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    Powder for Multiple Cartridges

    Sorry for the late reply, I have been buried at work. While Longshot will work for me in 9mm, I have found that BE-86 produces better accuracy for me in 9mm and provides the velocities needed for the hollow point bullets (9mm, 40sw, 45acp) to expand properly. BE-86 loads feel "softer"...
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    Powder for Multiple Cartridges

    My 2 cents. In my load development and Gel testing, BE-86 has done nicely in "replicating" self defense rounds ( IE HST/Gold Dot) in 9MM, 40 SW and 45ACP for training purposes. While I have found Alliant"s 10mm 180gr load data to be spot on, velocity wise, I use Longshot (aka LOUDSHOT ) to...
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    White River primers showing up in the wild.

    Possible angle, WRE has been exporting rifle primers to NZ for NZ F-Class Open shooters or the NZ F-Class Open team.
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    Ball powders are faster and less costly to make than extruded and flake powders

    good article on ball powder and St. Marks facility https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/ball-powder-st-marks-powder/462658
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    Alliant v. Hodgdon prices

    Alliant 'Reloder' extruded grades are made by Bofors in Sweden or from Nitrochemie Wimmins AG in Switzerland. Alliant spherical rifle powders are from St. Marks.
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    Alliant v. Hodgdon prices

    Based upon current price and quality of pistol powders (Alliant vs Vihtavuori), I would buy Vihtavuori. ;)
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    White River Energetics Primers

    Nice score for you and kudos to White River for sending the samples and gear.
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    New Primer Company, Again.

    WRE is legit, their model for the US as of right now is to supply their existing OEM customers (new or remanfactured ammo). When excess capacity allows, then we will see primers available for the non-oem market. THIS IS NOT A SMISSEN (Expansion) enterprise.
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    A fasinating history of some popular powders going back 100+ years

    Thanks for the link. An enjoyable read.
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    New Member? Introduce yourself here (just intros, questions get answered elsewhere)

    Hi all. New member here. I have been lurking for a couple of months reading through the reloading forums. I recently began reloading for semi-auto pistols. I have found alot of useful tips and information in that forum. Cheers, Stacktester
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