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I think I figured it out, if someone can confirm. On the Hodgdon Burn Rate Chart it goes 3. TITEWAD 5. Hodgdon Clays 8 TiteGroup 12 Hodgdon (Clays) International 16 AA #2 21 Hodgdon (Clays) Universal Jeff Maass's warning is about the 5th fastest "Clays", not all "Clays"??? I went to the range and alot of them are using Hodgdon International, one said he does 180 gr, OAL 1.2, 4.6 - 4.8 g for Jacketed rounds for cast lead, .5 less. sorry for the trouble.

I'm new to IPSC, have a Limcat 40 on order, just got my Dillon, was told Clays International was a good choice for powder by a very respectible shooter. This is with 180gr lead cast FP. I ordered 16 pounds from powdervalley. I'm new to loading for pistol and 40SW "bad juju" combination I saw in one post response. Today I read Jeff Maass's Loads List which has the warning "you are urged to avoid any load using Hodgdon CLAYS for IPSC-velocity .40S&W loads." same for AA#2. 1) What do I do now? Try to sell it at my gun club? 2) Searching the archives I find mention of "Clays" without a qualifier of if it is Universal, or not. I'll assume they aren't talking about International. 3) Hodgdon's burn rate chart puts Int'l faster than Universal. wonderful, and faster than AA#2. 4) Hodgdon has nothing for International and 40S&W. I think I better not load this stuff. thanks