Author Topic: IMR powders, does anybody use them? (Read 1088 times)

Ricci Price · « **on:** March 22, 2005, 06:06:01 PM »

Just wandering ,most data I see posted,people are loading with other stuff. I have always used it for my 222,243,30-30,25-06.

leverfan · « **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2005, 08:34:41 PM »

Yep, I use a bunch of it. 4831, 4064, 4350, 4198, 4759, and a few others I may be forgetting see use in 30-06, 260, 444, 300 magnum, 308, etc. IMR's new owner, Hodgdon, makes most of the other powders I use. Those two lines take up almost all the spots in my powder box.

Dand · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2005, 10:52:05 PM »

yep I mostly use IMR - 4198, 3031, 4895, 4350, and most of all 4831. In 223, 30-30, 30-06, 300 win, 348 win. I think I have some 4320 around too. It was the most available powder when I started. 4350 has been so good in the 30-06 I've barely tried anything else. 4831 is my stand-by for the 300.

Jerry Lester · « **Reply #3 on:** March 23, 2005, 01:53:02 AM »

Yes, they're great powders!

I mainly use 4831, 4350, 3031, and a lot of 4227...

Redhawk1 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 23, 2005, 02:07:21 AM »

I use, them also. Mostly 4350, 4064,3031,4198 but I don't use IMR in my pistols.

Questor · « **Reply #5 on:** March 23, 2005, 04:19:40 AM »

I use 4198 because it's the best in my 221 fireball.

Tn Jim · « **Reply #6 on:** March 23, 2005, 05:32:04 AM »

I've never used anything but 4350 in my 30-06. Works so well I never saw the need too try anything else. Also just started using it in my 7-08. Works very well in it too.

High Brass · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2005, 06:18:33 AM »

Yup, I use IMR 4831 and IMR 4350 alot. I can be happy with these two powders for the rest of my life.

Bullseye · « **Reply #8 on:** March 23, 2005, 07:01:04 AM »

I load for about 9 calibers and IMR powders is all I use. I bet the new owner changes the canister shape though and then they will take up more room in my cabinet.

Somerled · « **Reply #9 on:** March 23, 2005, 07:27:35 AM »

I was happy the last time I took my .223 Remington to the range. I was shooting some Speer 52-grain match bullets on top of IMR-4198. It is a good powder for the .45-70 and my .25-20 T/C as well.

sharps4590 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 23, 2005, 07:36:46 AM »

I'm another satisfied user of IMR. 3031, 4064, 4831, 4227, SR4756 and SR4759. I used to shoot quite a bit of 4198. Now days I shoot mostly black but on the rare occassions I load smokeless it's almost always IMR. Honestly I've had pretty darn good luck with all brands of smokeless powders. I started with IMR 30+ years ago and I suppose that's part of why it's usually my first choice when starting load development.

Vic

ButlerFord45 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 23, 2005, 08:22:00 AM »

Yep, still using 4350, 4064, and 3031. A very small amount of 4227.

Ricci Price · « **Reply #12 on:** March 23, 2005, 02:13:03 PM »

I just wandering is all, didn't want to be left in the dark,been using 4350,4831,3031,4198,4064, for about 20 years, and is all I have ever used.

MickinColo · « **Reply #13 on:** March 23, 2005, 02:20:33 PM »

I use IMR powders for most of my rifles. 4320, 3031, 4064, 4350, and 4831.

longwinters · « **Reply #14 on:** March 23, 2005, 04:09:16 PM »

I started out with IMR and still use 4064, 4350 and 4831. But I also use Reloader and Hodgons.

Long

lefty o · « **Reply #15 on:** March 24, 2005, 05:14:46 AM »

i use 4064, 4895, and 700X.

willysjeep134 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 24, 2005, 06:28:38 PM »

I use 3031 in my 30WCF loads, I have also used 4350 in the past for various calibers. It seems like pretty versatile powder to me.

Of course I like RE7 and Unique too, but for my regular 30WCF loads I prefer 3031.

jh45gun · « **Reply #17 on:** March 24, 2005, 08:10:47 PM »

I do not have a lot of powder on hand I try to find one that works for most of my calibers. I have used IMR 3031 a lot with good results. My cast shooting I normally use Alliant 2400.

papajohn428 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 27, 2005, 11:25:07 AM »

The first rifle powder I ever tried was IMR-4895, in a 7.7 Jap that I still have. Then I started getting other guns and experimenting with other powders from every source. Over the years I've tried over 60 powders, and some I bought once, but never again, others have become standards for my ammo. But this week I'm going to town to buy an eight-pound keg of IMR-4895, because I've decided to use it in the .223, the 30-30, and the 35 Remington. It only took me 25 years to come full circle! :oops:

Papajohn

Ron T. · « **Reply #19 on:** March 28, 2005, 06:27:11 AM »

I've used several different IMR powders (more than any other single brand)... including:

4227 for .44 magnum, but settled on H-110.
4198 for.222 but settled on VihtaVuori N-130
3031 , 4064, 4895 for .300 Savage and settled on IMR4895 altho' all 3 did well.
4350 for .338 Win. Mag and still use it for that caliber.

Strength & Honor...

Ron T.