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<blockquote data-quote="30calyooper" data-source="post: 1536850" data-attributes="member: 107258"><p>Yep, I still miss H870. I've tried several mil-spec ball powders but just cannot seem to find one that IS NOT highly temperature-sensitive, and at high pressures that means shifting POI etc. Not knocking them, especially for practice loads you cannot beat the price... but they burn dirty so you better be ready to swab the bore every few rounds while cooling the barrel!</p><p></p><p>I've been a fan of the RL powders for years...to me they've always seemed less temperature-sensitive than anything from the IMR line and plenty accurate when the hand loader does his/her homework. Here in Michigan's Upper Peninsula we see a lot of serious temperature/humidity fluctuations, so that's a real issue. </p><p></p><p>Maybe it's just a bit of strange luck, but for me H-1000 has been a bit odd in several of my rifles. Won't give best accuracy at top velocities, and forget it if I think a respectable load with one bullet will even be close with another of the same weight. You always expect to tweak it if you switch pills, but I'm talking about major load re-development even when weight, length and profile are close. I haven't run into it that badly with other stick powders from Hodgdon. Got any tips for H-1000 in particular?</p><p></p><p>I won't make any claims for the RL's like "better than XXX" as I've had great results from other powders too... but for whatever reason the RL's have usually been more available and more affordable in my neck of the woods. (Maybe when I get to my second million in the bank I won't care about that. Working on it now...gave up on the first million a long time ago!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="30calyooper, post: 1536850, member: 107258"] Yep, I still miss H870. I’ve tried several mil-spec ball powders but just cannot seem to find one that IS NOT highly temperature-sensitive, and at high pressures that means shifting POI etc. Not knocking them, especially for practice loads you cannot beat the price... but they burn dirty so you better be ready to swab the bore every few rounds while cooling the barrel! I’ve been a fan of the RL powders for years...to me they’ve always seemed less temperature-sensitive than anything from the IMR line and plenty accurate when the hand loader does his/her homework. Here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula we see a lot of serious temperature/humidity fluctuations, so that’s a real issue. Maybe it’s just a bit of strange luck, but for me H-1000 has been a bit odd in several of my rifles. Won’t give best accuracy at top velocities, and forget it if I think a respectable load with one bullet will even be close with another of the same weight. You always expect to tweak it if you switch pills, but I’m talking about major load re-development even when weight, length and profile are close. I haven’t run into it that badly with other stick powders from Hodgdon. Got any tips for H-1000 in particular? I won’t make any claims for the RL’s like “better than XXX” as I’ve had great results from other powders too... but for whatever reason the RL’s have usually been more available and more affordable in my neck of the woods. (Maybe when I get to my second million in the bank I won’t care about that. Working on it now...gave up on the first million a long time ago!) [/QUOTE]
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