Someone passed along a couple of cans of Hogdon's H240 "Rifle Powder". It's obviously fairly old, but the powder looks and smells fine. I intend to use it for some 44 Mag loads.
On the back of the can it has some load recommendation, including one for a 250 grain lead bullet using 20 grains of powder for an over 1,500 fps load. Looking at current loads, that seems nuts!
I plan to load for 240 grain plated bullets, so was thinking about backing off the 250 grain load by 10%, starting at using 18 grains.
Anyone recognize this powder? It looks a lot like bullseye. Does this load seem like a reasonable starter load?
On the back of the can it has some load recommendation, including one for a 250 grain lead bullet using 20 grains of powder for an over 1,500 fps load. Looking at current loads, that seems nuts!
I plan to load for 240 grain plated bullets, so was thinking about backing off the 250 grain load by 10%, starting at using 18 grains.
Anyone recognize this powder? It looks a lot like bullseye. Does this load seem like a reasonable starter load?