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Alliant 4000MR - Any excursions into using this ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 2016076" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>.338 Lapua, .338 Edge, & 7 LRM - all big cartridges.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday, I tried out 4000MR in the .22-.250 & 6.5-06.</p><p></p><p>4000MR worked very well in the .22-.250 - 37 grains 4000MR, 75 Hornady hpbt, & Fed 210M primer, 7.7 5R twist. No high pressure issues, gusty 10 mph plus winds made accuracy testing more of a shooting skill than component test. I was able to get consecutive hits on 3 inch steel at 300 yards and take out 1 inch diameter hard candy at 200 once I figured the wind. The other load tested was 37 of R-S Hunter, everything else the same. Performance was essentially equal. The 4000MR has noticeably less density than R-S Hunter.</p><p></p><p>4000MR performance in the 6.5-06 was spotty. I ran it against Viht N165 loads having 120 H ELDM, 130 H ELDM & 140 Barnes Match Burners. The 120 ELDM & 4000MR loads show promise but need more work, probably slightly more than 53 grains of 4000MR. The 140's with Viht N165's were beautiful - cut thru wind real good & slammed steel real hard (but not like a .338 L or .338 Edge). 4 touching at 100 with one out 1/4 inch.</p><p></p><p>In my much smaller rifles, the 4000MR sort of behaves like between RL 19 & RL23. Various burn rate charts show large variations from like the 4350's to slower than RL22.</p><p></p><p>Good supply of 4000MR & R-S in LGS' but no Retumbo, H1000, RL16, RL22-26, or H4831.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for responding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 2016076, member: 115658"] .338 Lapua, .338 Edge, & 7 LRM - all big cartridges. Yesterday, I tried out 4000MR in the .22-.250 & 6.5-06. 4000MR worked very well in the .22-.250 - 37 grains 4000MR, 75 Hornady hpbt, & Fed 210M primer, 7.7 5R twist. No high pressure issues, gusty 10 mph plus winds made accuracy testing more of a shooting skill than component test. I was able to get consecutive hits on 3 inch steel at 300 yards and take out 1 inch diameter hard candy at 200 once I figured the wind. The other load tested was 37 of R-S Hunter, everything else the same. Performance was essentially equal. The 4000MR has noticeably less density than R-S Hunter. 4000MR performance in the 6.5-06 was spotty. I ran it against Viht N165 loads having 120 H ELDM, 130 H ELDM & 140 Barnes Match Burners. The 120 ELDM & 4000MR loads show promise but need more work, probably slightly more than 53 grains of 4000MR. The 140's with Viht N165's were beautiful - cut thru wind real good & slammed steel real hard (but not like a .338 L or .338 Edge). 4 touching at 100 with one out 1/4 inch. In my much smaller rifles, the 4000MR sort of behaves like between RL 19 & RL23. Various burn rate charts show large variations from like the 4350's to slower than RL22. Good supply of 4000MR & R-S in LGS' but no Retumbo, H1000, RL16, RL22-26, or H4831. Thank you for responding. [/QUOTE]
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