RecoilRob
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.308 and 30.06 are different enough that using an optimum powder for one is not going to be optimum in the other. Same goes for bullet weights....there is a little bit of room to change bullets, but certainly not from 125 to 220!!
This is assuming you're wanting near full power loads, because if you want one powder to make all of your listed bullets go BANG you're not talking about optimization and will be far from it. Red Dot or Unique can make loads that'll get the bullets out of the barrel..but certainly won't be anywhere near the potential of an optimum rifle powder.
We still don't know what rifles you're talking about feeding, because if they're gas operated you need to tailor the ammo to the gas sytem...unless it's adjustable which frees you up some, but still there are limits.
It would be better to choose what bullet weight you want to shoot, then get powder that works well in it and call it good. I've been running AR Comp lately and it works nicely in .308. Very consistent and burns clean....they say it's a temperature stabilized version of RL-15 and has a pressure curve compatible with the M1A. And it was available!
Perhaps you would get more informative answers if you let us know what guns you're feeding. Bolt guns, of course, have much more latitude in what powder you use.
This is assuming you're wanting near full power loads, because if you want one powder to make all of your listed bullets go BANG you're not talking about optimization and will be far from it. Red Dot or Unique can make loads that'll get the bullets out of the barrel..but certainly won't be anywhere near the potential of an optimum rifle powder.
We still don't know what rifles you're talking about feeding, because if they're gas operated you need to tailor the ammo to the gas sytem...unless it's adjustable which frees you up some, but still there are limits.
It would be better to choose what bullet weight you want to shoot, then get powder that works well in it and call it good. I've been running AR Comp lately and it works nicely in .308. Very consistent and burns clean....they say it's a temperature stabilized version of RL-15 and has a pressure curve compatible with the M1A. And it was available!
Perhaps you would get more informative answers if you let us know what guns you're feeding. Bolt guns, of course, have much more latitude in what powder you use.
