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Basic Reloading Manual

S MOKELES S P ROPELLANTS

FOR LOADING PROFESSIONALS

Printed in USA

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Three Powder Reloading Manuals in One

Reload Data from THREE powder companies is included in this one reloading manual;

Hodgdon, IMR, and Winchester Smokeless Propellants. Data is listed for most popular Rifle, Pistol, and

Shotshell cartridges.

For the most comprehensive up to date reload data, including the most recent new caliber introductions, please

go to the Reloading Data Center at hodgdon.com.

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Contents

Hodgdon New Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

IMR New Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Winchester New Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Powder Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-7

Hodgdon Rifle Powders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Hodgdon Usage Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

IMR Powder Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

IMR Usage Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Winchester Powder Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Winchester Usage Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Relative Burn Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Properties and Storage of Powder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Shipping and Storage of Smokeless Propellants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Rifle Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-25

Pistol Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-28

IMR Trail Boss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Cowboy Action Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-33

Shotshell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Shotshell Wad Chart and Notes on Recoil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Shotshell Bushing Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-37

Shotshell Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-66

Muzzleloading Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Clays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Annual Manual, Customer Service, Online Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide quality propellants, other products, and services to

sportsmen, governing units, and other businesses in a manner which enhances the

quality of life for our stockholders, employees, customers, associates, and suppliers.

In doing so, we will deal with integrity and honesty, reflecting that people are more

important than dollars and that our purpose is to bring credit to our Lord Jesus

Christ.

Shooters!

Guarantee the future of shooting by educating tomorrow’s handloaders. Hodgdon

Powder, Co. supports the NRA Foundation’s Handloading Education Endowment Fund

– you can too! Contact; Executive Director, The NRA Foundation, 11250 Waples Mill

Road, Fairfax, VA 22030

Printed in USA

January 2009

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