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Reloading
RL16 and 30-06 165gr speer btsp.
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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 1324736" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p>Lucky</p><p> </p><p>You may have picked a bullet powder combination that nobody has used. I haven't used Speer bullets it forever and I don't own RL-16 though I do have it's big brother RL-23. As you may know those are two of Alliant's newer powders and are supposed to be very temp stable. RL-17 will outperform RL-16 in terms of raw power (based on my experience with RL-23 versus RL-26). So why did you go away from RL-17 as it seemed like it was working pretty good for you? Not that RL-16 is a bad idea. Temp stability is pretty useful. I'm using RL-26 in my 30-06 running a 178 ELD-X at 2,900 fps with accuracy but I do expect to have to be mindful of ambient temps with that powder. </p><p> </p><p>As to load development methods, I've gotten lazy in my old age so I tend to shoot 3 shot groups with several different powder increments to find out what groups then fine tune from there. Doesn't take too much to find something good enough to hunt with if your rifle is put together right, bedded and such. Bottom line you may have to do the spade work to figure out a good load with the combo you picked and tell all of us what worked for you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 1324736, member: 63138"] Lucky You may have picked a bullet powder combination that nobody has used. I haven't used Speer bullets it forever and I don't own RL-16 though I do have it's big brother RL-23. As you may know those are two of Alliant's newer powders and are supposed to be very temp stable. RL-17 will outperform RL-16 in terms of raw power (based on my experience with RL-23 versus RL-26). So why did you go away from RL-17 as it seemed like it was working pretty good for you? Not that RL-16 is a bad idea. Temp stability is pretty useful. I'm using RL-26 in my 30-06 running a 178 ELD-X at 2,900 fps with accuracy but I do expect to have to be mindful of ambient temps with that powder. As to load development methods, I've gotten lazy in my old age so I tend to shoot 3 shot groups with several different powder increments to find out what groups then fine tune from there. Doesn't take too much to find something good enough to hunt with if your rifle is put together right, bedded and such. Bottom line you may have to do the spade work to figure out a good load with the combo you picked and tell all of us what worked for you? [/QUOTE]
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