Comments on: Euro Powder-Maker Shares Technology with ATK (Alliant), Plans Joint Production in USA

By: MAX

MAX — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 03:58:09 +0000

Any word on the .223 sized cartridge powder?? RL-17 is a monster in .308 with 200+gr bullets and short barrels. Would love a appropriate burn rate powder for heavy 5.56 bullets. The EI impregnation is really something and almost magic hahaha.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:22:15 +0000

When I started working up loads in a short barrel .243 (18″), I tried the RL17. The fps was about 100 slower and accuracy was 1-1.25″ The RL15 worked much better, 100 fps faster and with 1/2″ accuracy. Am using the 95 grain flat base Nosler (got a ton of these) and has been deadly on 200 plus pound feral hogs.

By: spclark

spclark — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:05:25 +0000

Good news the stuff’s gonna be made here. Hope that eases the availability issues some too. Hope the next products using the same technology are as effective.

To Jon,

Early testing of R17 (search for it here; this website is where it was published sometime back around mid-year last year) kinda confirms your suspicions about 308. R15 & Varget are the most common choice for many 308 shooters; there’s not enough case capacity to boost effective speeds using R17.

I like R17 for 6XC; with BN-coated 115 DTACS I’m getting +150 fps better than with H4831sc at a similar accuracy node out to 1K, using a grain less propellant.

By: Mike Thomas

Mike Thomas — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:54:00 +0000

I love Re17 in my 6XC. Good 100 fps faster than H4350 with great accuracy. Going to try it in .243, 9.3×62 and 325 WSM next.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:14:11 +0000

Based on the very limited load data I could find (on Alliant’s site), it seems higher velocities would still be achieved with Reloder 15 in a .308 shooting 165 or 168 gr. projectiles. I’d be interested in trying it regardless, having had very good results with Reloder 15. I typically use Varget, however, since it does act less temperature sensitive (at least I get more consistent chrony results with it). Reloder 15 provides a bit more accuracy for my rifle and I’d be curious to see how 17 stacks up for that reason. I wonder what its temperature sensitivity is.

By: Dick Krause

Dick Krause — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:06:32 +0000

What would be a good load with Reloder 17 for 6mm br 105gr a-max 1/8 twist

By: Henry Eckfeldt

Henry Eckfeldt — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:52:54 +0000

How do Reloader 10 and 17 differ. Seems to me, from using R10 in my 20Tac, and reading about R17, that the latter has less of a sudden peak as R10 seems to have. What would be a safe starting load in a Tac20 with a 39 or 40gr. varmint bullet in an 11-twist 26″ Pac-Nor barrel?
Certainly would appreciate some commentary. Thank you.

Henry