Unless he's shooting an indoor range that requires no exposed lead. I had to buy a couple bulk boxes of Hornady bullets to get the enclosing cup on the back end.
Oh, I take that back. I see Montana Gold now has a CMJ. Is it equivalent or is it plated? I haven't seen one up close.
The old standard load the military used way back around WWI was 5.0 grains of Bullseye. It still works just fine. An equivalent load of Unique is about 5.6 grains, but Unique doesn't meter nearly as easily and will burn dirtier. 5.2 grains of Hodgdon Universal Clays is maybe the best compromise as it meters best and is cleaner burning that either of the old Alliant powders. All three produce about 830 fps and 350 ft-lbs of muzzle energy, same as commercial hardball. More modern military loads run closer to 880 fps and almost 400 ft-lbs. 5.3 grains of Bullseye, 6.0 grains of Unique, or 5.6 grains of Universal will all deliver that and are all within published load limits, though you want to work up to them, watching for case bulging in particular, in your gun.
Note, the above loads are for a Jacketed RN seated 1.260" to 1.270" in a tight chambered 5" barrel with a standard primer, not the 4.4" barrel Alliant uses in its loads.
