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Any on tried Alliant's Power Pro 300MP in a 22 Hornet

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26 August 2010, 01:58
greenjoy
Any on tried Alliant's Power Pro 300MP in a 22 Hornet
Anyone tried Alliant's Power Pro 300MP powder in a 22 Hornet?

The recipe posted below is taken from Alliant's Reloader's Guide 2010 PDF catalog.

I think this is the first load recipe for the 22 Hornet that I've seen that doesn't use Hodgdon's LIL'GUN that can make velocity at or exceeding factory loaded published velocity for the 22 Hornet with a 45 gr bullet (Win Rem 2690 fps).
I'm going to try to buy some of this powder, it look too good to be true.

Bullet: Speer 45 gr SP
Powder:Alliant Power Pro 300MP
Primer: Fed 205
Case: Winchester
COAL: 1.723"
Charged weight: 11.5 grains
Velocity: 2770 fps

Below is what Alliant says about it.

Power Pro™ Powders
Each Power Pro powder is engineered for a specific use - please carefully note the use designation and match to your shooting and hunting needs.
Manufactured in the USA
Improved velocity and density for more efficient metering and loading
Designed for magnum pistol, light varmint and light/medium/magnum rifles
Enables reloaders to duplicate certain factory loaded ammunition
Designed for specific cartridges and applications
Density designed for proper cartridge fit
26 August 2010, 18:18
RCHOUSER
I love Alliant Powders, but, I don't really know if anything can/will be better than LIL GUN for the hornet. I tried it and I was sold. This may be the only case/powder that I have ever (45 years reloading) been this close minded on. If you haven't tried it, you should.
Small pistol primer, 13gr LIL GUN, and any bullet you want. My 2 cents rc
31 August 2010, 19:01
greenjoy
I don't doubt that Power Pro 300MP will beat LIL'GUN in the max velocity area.

What I'm hoping for is that this new Alliant powder can make its max velocity with more velocity stability (LOWER ES & SD) than that LIL'GUN does in the Hornet case.

I called my local gun shop and was told that this powder is not yet approved for sale in Canada maybe in a few months.
04 September 2010, 05:44
homebrewer
quote:
Anyone tried Alliant's Power Pro 300MP powder in a 22 Hornet?

Nope. I'm a Blue Dot man. I load everything with Blue Dot. Ain't no other powder. Might as well just quit producing all them other powders. They are as pretenders to the throne. Blue Dot. Blue Dot. Blue Dot. Make it yours...
04 September 2010, 16:08
DocEd
Very interesting article, on just this subject, in the Sept. issue of Precision Shooting.


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