A pound of powder... How much shooting?

[RiverRider]

This all reminds me so much of the early 70s when Detroit had been bangin' out the musclecars for nearly a decade, then suddenly gasoline prices shot up and everyone wanted a VW Beetle. Let's hope it's just temporary!

 

[Oldtrader3]

It ain't temporary, I will guarantee that.

 

[JD338]

It ain't temporary, I will guarantee that.

Charlie,

I wish I could disagree with you.

JD338

 

[PJGunner]

It ain't temporary, I will guarantee that.

Charlie,

I wish I could disagree with you.

JD338

Yeah, me too. :x
PaulB.

 

[muleman]

Just picked up a 17 Hornet! Have all the componets except a suitable powder. At 10gr per round a pound will go 700 rounds. If I could find a pound of LilGun or AA1680 I'd be in business. Squirrel season is upon us!
Scott

 

[velvetant]

Just picked up a 17 Hornet! Have all the componets except a suitable powder. At 10gr per round a pound will go 700 rounds. If I could find a pound of LilGun or AA1680 I'd be in business. Squirrel season is upon us!
Scott

Was at my local Cabelas and they had a bunch of lilgun.
Now if i could find some H4350 I'd be a happy camper.
Sorry that doesn't help you

 

[Oldtrader3]

LilGun cooks in the Hornet. I used it exclusively for the 40 and 45 gr Hornet bullets and got 2650 fps out of LilGun. Good powder for the Hornet with MOA accuracy in my Ruger.

 

[gerry]

700 rounds per pound is pretty amazing! The 17 Hornet is interesting.

 

[SJB358]

700 rounds per pound is pretty amazing! The 17 Hornet is interesting.

You aren't kidding about that.. I am seriously looking at something along those lines or a 222 Rem. Anything that doesn't use much more than about 25 grains of powder per charge would be pretty sweet.

 

[runtohunt]

One pound of 50 BMG will give me roughly 50 rounds in my 30-378 at 123 grains per a case :evil: . I shoot about 50 to 75 rounds a year through the Weatherby. Not so much because of cost but secondary of concern for barrel life.

 

[usmc 89]

Loading 1000 rounds of 375 chey-tac for my buddies DTA HTI, loaded 400 and ran through the 8 1/2 pounds of retumbo i had here. That was a month ago and have yet to round up any more retumbo.

 

[onesonek]

My lowest to highest runs 14 to 68 grs., with an average charge weight of around 45-50 grs..