IMR 7625 - Current cost/pound

[Ken]

I use International Clays and 3/4 0z Down Range wads for my 2.5 16's. Very clean burning and gets it done. The problem now is finding Down Range wads.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Ken Burgess

I use International Clays and 3/4 0z Down Range wads for my 2.5 16's. Very clean burning and gets it done. The problem now is finding Down Range wads.

And Int'l Clays!

[edgarspencer]

My advice would simply be, buy the powder. Even if you choose another recipe, there are lots of people who would love to have 7625 to hang on 'just a little longer' to the tried and true 16ga. load. All components are fluctuating in availability, and we need to watch out for others, as well as ourselves.
Other recent threads have popped up where people are looking for shells, and reloading is still less expensive. Not only that, but the shot weight and size is within your control, rather than compromising with what's on the shelf.
Give or take a penny or two, I know my 28s are $7.25 per box with once fired hulls, and $11.00 with NPEs.
At $21.00 per box retail, you only need to load 35 boxes to amortize the cost of a 600Jr press.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

My advice would simply be, buy the powder. Even if you choose another recipe, there are lots of people who would love to have 7625 to hang on 'just a little longer' to the tried and true 16ga. load. All components are fluctuating in availability, and we need to watch out for others, as well as ourselves.

16 oh my gosh about the only thing I use 7625 for anylonger is the 10 gauge . Now for the 16 I lucked into a very nice 1 ounce load using SR4756 the SP-16 wad in the old WIN 16 gauge Upland and Xpert smooth AA style hulls . Think I loaded about ten pounds of SR4756 in my 16 loads the past three years . Think I’ve got enough 16’s loaded with 7 1/2’s to last me possibly two years for clay and feathered targets .

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

And Int'l Clays!

Think I’ve got a pound of Universal Clays and two pounds of International Clays for use in the 8 gauge with 1 5/8- 1 7/8 ounce loads mostly for buck , ball or slug . Any bird loads in the 8 I use the same 11/2 ounce target load with maybe a change in shot size , I kinda enjoy taking an 8 to Prospect Hall and shoot it at one peg in the tower shoot .