Stuck bullet!

[Nath]

Some kind gent sent me some Winchester 180 gn silver tips for recycling, a free service I run for any unwanted 308" bullets.

I loaded some up with red dot underneath them but the second shot failed to shoot it out with just 2" of barrel left to go!
5.5gn just ran out of steam for this 24" barrel.

I returned home and stripped the rifle to get a brass rod in from the breech. The bullet tapped out with just the rods weight thankfully.

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So I tried 6.5gn next but na, very inconsistent so next up I reached for the unique. Unique never fails and the first run worked perfectly 7.5gn!
60yd group.
A good rabbit load!

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A short video.
https://youtu.be/n0sCa6SyoI4?feature=shared

[wvfarrier]

Unique is probably thr most versatile powder available

[marlinman93]

Unique is probably thr most versatile powder available

And also likely the oldest powder still being produced! I think Moses reloaded with Unique!

[765x53]

Unique is probably thr most versatile powder available

And also likely the oldest powder still being produced! I think Moses reloaded with Unique!

Unfortunately, no longer being produced.

[AJMD429]

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Good reason not to ever fire a gun 'as fast as you possibly can' unless it is necessary. Too easy to pile on a second bullet and mess things up.

[Nath]

Absolutely doc

If it's true it's not made anymore that is very very sad

[jeepnik]

Problem is, even when you have to fire fast this kind of stuff can happen. And you better darned well have some sort of backup.

[marlinman93]

Unique is probably thr most versatile powder available

And also likely the oldest powder still being produced! I think Moses reloaded with Unique!

Unfortunately, no longer being produced.

Alliant is having major issues getting nitrocellulose so a lot of their powders are not offered currently. Hopefully if they start getting the materials again they'll bring back most of the powders they've halted production on now.