Temperature Insensitive Powders and Asthmatic Shooter
I am looking for temperature insensitive powders, and before going to store I would appreciate advice for powder selection. Since my shooting buddy has quite severe asthma, he complained about irritating smell of Unique and 2400 I was using for my 357. Part of the problem could be cast bullets in my loads and in order to help him some of my loads are going to be with jacketed bullets.
He is shooting 9x19 factory loaded ammo only, just to avoid asthma attack and found that some ammo (including several brands from Europe) have much less irritating, choking smell than others. After asking for advice shooters in my area, one of the hints was that double based powders containing nitroglycerin are usually worse than nitrocellulose based only, like SOLO line.
Here is my wish list:
- Temperature insensitive powders for handgun reloading, burning rate going from aprox. Winchester W-231 to AAC-1680/W-680. See http://www.beartoothbullets.com/rescources/burnrate.htm. One note: where on the list would be LIL'GUN from Hodgdon?
- Without irritating, choking smell.
- Please, identify which ones are clean burning.
Many thanks on my and his behalf. Onty.
P.S. This post was intended for Handgun Cartridges. Sorry.
(Edited by Onty at 9<!--emo&:0--><img src="http://beartoothbullets.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->7 am on Nov. 10, 2001)
I am looking for temperature insensitive powders, and before going to store I would appreciate advice for powder selection. Since my shooting buddy has quite severe asthma, he complained about irritating smell of Unique and 2400 I was using for my 357. Part of the problem could be cast bullets in my loads and in order to help him some of my loads are going to be with jacketed bullets.
He is shooting 9x19 factory loaded ammo only, just to avoid asthma attack and found that some ammo (including several brands from Europe) have much less irritating, choking smell than others. After asking for advice shooters in my area, one of the hints was that double based powders containing nitroglycerin are usually worse than nitrocellulose based only, like SOLO line.
Here is my wish list:
- Temperature insensitive powders for handgun reloading, burning rate going from aprox. Winchester W-231 to AAC-1680/W-680. See http://www.beartoothbullets.com/rescources/burnrate.htm. One note: where on the list would be LIL'GUN from Hodgdon?
- Without irritating, choking smell.
- Please, identify which ones are clean burning.
Many thanks on my and his behalf. Onty.
P.S. This post was intended for Handgun Cartridges. Sorry.
(Edited by Onty at 9<!--emo&:0--><img src="http://beartoothbullets.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->7 am on Nov. 10, 2001)