700X why I dont know

I would recommend Red Dot or Green Dot or American Select or e3 or Clay Dot or Promo. Any of these will work great.

Pat Ireland

Can you describe E3 or american select? I do not know anything on them. fast or slow burn? Are they good all around or just for Caps? I have alot of hulls to reload so I shoukd get a new powder. Thanks Mike Sharkey, DC

What Pat Ireland said.

I can vouch for Red Dot, Green Dot, Clays, International Clays, and 700X from experience and have friends that have eventually rejected Promo for inconsistency(?) and will say say that none of those powders were more consistent over the chronogralph than IMR 700X. 700X will handle 7/8 oz, 1 oz, and 1 1/8 oz in reasonable velocities, saves cash by using lite charges, and has assisted in giving me several 100s up close.....breakemall....Bob Dodd

I load PROMO and at $68.00 per 8 lb and use RIO primers and DOWNRANGE WINDJAMMER wads I save a lot of money and the shells are very, very effective.

Gary Bryant Dr.longshot

Where do you get Promo for $68/8 lb?

I like E3 for 1 oz and Green Dot for 1 1/8 oz in STS hulls. E3 is one of Alliant's newer powders and is super clean.

E3 has the same burning rate as Red Dot and Promo. Regarding cost, Promo costs less thn Red Dot and Red Dot costs less than E3. However, E3 is sometimes more efficient in certain loads which means that you use less powder to achieve the desired velocity.

Green Dot costs the same as Red Dot and is a little slower than Red Dot. Green Dot and is an old stand by for handicap loads.

I switched to E3 from 700 X.

If not for the cost, I would use more PB.

I recommend that you check out the powder profiles and relative burning rates of each powder on the Alliant web page.

Ed Ward

Depends on the type of loads you're making?

I use 700X for my 1 oz "Xtra Lite" loads

---Clays for 1 1/8 oz "light" loads

--International Clays for my HNCP 1 1/8 oz 3 dram loads

John C. Saubak

Without a doubt, RedDot!