Ramshot Grand

[340 in Va]

Would love to hear (here) about your results with the powder!

UPS delivered 15 1# jugs and 3 bricks of federal match large rifle primers today. I have 4 cal. I will be trying Grand in. Hope to load 6.5 Weatherby RPM this weekend.

 

[K.E.C. Darkside]

I ordered ten 1LB er's.

HaHa, I ordered 4 more myself.
Last month it was 31.00
Works Great in my 22creed with 85.5 Hybrid.

 

[#1Mudman]

Quick question, if you don't mind. I am about to order 8x 1-lb cannisters (much cheaper than the 8lb cannister) and wondered if your 4 were all from the same lot #?

I purchased 8 and they were all the same lot and even the same lot from the last clearance a month ago.

 

[#1Mudman]

HaHa, I ordered 4 more myself.
Last month it was 31.00
Works Great in my 22creed with 85.5 Hybrid.

It was down to $27.89 last week but came back up to $35 yesterday.

 

[#1Mudman]

The one thing Midway has been doing is having a clearance sale about once a month. I just got 8 -1 pounders for $27.95 a lb tags, title and tax came out in the $35 dollar range and only $223.60 dollars plus $hazmat and shipping. Its a good thing trying to develop and feed loads to 2 300 PRC's and a 300 win mag. Im averaging alround 80 rounds per pound. The good thing is these new recoil brake really work and help bunches. I shot sporting clay competition tournaments for years and have a pretty tough ole shoulder and have wrung out 35 or 40 rounds a couple times a week without any bruises. Im finding the Grand powder to be very accurate and burns as clean as any powder I have ever shot.

 

[CONatureBoy]

Great to have more SOTA powder options for the long-for-caliber bullets and magnum calibers!

 

[Williamtell]

300 PRC virgin Lapua brass, Federal Match 215M primers, Hammer HHT 203 grain, Rifle is Christiansen Arms Mesa LR 26" barrel 1:8 twist
1. H1000 burns cleaner than Grand. Grand is cleaner than Hornady Factory ammo.
2. H1000 was a little faster than Grand with the same load.
3. Grand SD and Spread were much better than H1000

I used a digital Lyman powder scale to measure 74 - 76 grain loads in .5 grain increments. I only used exact measurements. If it was +/- 0.1 grain or more I dumped and dispensed again.

Results below. Page removes spaces

Grand
Grains/fps/SD/Spread
74/2873/13.6/39.1
74.5/2915. 2/5.4/14.5
75/2939.5/8.3/24.4
75.5/2959.6/6.4/15.4
76/2957.9/16.2/47.6

H1000
74/2892.3/12.4/37.4
74.5/2926.6/20.1/57
75/2939.0/5.8/15.3
75.5/2968.7/20.7/65.3
76/2965.1/18/50.3

 

[stazmania]

300 PRC virgin Lapua brass, Federal Match 215M primers, Hammer HHT 203 grain, Rifle is Christiansen Arms Mesa LR 26" barrel 1:8 twist
1. H1000 burns cleaner than Grand. Grand is cleaner than Hornady Factory ammo.
2. H1000 was a little faster than Grand with the same load.
3. Grand SD and Spread were much better than H1000

I used a digital Lyman powder scale to measure 74 - 76 grain loads in .5 grain increments. I only used exact measurements. If it was +/- 0.1 grain or more I dumped and dispensed again.

Results below. Page removes spaces

Grand
Grains/fps/SD/Spread
74/2873/13.6/39.1
74.5/2915. 2/5.4/14.5
75/2939.5/8.3/24.4
75.5/2959.6/6.4/15.4
76/2957.9/16.2/47.6

H1000
74/2892.3/12.4/37.4
74.5/2926.6/20.1/57
75/2939.0/5.8/15.3
75.5/2968.7/20.7/65.3
76/2965.1/18/50.3

good info. Did you hit pressure or see signs of pressure? What was the case fill/remaining capacity? Thanks

 

[Catskills]

Great info. This will be helpful for a number of projects for me. Any apparent accuracy advantages? Were these 3 shot groups?

 

[CONatureBoy]

It sounds like Grand is indeed (as Hogdon has claimed) very similar to H1000. Very helpful info, given that we don't yet have QuickLoad data for it. Thanks Stazmania!