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I have 8 pounds of Lil Gun type powder and couple of pounds of actual Lil Gun powder and was thinking about trying it with cast bullet load data from Lyman. After pouring through their cast bullet handbook I couldn't find any rifle loads using the Lil Gun powder. Anybody know why? For those who have used Lil Gun powder and other powders in the same type loads, what did little gun most compare too? As far as burn rate goes, they did have it listed on the burn rate index page between Accurate 1680 and IMR4198.
This little tid bit came from another online post I found, I am wondering if Lyman didn't have time to invest in Lil Gun loads for 4th Edition. Maybe 5th edition will have data for it? It looks like the 4th Edition originally came out in 2010. They do have limited data listed for Lil Gun in a few of their very large caliber handgun cartridge chapters.
The Hodgdon 2004 Manual showed no Lil'Gun loads for rifle but did for pistol. With a 158 gr jacketed, the manual showed a max of 18.0 grs. With a 170 gr jacketed, it showed a max of 17.0 grs. The max velocities for those pistol loads were 1577 fps and 1576 fps.
I called "Help" at Hodgdon about the lack of rifle loads in the manual. "Dave" said they simply hadn't had time to test the Lil'Gun loads in a rifle. For my 165 gr cast bullet, he suggested starting lower and working up to around 16 grs. "Lil'Gun works better with lead using gaschecks and heavier bullets," he said.
This little tid bit came from another online post I found, I am wondering if Lyman didn't have time to invest in Lil Gun loads for 4th Edition. Maybe 5th edition will have data for it? It looks like the 4th Edition originally came out in 2010. They do have limited data listed for Lil Gun in a few of their very large caliber handgun cartridge chapters.
The Hodgdon 2004 Manual showed no Lil'Gun loads for rifle but did for pistol. With a 158 gr jacketed, the manual showed a max of 18.0 grs. With a 170 gr jacketed, it showed a max of 17.0 grs. The max velocities for those pistol loads were 1577 fps and 1576 fps.
I called "Help" at Hodgdon about the lack of rifle loads in the manual. "Dave" said they simply hadn't had time to test the Lil'Gun loads in a rifle. For my 165 gr cast bullet, he suggested starting lower and working up to around 16 grs. "Lil'Gun works better with lead using gaschecks and heavier bullets," he said.
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