Please, quick clarification on Varget Powder

[OneFunGuy]

Hi,
Don't reload yet but preparing for next year and will be buying for that.
Hell, I thought "reloading" was getting drunk two nights in a row.

Anyway, I plan to buy Varget for both my 7.62X54 and .223's.
I'll get 1680 for the SKS's.

I see now that Varget comes in two versions, regular and "Extreme".
From what I can see, the Extreme is referring to temperature tolerance.

Is it worth paying extra for something that is intended for harsh climate
and high, (to the max), pressure reloads?

I mean, Santa Cruz mountains is exactly "extreme" climate.
Lemme know your thoughts.

Tommy

[highpower790]

There is only one Varget.As a user for 15years there has been only one.As for being able to tolerate temp extremes ,it does this very well.From coastal climates to the inland 100+ degree valleys.

[OneFunGuy]

Sorry ...
You are right. I checked other vendors and their pictures
all show "Extreme" on the bottle. Natchez advertises it like
it is a different version of Varget.

Thank you,
tommy

[brianinca]

H4198 would be a good complement to Varget, as they are both temperature insensitive.

"Extreme" is the marketing term used by Hodgdon for their own-brand insensitive alternatives/equivalents to the popular IMR series of powders. IMR 4198 -> H4198, IMR 4895 -> H4895, IMR 4350 -> H4350. I've moved entirely away from IMR's to H series powders.

IMR 4064 -> Varget is pretty much the exception that makes the rule, they picked out a cool made up name (as long as people don't call it VAR-zhaaayyy).

You will find that stick powders behave differently to ball powders, and will likely develop a preference of one to the other, accepting the compromises therein. Point being, don't get too invested with a dozen pounds of powder before you've even worked up a single load.