So with my deployment over soon it’s time to look to stocking my reloading supplies. Powder looks a little scarce online, but a few things are available here and there. My go-to for almost all mil surp calibers is H4895... a very forgiving powder with a wide range of uses. Alas, that’s pretty hard to come by.
So I’m looking and it looks like imr 4064 is quite popular for old battle rifle loads, and I see load data for .303, 8x57, 30-06 (and it’s garand friendly). I see no current data listed for 7.5 Swiss and imr 4064 though. I’ve found plenty of online forum references indicating it’s good to go, and even references that hodgdon has published load data in the past for this powder/caliber. Also odd enough there is no 7.7 Jap listed, but I’ll use .303 data for that.
Anyone here used IMR 4064 for 7.5 Swiss? What was your impression? Good to go?
So I’m looking and it looks like imr 4064 is quite popular for old battle rifle loads, and I see load data for .303, 8x57, 30-06 (and it’s garand friendly). I see no current data listed for 7.5 Swiss and imr 4064 though. I’ve found plenty of online forum references indicating it’s good to go, and even references that hodgdon has published load data in the past for this powder/caliber. Also odd enough there is no 7.7 Jap listed, but I’ll use .303 data for that.
Anyone here used IMR 4064 for 7.5 Swiss? What was your impression? Good to go?