Shooters World Long Rifle

[Natebonebusta]

I’ve got a little history with this powder, but it’s hard to find many folks using it that are posting about it.

I bought my first pound probably eight years ago at a gun show. I went looking imr4064 for the 243win. When I asked this powder seller from TN, he grabbed a pound of SWLR and said it will be the most accurate 243 powder you’ve ever loaded. Well I still sourced some imr4064, along with buying a pound of long rifle from this fella. A pound then was…. $26!!

By the time I got around to trying it out, which was a couple years, I found it to be very accurate with 85gr and 100gr Speer btsp’s. Now back then, Shooters World didn’t have a bunch of load data. By the time I built my loads the price had jumped. Since it was compared to h4350, and h4350 was in a drought of availability, thus the hike in cost.

Luckily over the past few powder purchases, I’ve been able to snag a few pounds for $35 and $44.50 most recently. All the while it’s selling some places from $50-$65/lb! It might be a touch slower than h4350, but it produces superb accuracy.

So if you find some that’s reasonably priced, it’s an excellent choice for the 243, likely for the 6.5 creed for which it’s touted also.

Here are some of my results:

 

[Shooter88]

Hey noticed this thread while doing some research on H4350 alternatives and interested on how this one has done for you long term. Any feedback on temperature stability performance? I'm really considering moving along from the Creedmoor cartridges due to cost and availability of its powder class.
Thanks

 

[Natebonebusta]

It’s always been slower than imr4350 or H4350. It certainly does stack a nice group though. Gone are the days of finding a pound for sub $30. Now it’s $66 a pound. I don’t shoot far enough to worry much about temp stability, but I believe it’s built like H4350 to buck the extremes.

What cartridges are you moving towards?

 

[Shooter88]

I've been looking into the 7SAW or 25 SAW family offered by West Texas Ordinance. Can put a little more powder in the case and squeeze a bit more velocity for what I'm trying to do. I can use some of the "easier to find" powders available that are $75-$100 cheaper than H4350/N555 variants.
Many routes to go for sure but this is my current direction I'm looking at.