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Originally Posted by bob weeman View Post
Is there a difference between Hodgdon and IMR 700X? Getting ready to start loading for my Remington short 10 and cannot find any Red Dot or Promo locally. Considering all the options and other good choices seem to be 700X, Clays, Green dot....I have some Unique but am not finding a load with the pressures listed. Based on what I find it seems like 23 - 25 grains of Unique with 1 1/8 might be good but don't want to guess.....are the two 700x powders the same if used with the load data listed in the "Loading the short ten" thread. Thanks for any info you can provide.
PS. Alliant lists a couple of 1 1/4 ounce lead 3.5 inch 10ga loads using Unique.

You can see pressures are low, velocity fairly high and using 31 grains. Green Dot and Red Dot/Promo are much better choices for a 1 1/8 ounce loading in the short ten. I would expect squibs with Unique especially in cold weather.

http://www.alliantpowder.com/reloade...eid=3&gauge=10
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