Originally Posted by
Changeling
If that is your experience with 4227 ( I have never used it) you're just saying it has a serious sensitivity problem to heat, scary! Those who use it should really beware of developing loads in cold weather then using those loads when temperatures rise like in the summer.
296 is my favorite with 2400 second but not a real close second. I only used 296 in the 44 Mag (and 2400) for that matter. However I was warned early on by my deceased gunsmith to keep to the top loads and not to decrease loads to under what any reloading books said. A while back I was asking a lot of questions about crimping dies, 296 was the reason. It wants a really good crimp and hot primer to start combustion correctly. I am not sure of just how 2400 reacts to heat and lower loads (was to be a question) but I treat it the same as 296/H110.
This is why you see my question, I'm used to loading rifles on the warm side where you can still get into trouble if you don't know what you are doing but not as fast as dealing with revolvers. Anyway I wanted a bulky powder for reduced loads in the 45 and 44Mag as well but especially the 45 LC.
It just seems so dumb to me that there isn't really a powder for reduced loading in the 45 case that can take up 60% or more of the case instead of ones that will only take up 30 to 40 % of a case if that. I hope you understand.
The above is what my gunsmith taught me.