Good alternatives for varget?

[Teletiger7]

I'm reloading for .308. So, as most of you know it's hard as hell to find any varget right now. I also can't find any of the obvious substitues for it like RL15 or 4064. Has anyone used 748 or H335 for .308 with any sucess??? ANy other powders you could recommend?

[Agustav]

I used 748 and H335 for .308 and they work fine.

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IMR 4895

[Agustav]

Except they are not really a good alternatives to Varget, because all of these powders are our of stock. You can try Vihtavuori too! they are a bit pricier, but I heard they are pretty good powders. Powder Valley got them in stock!

[Fjold]

Try Hodgdon BLc(2), I've used it with 150 - 165 grain bullets with great succes and it's a ball powder that meters well.

[Agustav]

good luck finding BL-C(2) online...

If you don't mind paying for a arm and a leg, buy locally! They usually have at least some of the powders mentioned here in stock.

[Darklyte27]

all great choices above.. h335, hard to find, win 748 not too hard to find..
ramshot tac too from what ive read.

[supersonic]

TAC;H335;BL-C2;W748.......to name a few that are very acceptable.

[jwest]

Take a look at the burn rate chart:

http://www.hodgdon.com/burn-rate.html

I'm doing the same thing now since Midway informed me they did not ship what I thought I bought this past Monday...

[Teletiger7]

Hodgdon needs to start producing more varget now!

[TEX1966]

Try Accurate Arms 2460. It is in stock at Grafs and Powder Valley.

[westcoastr]

H4895 is fantastic and blc2 is also great as it is more dense, thus less potential for a compressed load with those HUGE all copper pills we have to use these days