Thread: Reloading For short barrels

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

The best powder for velocity is the best powder for velocity.
Maximum pressure is obtained in the first few inches of barrel.
If you are getting more by going from say 2208 to 2206h you are loading to higher pressures and may as well just up the 2208

Happy to be proved wrong by anyone who can back it up with hard data.

Good luck mate, but the idea that you benefit from a faster powder in shorter barrel is ingrained in many and, in general, humans are hard to shift from their initial belief. Much like caliber vs cartridge.