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Originally Posted by rpollard01
@BlueDot87,
Good info again. When you look at the labels one the powders I have yet to see them rate themselves as fast/slow/moderate burning. Is there a way to tell?
Also, I almost bought Longshot as it seemed to be more efficient since you use less powder for similar velocity. Less powder means more fun before going back to the reloading store. Unfortunately, Ranier did not have data for Longshot.
Thanks for all the knowledge and wisdom!
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Burn rate is just one of many properties of powder, it is NOT a guide to powder suitability or performance in a cartridge.
While learning stick with powders promoted and tested for your cartridge. Choose one that fills the case more than 50%- more case fill generally produces more consistent results.
It is not just double charges you want to avoid, it overcharging period, with the cross sectional area of the 500 it is near impossible to discern a 2 grain mistake by visual inspection and 2 grains of a fast powder can have disastrous results.
be safe
Ruggy