Powder for low pressure shells

[john pulis]

John,

Hogdons has several low pressure 3/4 oz. loads for 700x. I, too, used PB in damascus guns and have loaded and shot 700x 3/4 on sporting clays. Works fine and breaks them well if I am on target. 700 is not as fine as PB but seems to meter well with my MEC 600. Good
Luck.

[DoubleDown]

So, not to throw fuel on a fire that I think has gone unchecked for some time, but is PB really discontinued? I feel like I've never seen any OFFICIAL announcement from IMR or Hodgdon, and I've looked at their pages several times for it. I have to wonder though, if you're going to discontinue PB, why bother to re-brand it under the Hodgdon name?

Discontinued or not? by Mike Smith, on Flickr

Again, this is a second hand story from a powder retailer that I talked to this past weekend, so again second hand information not from the source. His story (from his Hodgdon Rep) was that the R Series of Powder was the only one being discontinued, so SR-7625 and the like. Is there an official announcement that anyone has seen? Have I just missed it?

I use PB and SR-7625 almost exclusively and have some reserves, but like you guys stared at several containers of 700x for sale at the show wondering if I should pick some up or not. Not having researched loads for it, I passed.

Mike