Why Varget?

[Remo-99]

I think I'm leaning towards the 2520 though. Looking at the velocitys, burn rate, and amount used, coupled with it being a ball powder (mag primers I'm sure) I think this may be the way to go. Although Accurate doesn't specify mag primers, general rule of thumb in the Speer reloading manual is whenever ball powders are used they recommend mag primers.

Mugsie, it's a fairly standard practice to use mag primers with ball powders, whether a manual states it or not, as most ball powders have a protective coating of graphite, this also allows them to flow smoothly through measures and the extra flame of a mag primer helps to insure a consant ignition from shot to shot.

Varget also seems pretty high volume - basically all my loads fill the case and seating the bullet is confirmed by the "crunch" it gives.

Yep, +1 on that, although it's a slow-ish powder for 308win with light weight bullets(110-130gr) it still gives good velocities and I find that loading it with lightweight bullets, it's taking a full case of powder which compresses some when the bullet's seated.
But hey it shoots fine so I guess that's why I still use it for all bullet weights in 308win.
And I have to say a 110gr bullet pushed out of a 308win by 50gr of Varget takes no time at all to reach a target at 100-200yds.