Steady Dutchman Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 (edited) Has anyone tried Hodgdon Perfect Pattern in cartridge loads (38spl, 44-40, 45 Colt, etc)? With Clays, Clay Dot, Red Dot, Promo, etc, getting scarce this may be a promising powder given its spot on the burn rate chart. Edited April 8 by Steady Dutchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 I've seen no cartridge data for Perfect Pattern YET. In theory it would be suitable. But I know of no company willing to perform pressure testing and other safety tests on cartridges. I've seen tons of data for cartridges with TiteGroup powder, which is also very available. Make it easy on yourself and get some TG for now, and perhaps someone else will test out PP. (Hint, that is something very similar to what I'm doing right now) good luck, GJ. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steady Dutchman Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 GJ thanks for your reply. Agree on the TiteGroup… there’s suitable cartridge powders still available. My thoughts and interest is this post was that PP could possibly be a great replacement for the mentioned Clays, Red Dot, Clay Dot as a one-powder solution for both shot shells and metallic cartridges. Btw, as far as I know Alliant to this day Alliant hasn’t released metallic cartridge data for Clay Dot… yet it’s perfectly suitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Yes, (PP might work dual purposes), and yes, (no Clay Dot cartridge data has appeared), to all those. And I was a little surprised when Hodgdon made the GRAND, miraculous discovery that TiteGroup could also be a fine shotgun powder about 12 months ago. Most of us cowboys had known that for a couple of years. good luck, GJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Spade Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 I believe Deuce Steven's did some testing with Perfect Pattern in 38 special loads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macon Due Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Another possibilty is Win. WST. Macon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, Macon Due said: Another possibility is Win. WST. Already proven to be a good dual purpose powder, just not every pistol cartridge has some published data from Hodgdon. Like .45 Colt, but I run WST in the Colt all the time. good luck, GJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 most all shotgun powders can be converted to the pistol caliber loads but one has to do the research and development based on known similar burn rates and such , im not familiar with that powder at all , .but ill keep watching as i may find some in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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