Wanted to dispel some insinuations made in this thread. First of all, we do not sell loaded ammunition and my comments about the Leverevolution and the .308 Win are simply intended for shooters who want to try that powder in that case. By now, we and others have accumulated a considerable experience hunting with that powder and the 150 Bulldozer. That powder was not my first choice. I tried the CFE 223 powder at the loads specified in the Hodgdon Annual Manual and found that it was a very dirty powder, in that it appeared to be fouling up the chamber throat. I looked at the burn rate chart and decided that Leverevolution might work since it was slightly slower burning than CFE 223 and used in the 338 Federal case with heavier bullets. Started out at the minimal charges listed for the CFE223 and slowly increased the charge to the point that I started to get primer flattening, which in my rifle has proven to be a reliable first indicator of high pressure. Note that that may not be the case in other guns. You need to know your gun! I backed off a grain or so and choreographed my loads and found excellent velocities with the 150 Bulldozer. LVR since has proved to be a superb powder for the 308Win and propels our bullets accurately and fast for the caliber. One may chose to use it or not in the 308Win. If you do, just approach it as one would any new load and start slow and work up. If you are not familiar with pressure signs you should not be reloading in the first place else you will not know if trouble is brewing.


Because we make bullets, we test these in a wide variety of cases and use a wide variety of powders. Novel combinations of bullets, powders and primers are the norm for us. The beauty of the Hodgdon Annual Manual is the fact that they also publish pressure data with virtually all their loads. If one looks carefully through the data you will see that for any given pressure different powders will propel bullets at differing speeds. Some powders will launch bullets faster at the same pressure as others, so velocity is not necessarily a perfect surrogate for pressure. I will say that LVR, although working well in the 308Win and the 338Fed, may not work as well in more overbore cartridges like the 243Win and the 7mm-08Rem.


Just want to let everyone know, I am agnostic when it comes to gun powder. I will try and recommend those powders the make our bullets perform the best as we see it, but we more than welcome feedback from our customers. Many are very accomplished riflemen with lots of experience and even are adept at making wildcat cartridges. Their observations we take very seriously.