AA2015 in 6mm PPC?

[JimBarshinger]

I am working on tracking down some N133 for my 6mm PPC, but in the mean time, I have some AA2015 on my reloading bench. Have any of you used AA2015 in their 6mm PPCs? Can you give me some guidance on charge weights and load density for this powder?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[abintx]

Jim ...

A great source for reasonably priced powder including N133 is Powder Valley. Here's the link: http://www.powdervalleyinc.com/.

 

[jackie schmidt]

Jim

Back in the 90's. Jeff Fowler shot a phenominol record with 2015, he used it exclusivly.

But alas, the 2015 he used is not the same 2015 of now. Or, at least, nobody can make it shoot like that particular lot, (manufactured in Israel). Back in the mid 90's, when I first started shooting Benchrest, several locals in the Houston area were using it.

On paper, and in actual use, the burn rate is about like N130, maybe a tad slower. It certaily fits into the load window of the 6PPC, but as to whether you can shoot competitive aggs is a different story.

What I do if I am trying something different is dig out the Chrono, load the cases up to about 3300, and work from there. Every barrel bullet combo is different, and is especially so when working with small capacity cases such as are used in Benchrest..........jackie

 

[Butch Lambert]

I gave mine to Dick Wright. It was the old stuff that Jackie mentioned. It was between 130 and 133. Just the right burn rate. I only had 8# left and decided to go with 133.
Butch

 

[Big Al]

Back in the 90's. Jeff Fowler shot a phenominol record with 2015, he used it exclusivly.

But alas, the 2015 he used is not the same 2015 of now. Or, at least, nobody can make it shoot like that particular lot, (manufactured in Israel). Back in the mid 90's, when I first started shooting Benchrest, several locals in the Houston area were using it.

On paper, and in actual use, the burn rate is about like N130, maybe a tad slower. It certaily fits into the load window of the 6PPC, but as to whether you can shoot competitive aggs is a different story.

What I do if I am trying something different is dig out the Chrono, load the cases up to about 3300, and work from there. Every barrel bullet combo is different, and is especially so when working with small capacity cases such as are used in Benchrest..........jackie

I found it to be a wonderful powder in the mid 90's also and shot several cases of kegs in both of my PPC's both 6mm and .22 PPC. I liked it much better than N130 when it was first introduced. I thought at the time it was a great powder to learn to make it work in the PPC another great powder then was 3031 from IMR. Some barrels could do vary well with this powder along with H332. This was just after the end of the 8208 from Thunder bird days and it became the powder that got all the interest in the buy second hand.