned powder left behind.
  
  Use win,cci,fed,rem 209's and you will have no problems

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  7mmbr

  March 12, 2008 19:33

  Tinman, Try looking at Hodgdon Longshot powder. I use it exclusively for all of my heavy "Back-up/ Buddy Shoots" and my duck goose reloads and it is great. Clean, hot and burns w/o question in hot or cold weather. IMHO!!!
  
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  tinman

  March 15, 2008 05:48

  Thanks for all the info. Will buy a can of clays today and give it a whirl. Tinman

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