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With so many powders (e.g., H4350 vs IMR4350, H4831 vs IMR4831, H4895 vs IMR4895) that are very similar but with different labels, I wonder just how long Hodgdon will continue to make all of them.
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That is a good point, and one that should be considered. Another Winchester powder that was identical to Hodgdon was Winchesters 540 (identical to HS6).
It really disturbs me to spend a lot of time and money working up handloads, only to have one or more of the components removed from the market by the manufacturer. Case in point: Winchester's 170 grain 30 cal Silver tip bullet for the .30/30......worked up a load, just in time to have Winchester pull it from the market. They did the same with the 9mm silvertip (for reloading), but thought better of it and brought that one back.....the 30 cal, however, is still not available as a component. Same with Remington and the bronze point. One other fiasco was the amount of cash I spent working up Bismuth loads for duck hunting with my older shotguns, only to have the factory close it's doors when the owner died due to family squabbles (or so I'm told). Now I have a bunch of data, and bismuth is next to impossible to find, and expensive when you do.
I'll take a look at my loading manuals again and see how H4831 compares.....I don't want to be left out in the cold again.
