I ran out of any other shotgun powder, and only found the Nitro 100NF in an 8 lb jug. I liked the Accurate pistol powders so figured I'd try this. (Not much choice, can't find anything and don't want to pay hazmat fees).
I went to their site and looked up the stats for my 1 OZ. load, and it recommended 17.4 gr. for 1225 fps, and the chart gives a #26 bushing for 17.6 gr. Well, I don't know who put up their chart but the 26 bushing is way short. I had to go to the #28 bushing to get 17.5 gr to drop. The structure of the powder is fairly fine flake, and it drops a really consistent amount. I got less than a half a 1/10th gr. variance over 10 rounds tested. So I load up 10 rounds and head to the range to run over the chronograph. I did put up a large sheet of clear newspaper, (check with your local newspaper for "roll ends" which they usually give away. Probably 30-40 yards on a roll end.) I ran the 10 loads and they were very consistent, 8 within 7 fps all around 1220, and 2 loads about 1190. Extreme spread was around 21 fps, and SD 12.
The pattern was very even. Loaded up a box and shot them last night at our trap league. I won't complain, they shoot so close to my old load I can't tell the difference.
Just be aware that what they have listed for what bushing to use is not too accurate at Accurate.
I went to their site and looked up the stats for my 1 OZ. load, and it recommended 17.4 gr. for 1225 fps, and the chart gives a #26 bushing for 17.6 gr. Well, I don't know who put up their chart but the 26 bushing is way short. I had to go to the #28 bushing to get 17.5 gr to drop. The structure of the powder is fairly fine flake, and it drops a really consistent amount. I got less than a half a 1/10th gr. variance over 10 rounds tested. So I load up 10 rounds and head to the range to run over the chronograph. I did put up a large sheet of clear newspaper, (check with your local newspaper for "roll ends" which they usually give away. Probably 30-40 yards on a roll end.) I ran the 10 loads and they were very consistent, 8 within 7 fps all around 1220, and 2 loads about 1190. Extreme spread was around 21 fps, and SD 12.
The pattern was very even. Loaded up a box and shot them last night at our trap league. I won't complain, they shoot so close to my old load I can't tell the difference.
Just be aware that what they have listed for what bushing to use is not too accurate at Accurate.
