8208 powder lot 167

[butchlambert]

Do I remember correctly that this was a good powder for the PPC? Michael Kavanaugh called this morning and said he was sending me about 7 lbs.

 

[INShooter]

Ron Hoehn certainly thought so.

 

[Longmire]

I don’t know about lot 167, but I’ve won several local club benchrest matches shooting 29.3 grains of 8208 pull-down lot 18166 in my 6PPC.

 

[SmittyJon]

Do I remember correctly that this was a good powder for the PPC? Michael Kavanaugh called this morning and said he was sending me about 7 lbs.

About any lot of IMR 8208 will work Butch. But, there are two downsides. It is relatively dirty burning, especially when compared to N133. And, at $60+ a pound more expensive, too.

A check of the equipment lists from any NBRSA Match results confirms that N133 is the go-to choice for Group Competitors. LT-32 has made some in roads, but N133 still tops the list.

SJ

 

[butchlambert]

About any lot of IMR 8208 will work Butch. But, there are two downsides. It is relatively dirty burning, especially when compared to N133. And, at $60+ a pound more expensive, too.

A check of the equipment lists from any NBRSA Match results confirms that N133 is the go-to choice for Group Competitors. LT-32 has made some in roads, but N133 still tops the list.

SJ

I understand. I have an 8lb jug already and can't turn down a freebe. I have an 8 lb jug of LT32 also, but not a lot of 133.

 

[Longmire]

About any lot of IMR 8208 will work Butch. But, there are two downsides. It is relatively dirty burning, especially when compared to N133. And, at $60+ a pound more expensive, too.

A check of the equipment lists from any NBRSA Match results confirms that N133 is the go-to choice for Group Competitors. LT-32 has made some in roads, but N133 still tops the list.

SJ

Don’t confuse the currently produced IMR 8208XBR with the original 8208 military surplus pull-down powder that I was referring to. The original stuff was one of the legendary powders for PPC’s, certain lots especially (along with the original T32 powder). The new IMR 8208XBR was an attempt to recreate the original 8208 burning characteristics, marketed specifically for benchrest shooters, but it’s nowhere near as consistent as the old stuff and as SJ noted you’ll rarely find anyone using it in a PPC these days. When the stockpiles of 8208 and T32 finally started running out is when benchrest shooters started using VV N133 in their PPC’s. The currently produced LT-32 powder is a similar attempt to recreate the original T32 powder, and it has been much more successful in that regard, especially the first lot. Several of the lots after that were significantly different, prompting benchrest shooters to mix LT-32 with LT-30 and call it LT-31, and that has been a winning combination.