\Does anyone here at the SD have experience of using Lovex powders? From what I can find they are a lot cheaper than the usual brands, but are they any good? Cheers.
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Are they quality powders? Yes. Are they good for your applications? No one can say. I believe they are marketed in the US as "Accurate" brand and I use many of them with good results.~Muir
No, they're not 'Accurate' powders, and the that company's loads data shouldn't be used. See:
http://www.accuratepowder.com/warnings/european-warning/
The confusion arises because Explosia a.s. which manufactures Lovex, sold them to the former Accurate Arms powder company in thne US some years back. After that company was bought out by Western Powders Inc. of Montana, it switched manufacturers completely, so today's 'Accurate' grades may be similar to the old ones, but are diefinitely different.
Lovex loads data are available as a download from the manufacturer's website:
http://www.explosia.cz/en/?show=streliviny
I'm very fond of the company's extruded single-base grades: SO60, SO62, SO65, SO70, and SO71 and had some very good results from them. SO62 is an excellent choice for 150-180gn bullets in .308 Win as an example.
The DO series of ball powders can give very good results and if the right grades are chosen will usually give exceptional velocities, but are hot and dirty burners. They leave a very hard, difficult to shift fouling on case-necks which puts me off them.
Another cheaper choice, especially for those who like the good metering characteristics of ball powders is the Ramshot range, manufactured by PB Clermont in Belgium and imported direct by Henry Krank in West Yorkshire. These propellants are exceptionally clean burning by normal ball powder standards, are cheaper than the products imported fom the US and often provide outstanding results, Tac and Wild Boar being superb in .308 for instance.
Laurie,No, they're not 'Accurate' powders, and the that company's loads data shouldn't be used. See:
http://www.accuratepowder.com/warnings/european-warning/
The confusion arises because Explosia a.s. which manufactures Lovex, sold them to the former Accurate Arms powder company in thne US some years back. After that company was bought out by Western Powders Inc. of Montana, it switched manufacturers completely, so today's 'Accurate' grades may be similar to the old ones, but are diefinitely different.
Lovex loads data are available as a download from the manufacturer's website:
http://www.explosia.cz/en/?show=streliviny
I'm very fond of the company's extruded single-base grades: SO60, SO62, SO65, SO70, and SO71 and had some very good results from them. SO62 is an excellent choice for 150-180gn bullets in .308 Win as an example.
The DO series of ball powders can give very good results and if the right grades are chosen will usually give exceptional velocities, but are hot and dirty burners. They leave a very hard, difficult to shift fouling on case-necks which puts me off them.
Another cheaper choice, especially for those who like the good metering characteristics of ball powders is the Ramshot range, manufactured by PB Clermont in Belgium and imported direct by Henry Krank in West Yorkshire. These propellants are exceptionally clean burning by normal ball powder standards, are cheaper than the products imported fom the US and often provide outstanding results, Tac and Wild Boar being superb in .308 for instance.
Laurie,
thanks for the reply. I have the data from explosia as a start point. I also am looking at Ramsot although the best one ie Hunter (I think that's it's name) is not available in the UK. Something to do with "illegal" ingredients! Welcome to the madness that is the UK! my main aim is a reliable source of ingredients for my 6.5x55 which is my all time fave go to gun.
Hi. Where do you get Hunter?You can get RS Hunter here now, I am using it just now and I have just completed a nice load for my .243 and will be testing in other calibres in the future. Hunter is a very fine powder and takes a bit of time to get used to handling it, but it seems to work fine in the loads that I have worked up.
Any recommendations of a ram shot powder for .25-06 ? & where would a person start to get data for such ?
Cheers
Paul
Order a hard copy from Henry Krank - it's free!Any recommendations of a ram shot powder for .25-06 ? & where would a person start to get data for such ?
Cheers
Paul