Used my last W296 - Ever

Because you asked:
296 for those self defense (devastating) 44 mag Rds.
IMR 4227 for those (tune-up) paper targeting 44 special loads.
AA #7 for my 9MM
AA #5 for the 1911 45 Cup. That's it. I don't change my handgun powders at whim. Been shooting these particular powders before many here were born. A simple process I followed years ago. I find a powder that can't be doubled charged, gives excellent accuracy, is clean burning, functions those slides without there being battered and stick with em.
 
I still use a lot of it in .30 Carbine. Not a high recoil round, though for the rifle to cycle properly it has to run high on the pressure. I have some .41Mag jacketed loaded with it for hog defense in the woods. I switched to AA#9 and will stick with it for revolver rounds. Also if I get that wild hair it can be loaded to near 296/h110 levels and work just as good.
 
Never bought/used 296/h110. Felt I never needed to go there. When and if (hardly ever) I need a stout load, 2400 is more than up to the task, so I keep one bottle around of it.
 
The military salvaged and resold powder use for .30 carbine , Bruce hodgdon bought it and resold it as h110. When military stock ran out he began manufacturing it.

It is the original powder of the carbine it was probably in use far the entire time the carbine was in service. It may be the best available, I don't know.
 
"When military stock ran out he began manufacturing it."

Sorry, but no.

Until Hodgdon bought IMR in 2003, they had no manufacturing capability other than their Pyrodex and Triple 7 facilities.

H110 was manufactured for them by Onlin/Winchester. When introduced it was apparently similar to, but not quite the same, as WW 296.

Over the years, before they got into manufacturing, Hodgdon branded under their name powders manufactured by Nobel, Alcan, Scot, Winchester, and possibly others.
 
I guess there will be more 110/296 for me! :D

.357 mag, 44 mag, hot 45LC, 454 Casull, 30 Carbine - Me and 296/110 have been together faithfully for many, many, many years!
 
You're right. I knew better, but wasn't thinking clearly

We have a hodgdon road here in joplin, more. They are based in kg. To the best I can gather it, our city engineer during The early 1900s was j.b. hodgdon. Very important guy, and he had a little out of the way, mile long shortcut through the woods named after him. Bruce is his father, Bruce's son is j.b.

This info is correct and I have been told that the connection is valid, but you know how hard it is to make a historical connection with real accuracy.
 
I'll keep some around for loading .22TCM, but I've found that max loads in the big boomers are not something I shoot a lot, so I don't burn a lot of W296/H110 in those. I tend to prefer AA#9 or Longshot, maybe Blue Dot, for loads on the upper side of mid-range, where the shooting is more enjoyable.
 
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