The NEW Accurate 2520

[mseric]

As already posted 2520 is finally available, but it is "New" 2520. No longer made in Belgium, made in USA.

Anyone have a chance to try the "new" 2520 yet?

[VASCAR2]

I read the recently released Accurate 2520 might be manufactured in Czech Republic where Accurate used to source powder. I just looked at the latest Western loading data and the 6.5 Grendel loads for Accurate 2520 seem to be the same as the previous Western load data. I have not seen any of the released A2520 for sale in my area but I will purchase this powder if I find it in stock. Just curious if you had a source stating the Accutate 2520 is produced in the USA. The article I read indicated the Accurate 2520 was the same powder as Lovex Powder DO73.6 which has been sold in Europe and just recently released in the US

[mike garus]

I emailed Western and a rep "Dan" answered that 2520 is indeed now made in the US.

[VASCAR2]

Good deal, then the article I read was in error concerning Accurate 2520

[mseric]

Good deal, then the article I read was in error concerning Accurate 2520

http://www.accuratepowder.com/warnings/european-warning/

[VASCAR2]

Thanks for the info mseric, I plan on purchasing Accurate 2520 and Accurate 2230 in the near future.

[lesbaer45]

How do you tell "old" 2520 from "new" 2520?

I have a 8lb jug that I'm pretty sure is "old" judging by the label style, I saw lots of 2520 at this past weekends gun show. It has the same label style as most of the AA powder so I just figured it was newer production but couldn't really tell different manufacturing location. Perhaps I missed it on the fine print?

[Joseph5]

The published data will be good for all AA 2520 wether it was made in Belgium or the US. The original AA2520 was made in Czechoslovakia and and is what is being sold now as the Lovex DO73.6 When Accurate Powders was getting powder from Lovex they would have tested each batch to insure that it met specifications and so was safe to use with their published data for AA2520. They are not doing that any more so what they are saying is don't assume that our data is safe to use with the Lovex powder. There is published data for the Lovex powders and the data for the DO73.6 is very similar to data for AA2520. Based on what I have been able to learn about the situation I would feel safe using data for AA2520 powder to develop loads with Lovex DO73.6 for cartridges that Lovex does not have data for but that is me and I would be starting with minimum loads and working up from there. At some point in the future I am going to do a load development with both the Lovex and AA in my wifes 308 just to see how different the two powders are from each other.

[mseric]

The published data will be good for all AA 2520 wether it was made in Belgium or the US. .

I have no doubt, but I am more interested in actual performance of the "new" 2520, as different can actually be different.

[Joseph5]

I would think, and this is pure speculation on my part, the new 2520 would have to be within the performance tolerances of the old because of the history of polished data available for it.

[BluntForceTrauma]

the history of polished data available for it.

But, you see, that's just the trouble with a lot of these powder companies: polishing the data to make it look better.

[rickOshay]

Hopefully it compares well with the data front he old 2520 (unpolished).

http://http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?12264-This-Old-Bottle

[Joseph5]

Okay, I don't know how to spell "published" and since polished wasn't misspelled spell check wouldn't have helped, not that I use it. :^)

[JASmith]

Spell check and autocomplete are the bane of my exostence! It works when it works but what word is "exostence" in my previous sentence?

Nonetheless, polished clearly worked as well as published even though the meaning is slightly different.

[rickOshay]

Same could be said for "he" and "the" in my post above.