Winchester Autocomp

[CWOOD]

Hi, Mike.

Yes, Winchester Autocomp IS a new powder. I just finished reading an interesting article about it in the 2009 Hogden Annual Reloading Manual. It is available at Cabelas and, I suspect, several shooting related locations. The Hogden manual is only about $8 and has over 5000 loads for pistol and rifle.

As you may know, Hogden has taken over Winchester and IMR powders. Autocomp is so new I haven't seen it stocked locally, but then there is not much of ANYTHING stocked locally as of late. It does seem to be a versatile powder and thought about trying it myself the next time I need to buy powder. I load .45 ACP and have been recently using WST (Winchester Super Target). If you are looking for a good .45 powder which might be a bit more available you might try WST. It is a clean burning, low smoke, easy shooting powder.

I have lately been getting the dies and accumulating the brass , Win. 231, bullets and primers to get into reloading 9mm for my daughters. Auto comp would provide a lot of flexibility in loading these two cartridges as well as letting me get into .38 Special, all with one powder. I'd certainly be willing to try it.

[CWOOD]

Mike,

You might look at the Hogdon Reloading site here:

http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just agree to the terms and then make your selections as to rifle/pistol, caliber, manufacturer, bullet weight, etc. You can then print out the results.

Also Powder Valley has Auto Comp for $16.20 per pound + S/H + HAZMAT

http://www.powdervalleyinc.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hope this helps.

[ghostrider]

.45 or .38 special are good cartridges to learn to reload with - they are low pressure cartridges used (mostly) in strong guns that can give a margin of safety. In addition, I don't believe in general that they exhibit greatly increased pressures when bullets are seated a little to deep, which can be a problem in high pressure cartridges like 9mm and .40 S&W.