Reduced loads with h4895

[croue]

[PatC415]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDjlMMLxFPw

36.3g, w/130g SST's

[croue]

[PatC415]

For sure, I'm glad he took it to the bench too!
While I haven't personally shot that light of a load with 4895, we've done some well reduced loads with very light bullets. Makes it much easier for the grandkids to shoot.

[Divernhunter]

I have used reduced loads for people. My daughter used them when she was young, about 5 years old, in her 257R. I believe Speer lists them for each cartridge.

[clipofblanks]

No load listed for 100 grain for h4895, in this book. 44 charge looks to be the lowest for the 110 bullet.

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[divingin]

Call and talk to Hodgdon?

Or look here:

https://www.hodgdon.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/h4895-reduced-rifle-loads.pdf

[croue]

[croue]

[sl0re10]

Do you have a shotgun / pistol powder on hand too? I usually use 800x for reduced load rifle rounds. I've used it on 223 and 54r. Can also use non jacketed bullets.

[kramynot]

I've done many reduced rifle loads for my C&R's (Mosin, Enfield, Mauser, MAS, etc.) with cast. There's good information on the castboolits forum and I remember there was a recent article out there in Handloader magazine, but I can't find it anymore.

For really light loads, I've found a light cast bullet, about 150-160gr over 7-8 gr of a pistol powder (Bullseye, Unique, etc.) works well for <100yrd plinking and feels like a 22.

For heavier bullets with 4895, I've started with the formula (https://imrpowder.com/wp-content/upl...ifle-loads.pdf) and then adjusted from there.

Other options that I've just started exploring include using 5744 (there's a formula for that as well), and also 4198 and 4227. The only reason I'm trying these other powders is that I picked them up cheap from someone off craigslist. Otherwise I'd project just stick with 4895.

As always, start low and work up from there.

[croue]

[PatC415]

Awesome! Glad that worked out for you and the boys. Hopefully they give you decent accuracy as well!

[otteray]

Not really interested in cast bullets for this application. I was very happy with how the 4895 worked, but I have lots of 4198 as well. I’ll look for that formula as well. Thanks!


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I've used that formula many times in the past and have had good results; but with cast lead.
That formula is not intended for other powders in bottleneck cases. I doubt you will find a similar one for 4198.
Just stay at 60% or more to prevent a jacketed bullet from getting lodged in the bore when using 4895. Cast is easy to remove; jacketed is somewhat more difficult.