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Offline Darto

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HP-38 vs. Win 231
« on: April 17, 2014, 03:29:10 AM »
Are load data for one powder good for using the other powder, it seems some folks think these two powders are about identical?

For instance 44 Colt, hodgdon site lists loads with HP-38, but not any loads with their Winchester 231. I have 231 on hand, not HP-38 which is hard to find....

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Re: HP-38 vs. Win 231
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2014, 07:13:26 AM »
They're nearly identical. Load datas are within .1 of one another.
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Re: HP-38 vs. Win 231
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2014, 04:44:34 PM »
It IS the same powder.  Made in the same plant, on the same line, the same formula.  The only difference is the bottles its put in.  (And Hodgen owns both labels now, expect the 231 label to fade away) 
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Re: HP-38 vs. Win 231
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Re: HP-38 vs. Win 231
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2014, 01:40:38 AM »
 8) Good.
Wikipedia just told me another wonderful fact, 231 is flake powder labled as military ball powder. :-\
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Re: HP-38 vs. Win 231
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2014, 11:37:30 AM »
Quote from: Darto on April 18, 2014, 01:40:38 AM
8) Good.
Wikipedia just told me another wonderful fact, 231 is flake powder labled as military ball powder. :-\

Funny, any of it I ever saw was ball.
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