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6.5-284 load development (changing powder)
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<blockquote data-quote="dennisinaz" data-source="post: 1478033" data-attributes="member: 40966"><p>I have tried a lot of powders. R17 is a great powder. I have used it successfully out to 1300 yards. I have had great luck with it in 600-800 yard distances. I can easily get 3200 fps out of a 25" barrel using 130 grain Norma Diamonds. As far as temperature sensitivity, I think it is way overrated. Those of you who work up loads when it is 100 and hunt when it is 20 below are a very, very small minority. In the temperature windows I have to operate it is a non-issue. R17 gets me into a node with the 130s that I cannot get with any other powder. What is an issue is that in a TARGET rifle it is not the best powder because it is harder on barrels. How many hunters really shoot 600 rounds out of their rifles? I'll bet less than one in 50 does. I have thus, stepped away from the 130s and went to 140-143s now. I am going to experiment with the extreme powders but they are not all. I just bought 8# of R23 and R26 to try.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennisinaz, post: 1478033, member: 40966"] I have tried a lot of powders. R17 is a great powder. I have used it successfully out to 1300 yards. I have had great luck with it in 600-800 yard distances. I can easily get 3200 fps out of a 25" barrel using 130 grain Norma Diamonds. As far as temperature sensitivity, I think it is way overrated. Those of you who work up loads when it is 100 and hunt when it is 20 below are a very, very small minority. In the temperature windows I have to operate it is a non-issue. R17 gets me into a node with the 130s that I cannot get with any other powder. What is an issue is that in a TARGET rifle it is not the best powder because it is harder on barrels. How many hunters really shoot 600 rounds out of their rifles? I'll bet less than one in 50 does. I have thus, stepped away from the 130s and went to 140-143s now. I am going to experiment with the extreme powders but they are not all. I just bought 8# of R23 and R26 to try. [/QUOTE]
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