Blaze Kinkaid 253 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Pards; Acquired a 3# round paper/cardboard canister, metal top & bottom, of Alcan #5 smokeless shotgun powder. I can't find it listed on my powder burn rate chart to give me an idea of how hot it is. Anybody familiar with this powder? Is it suitable for .45 ACP? All suggestions will be helpful. Regards Blaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Last sold about 1975. So old that loads for it were for hulls and wads that are no longer available. And that was back when shotshell powder did not get listed very often in the handgun loading data section. It was a rather slow powder, so it was only recommended for 1 1/8 and mostly 1 1/4 field loads. So, not all that useful for Cowboy loads. It would make great lawn fertilizer, though. Good luck, GJ Here's a post showing an old AL5 load with Win AA hulls: http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=80118 And another showing .45 auto and .45 Colt loads, but read it carefully as there is bad data in part of it: http://www.pistolworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=2776 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Kinkaid 253 Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 Thanks Garrison Joe, appreciate the feed back. Belated congratulations on your EOT World Championship Wild Bunch Win! August West, Gillyboy, and I put on the Wild Bunch match at the Tombstone Livery here every month. Regards Blaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Blaze - Thanks for the kind words about EOT. I'd probably think more seriously about coming down for one of your fine WB monthly matches if it weren't 7 hours of driving for a 3 hour match, and then 7 hours to get back. Maybe when I get retired. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Found my oldest Lyman reloading manual today - the 1970-dated 45th edition. Unfortunately, the Lyman technicians wrote that they only had time to research and publish Alcan #8 powder loads, out of the several powders that Alcan was still making at the time. So, I found no Alcan #5 data in my best hope for old data. Sorry, GJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noylj Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Without going into my archives: .45 Auto cast bullet #452488, 195gn: Alcan 5; start 5.8gn, Max 8.5gn Hdy LSWC, 200gn; 9.5gn (someone's pet load, no start or max data) Spr TMJ-SWC, 200gn; 8.0gn (someone's pet load, no start or max data) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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