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New Western Powder LT-32 Initial Chrono Test Results

speedygonzalez

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New Western Powder LT-32 Initial Chrono Test Results
HEY GUYS,
I JUST FINISHED UP MY INITIAL CHRONGRAPH WORK WITH THE NEW LT-32 POWDER AND I HAVE TO SAY I WAS IMPRESSED. I HAVE NOT CONCERNED MYSELF WITH NEW POWDERS, SEEINGS HOW I HAVE ENOUGH "T" TO LAST THE REST OF MY LIFE, BUT I STILL LIKE TO TEST ESPECIALLY FOR MY STUDENTS WHO WILL FOLLOW IN OUR FOOT STEPS INTO THE FUTURE. I HAVE POSTED MY INITIAL CHRONOGRAPH WORK ON FACEBOOK IN A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON TO "T". IF YOUR INTERESTED YOU CAN FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...3&l=1adda528ad

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...3&l=de2e689b8c


I WILL POST MORE PICTURES AND A VOLUME TO WEIGHT CHART TOMORROW WHEN I GET IT ALL COMPILED. PLUS A LITTLE MORE INFO BELOW FROM WESTERN POWDERS TO BETTER FILL YOU IN ON THE LATEST.

IF YOU WOULD CARE TO SEE THE LARGE READABLE PICTURRE OF THE TARGET YOU MAY EMAIL ME AT.

speedy.godzilla@msn.com

KEEP'EM SMALL,
SPEEDY GONZALEZ

From: Keith Anderson [mailto:Keith@ramshot.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:30 AM
To: Gonzalez, Speedy
Subject: RE: L-32



Speedy,

The LT-32 is an exact copy of the original T-32 manufactured in the same plant and on the same machinery as the original. Lou Murdica has been extensively testing it and he tells us it is the easiest powder to tune that he has seen in 40 years. According to Lou, the chamber that everybody was using in the 80's will work with this powder. The bullets do not need to be seated way out in order to get more powder in the case. In testing the powder in our Bond Universal receiver against the origin "T' powder, my S.D.'s were about 30% lower with the new powder versus the "T" powder. Lou and Don Nielson donated 16 pounds of the original T-32 lot of powder for our quality control and that is what the new powder is shot against. All of our powders are allowed to deviate +3% to -5% in pressure from the quality control lot except LT-32 which we cut the deviation percentages in half in order to have the best lot to lot consistency in the industry for this powder. Another advantage of LT-32 is the fact that our Accurate 2015 can be blended with this powder if anyone wants to adjust the burn rate. 2015 is also manufactured on the machinery, has the same geometry but is about 10% slower that LT-32.

Just a note on Hodgdon's 8208. The 8208 that is being brought into the country is not being brought in for the benchrest market as most people believe. It is being brought into the country for military contracts and it just so happened that it worked in the PPC. It is being QC'd for those military contracts not for benchrest shooters. There is more money in the military side of selling powder. I work directly with the company using it for military applications. LT-32 is just the opposite. We developed this powder specifically for the 6mm PPC and it is QC'd in the 6mm PPC.

I can send you a sample if you would like.


Best regards,
Keith Anderson
Western Powders Ballistic Lab
 

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GOOD MORNING,
HERE ARE THE REST OF THE PICTURES THAT I PROMISED YOU. IF YOU CLICK THE LINK BELOW AND GO TO MY FACEBOOK PAGE YOU CAN SEE THEM IN ALL THERE GLORY OF IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE FULL BLOWN PICTURES FOR YOUR CLOSER EXAMINATION YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT speedy.godzilla@msn.com AND JUST REQUEST THE FULL SIZE PIC.S


http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...3&l=de2e689b8c

IT IS YET TO BE SEEN IF THE NEW LT-32 PROVES TO NOT BE AFFECTED BY TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY LIKE THE OLD T-322, BUT FROM THESE SHORT TESTS IT VERY MUCH MIMICS MY T-322 OF OLD. MY "T" POWDER WAS ALWAYS A BLESSING TO ME IN THE FACT THAT WHEN I WENT TO A MATCH I DID NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS EVERYONE ELSE WAS HAVING IN RESPECT TO HAVE TO TUNE UP & DOWN OVER COURSE OF A WEEKEND OR WEEK. I GOT TO SHOT AND CONCENTRATE ON THE CONDITIIONS INSTEAD OF MAKING IT A TUNING COMPETITION. IT WAS ALWAYS KIND OF FUNNY WATCHING EVERYBODY GOING UP AND DOWN ON THEIR POWDERS TRYING TO ACCOMODATE THE CHANGES IN WEATHER AS THE DAYS WENT ON. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL ALLOW ALL TO BECOME BETTER SHOOTERS, BY BEING ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ON SHOOTING AND NOT RE-TUNING EVERYTIME ONE COMES BACK FROM THE BENCH.

GOOD LUCK & KEEP'EM SMALL,
SPEEDY GONZALEZ
 

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Would this be a 308 powder for 175gn to 185gn bullets? Went to their site and couldn't find anything other than 223,6br and one other.I'm to young to know about the older version.
 
It would be a little to fast for the heavy weight bullets for 308 Winchester. Might work decent for a varmint load with 110 Vmaxes or 125 Noslers but your better off using Varget, N140, or something of that nature with that weight class of bullet.
 

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