Mil Surplus Powders for .30-06

[Bluehawk]

As the price nowadays for powder has gotten ridiculous, I'm wanting to check into military surplus powders. There doesn't seem to be much out there anymore but did run across WC 860 and WC 872.
I need to know if those two are any good for .30-06 in my M1 Garand and 1903 Springfield rifle useing bullets in the 150-170 grain weight range? Anyone have any real experience with these two powders?

 

[snuffy]

http://www.patsreloading.com/patsrel/prices.aspx

http://www.hi-techammo.com/

Both of these sites have WC-844 AND WC-846 which will both work for your 30-06 garand.

The WC-860 and WC-872 are both 50 BMG powders, much too slow for use in the garand or even a bolt -06. They CAN be used in the ultra-mag shells, but is really only useful for heavy-for-caliber bullets in those.

 

[Bluehawk]

Thanks Snuffy...will give them both a call. WC 846 looks interesting...about the same as BL C2 or 748 it appears, which both I'm familiar with. Unfortunatly neither one has M2 FMJ 150 grain bullets. (

 

[NuJudge]

HiTech has the same selection:
http://www.iidbs.com/hitech.zkb?root&GENMENU61&object-menu6

Wideners sometimes has some surplus powders, and Serbian bullets are about as close to surplus as you can get today:
http://www.wideners.com/itemview.cfm?dir=278|283|999

Graff's also has Serbian bullets:
http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/12611