Imr 4831?

[Rapier]

I think the original question was, is IMR 4831 suitable for the 06 and the Swede. The answer is very much a yes. The idea is to pick which powder version of 4831 you want to start with and stick with it. I started with H-4831 when it was a pulled surplus powder in the 60s and have used many 8 pounders. It is a great powder for the 06, 270, 6.5x06, 25x06 and all other such capacity cases. It works well in the 6.5x55 especially with the heavy bullets like the 140s. The old Hodgdon manual shows a 3,000 fps load for it with a 140 in the M-96 specificly.

Just follow the guides and make sure you are on the IMR page, not the H page, for safety sake when you get near a max load.
Ed