I'm a novice reloader and based on Stretch's post I'm a little confused about a batch I just built. I had some old H110 and used it up building 97 rounds of .44mag using CCI #300 Large Pistol Primers, 180gr XTP's, and 29.0gr of the H110. I then bought some new H110 and built another 75 rounds. This recipe is a starting load out of Lee's Modern Reloading second edition I kept the two batches separate so I know the old powder vs. new powder at the range. There is a "warning" in a list just before the reloading charts on page 205 that says "Use standard primers for all powders except Winchester 296 use magnum primers". I was not aware that Win296 and H110 were the same powder and H110 is not mentioned in the warning. I had magnum primers on the shelf that came with the first reloading outfit I bought used a few years ago. Now it kind of makes sense they were in the kit as the old H110 came with the outfit as well. Is this gonna be a problem? I sure don't want to clog up the bore of my gorgeous ported S&W 629 with a squib!!
The trend I see in this Lee manual is to list the two separate, they even have different seating depths for each of these powders with the same bullet in one of the .44 mag tables.
The trend I see in this Lee manual is to list the two separate, they even have different seating depths for each of these powders with the same bullet in one of the .44 mag tables.