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<blockquote data-quote="Dean2" data-source="post: 1896476" data-attributes="member: 26077"><p>For you guys that often hunt in 80-110 F weather I get why you would have two loads. Up here, the warmest hunting temperature we will see is 60F at mid day. Far more common to be - something. The temp unstable powders are effected in high heat, but they are also severely affected by extreme cold. It would not be uncommon to loose 300 fps going form +50F to -30 F using one of the RL powders and it gets worse the colder it gets after -30. Getting an extra 100 fps at +50F isn't very helpful when you drop 300 FPS from one day to the next. It is not unusual to go from 0 to -35 overnight. The Extreme powders move less than 75 FPS in the same conditions.</p><p></p><p>For target loads that you are loading to conditions, I can see using RL and others like it if that is what gives you maximum performance. For a hunting load, consistency to me is paramount. Has to go bang every time and it needs to hit within an inch at 300 yards over a trips common temp range. I don't want to have to re-sight my hunting rifles as I change loads for various temperature conditions or with the same load because it got cold and the velocity dropped 200 FPS. Especially when you are shooting 5-800 or more yards, consistent velocity is required for ballistic solutions to work properly. I often think that hunters have allowed target considerations to over influence their hunting loads. Especially at the longer ranges, more consistency, even at a little lower velocity is far preferable in a hunting load than being at the ragged edge for performance but everyone's situation is different so I get why others think another way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean2, post: 1896476, member: 26077"] For you guys that often hunt in 80-110 F weather I get why you would have two loads. Up here, the warmest hunting temperature we will see is 60F at mid day. Far more common to be - something. The temp unstable powders are effected in high heat, but they are also severely affected by extreme cold. It would not be uncommon to loose 300 fps going form +50F to -30 F using one of the RL powders and it gets worse the colder it gets after -30. Getting an extra 100 fps at +50F isn't very helpful when you drop 300 FPS from one day to the next. It is not unusual to go from 0 to -35 overnight. The Extreme powders move less than 75 FPS in the same conditions. For target loads that you are loading to conditions, I can see using RL and others like it if that is what gives you maximum performance. For a hunting load, consistency to me is paramount. Has to go bang every time and it needs to hit within an inch at 300 yards over a trips common temp range. I don't want to have to re-sight my hunting rifles as I change loads for various temperature conditions or with the same load because it got cold and the velocity dropped 200 FPS. Especially when you are shooting 5-800 or more yards, consistent velocity is required for ballistic solutions to work properly. I often think that hunters have allowed target considerations to over influence their hunting loads. Especially at the longer ranges, more consistency, even at a little lower velocity is far preferable in a hunting load than being at the ragged edge for performance but everyone's situation is different so I get why others think another way. [/QUOTE]
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