2019 Hodgdon Annual Manual (magazine)

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LOTS of good info in here.

Articles on:

224 Valkyrie write up and data, a lot of the CFE223 loads directly match the test rounds I just loaded last weekend (while I got rained out) so I’m pumped to try them. It also confirmed my suspicions on 8208XBR: it’s a quicker powder so leave it for the 60gr and lighter bullets for speed. I got some decent heavy loads (77gr) but they were ridiculously slow. Tiny groups at 100 that fell apart at 300yds

6mm and 6.5 CM

45ACP & Long Colt

Black Powder shotshells

Wildcat 30 Rem AR

6.5x54 Mannlicher (my wife’s grandad has a few of these rifles in this caliber up to a 9.5x57mm beast)

Muzzle loader substitute powders

LOAD DATA
Lots of updated data; some quick comparisons against the usual suspects showed some tweaks even against 2-3yo manuals


If anyone wants anything specific just tag me and ask
 
LOTS of good info in here.

Articles on:

224 Valkyrie write up and data, a lot of the CFE223 loads directly match the test rounds I just loaded last weekend (while I got rained out) so I’m pumped to try them. It also confirmed my suspicions on 8208XBR: it’s a quicker powder so leave it for the 60gr and lighter bullets for speed. I got some decent heavy loads (77gr) but they were ridiculously slow. Tiny groups at 100 that fell apart at 300yds

6mm and 6.5 CM

45ACP & Long Colt

Black Powder shotshells

Wildcat 30 Rem AR

6.5x54 Mannlicher (my wife’s grandad has a few of these rifles in this caliber up to a 9.5x57mm beast)

Muzzle loader substitute powders

LOAD DATA
Lots of updated data; some quick comparisons against the usual suspects showed some tweaks even against 2-3yo manuals


If anyone wants anything specific just tag me and ask
Anything new for pistol loads? Im moving over to Titegroup from HP-38
 
Tweaks up or down? I know current data has been much more conservative over older manuals.
 
I need to pick up a copy of the 2019 version, even if all of Hodgdon's data is available online for free.
 
I need to pick up a copy of the 2019 version, even if all of Hodgdon's data is available online for free.

The articles in this one are pretty quality this time around and all but the muzzle loader stuff applies to me. This one was worth it
 
The articles in this one are pretty quality this time around and all but the muzzle loader stuff applies to me. This one was worth it
yeah last years was good too, had blackout data nobody else had. Also explained the new powders from IMR pretty well, so much so that I went out and got a lb of IMR target and was very impressed. I love that powder!
 
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