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<blockquote data-quote="BrentM" data-source="post: 2276772" data-attributes="member: 61747"><p>This is the time to do it. There is a lot of negative hype that is usually not well vetted. Summer is the best time to work up a load. If your ammo can handle 90-100 temps and a hot chamber then colder temps is going to be a non-issue. If you want a specific hot load for winter, so be it, but if you shoot all year you need a summer stabile load that you can be confident in. People who claim other powders don't have an issue usually haven't been pushing things too far, like some of us. I have had issues with 4350, h1000, and retumbo, just like RL26. The thing about RL26 is that it pushes bullets faster than other powders more often and doesn't show psi signs until it is pretty close to too hot. It gives a false sense of security and when it goes south in heat its due to being too hot to begin with. I've used over 100lbs of it and I shoot all year. I run rl26 in 6 creed, 243, 6.5 creed, 6.5-284, and 6.5 PRC. I have no issue getting a good sd and accurate load I can shoot all year. This summer it did get hot, we shot in some 95f temps and had no issues at all. Moving past all this I think it would be great if you worked up a good load now and then did a test on your own that includes freezing some ammo and seeing what it does. You'll then have vetted this process personally and can decide fact from friction for yourself. It only takes 3-5 rounds out of your ammo to do the test after you work up your load.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrentM, post: 2276772, member: 61747"] This is the time to do it. There is a lot of negative hype that is usually not well vetted. Summer is the best time to work up a load. If your ammo can handle 90-100 temps and a hot chamber then colder temps is going to be a non-issue. If you want a specific hot load for winter, so be it, but if you shoot all year you need a summer stabile load that you can be confident in. People who claim other powders don't have an issue usually haven't been pushing things too far, like some of us. I have had issues with 4350, h1000, and retumbo, just like RL26. The thing about RL26 is that it pushes bullets faster than other powders more often and doesn't show psi signs until it is pretty close to too hot. It gives a false sense of security and when it goes south in heat its due to being too hot to begin with. I've used over 100lbs of it and I shoot all year. I run rl26 in 6 creed, 243, 6.5 creed, 6.5-284, and 6.5 PRC. I have no issue getting a good sd and accurate load I can shoot all year. This summer it did get hot, we shot in some 95f temps and had no issues at all. Moving past all this I think it would be great if you worked up a good load now and then did a test on your own that includes freezing some ammo and seeing what it does. You'll then have vetted this process personally and can decide fact from friction for yourself. It only takes 3-5 rounds out of your ammo to do the test after you work up your load. [/QUOTE]
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