Lt32 ???

CMaier said:
if you just tried doing what the old powder did, you missed the advantage of lt.
another 100 fps plus over h4198.
ASK LOU WHAT HE THINKS.
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I Have 24 8lb containers of LT30, all the same lot, Lot 37 12.18.14, I didn't miss anything. I played around with it all this week. Faster velocity doesn't always mean better accuracy and in this particular barrel, N130 has always been more accurate than either H4198 or LT30.
 
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Well it just goes to show ya.
Mine shot very well with h4198,
but shot better, faster with lt30.
 
Jim Pag said:
I Have 24 8lb containers of LT30, all the same lot, Lot 37 12.18.14, I didn't miss anything. I played around with it all this week. Faster velocity doesn't always mean better accuracy and in this particular barrel, N130 has always been more accurate than either H4198 or LT30.
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Silly question alert!!
Why would someone buy 192 lbs of a powder that they were not sold on? Inquiring minds want to know!?!?

Rick
 
it is very simple...
IF it works...you want a bunch of the same lot.
some people have the money.
Greyfox said:
Silly question alert!!
Why would someone buy 192 lbs of a powder that they were not sold on? Inquiring minds want to know!?!?

Rick
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30 BR variables

I've noticed that the same load, powder combination doesn't always work when I go east. It maybe a elevation or humidity problem.
It also seem that a lot of east coast shooter have trouble out here as we do out there. Our humidity hovers around 5% to 12%. Often out there I feel like I'm underwater.
 
Greyfox said:
Silly question alert!!
Why would someone buy 192 lbs of a powder that they were not sold on? Inquiring minds want to know!?!?

Rick
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Rick, CMaier is right. I always buy in excess just in case it works. That way I have the same lot. Same with bullets. I don't buy 1K at a time, it's usually 5K. The way I look at it if it works great, if it doesn't I can always sell it. I have a friend that I shoot with here in Maine named Jim Goody. He was SSOY three years in a row from 2000-2002. He had an in at Kaltrone Pettibone when they use to handle Vihtavuori and a few of my friends from Maryland would buy 400 lbs of N130 each. bet it was a lot cheaper back then. I just bought 93 lbs of N130 last year and they only sell that stuff now in 1lb containers at 32 bucks a pop. Same with the N120 that I have to order next week that I use in my 30 Gorilla. I have a ton of H4198 but I just like Vihtavouri powder.
 
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Lt-30

I think that there is another way to explain the reason why LT-30 works better for some and not at all for others. All powders perform differently I believe based on location, example out west here VV-133 is a PITA to keep tuned as the day gets warmer, and back east where there is a lot of humidity, and different density altitudes VV-133 wasn't as difficult to keep tuned. In the west a lot of days start pretty cool and then heat up and the tune goes away quickly and that is why out here LT-30 has a better following. It works especially well in my PPC! The tune on my 30BR with 4198 is very good and I have not tried the LT-30 as much as I would like. To answer a question asked ealier, about blending LT-30 & LT-32 yes there are a handful of guys playing with blending, and it does shoot pretty dang good!
 
Jim
any chance you will be attending the east west shoot in st Louis in 2 weeks? I would consider buying some of your lt30. I have used LT 30 in my 6ppc with great results. one has to be careful though. to much LT30 and a little to much neck tension will destroy your brass. Lee
 
skeetlee said:
Jim
any chance you will be attending the east west shoot in st Louis in 2 weeks? I would consider buying some of your lt30. I have used LT 30 in my 6ppc with great results. one has to be careful though. to much LT30 and a little to much neck tension will destroy your brass. Lee
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I only shoot IBS short range score matches on the east coast, so I wouldn't ever be shooting in St Louis.
 
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