Comments on: Alliant Reloder 15 Vs. Norma 203B — The Numbers Tell All

By: Rusty

Rusty — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:01:05 +0000

RL-15 is just another batch of Norma 203B that Norma used in their factory and sold the excess to Alliant. They repackaged it and sold it as RL-15. Now that Norma uses Western Powders as their US distributors I don’t think you will see much or any RL-15. Unless Alliant comes up with their version.

You will find that Norma 203B is more consistent from batch to batch than RL-15 was.

By: Guy

Guy — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 19:17:44 +0000

Good to known but doesn’t seem any more available them RL 15

By: Boyd Allen

Boyd Allen — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:19:45 +0000

It would seem to me that the small reported differences in data, would fall well within the lot to lot variations typical of any one powder.

By: Robert Whitley

Robert Whitley — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:46:25 +0000

Just my opinion here FWIW – – as far as I am concerned they’re the same. I recently purchased some Norma 203B and have used it in lieu of RL15 and I have used the same loads with various cartridges as I used with RL15. I have not noticed any real differences between the two powders or the velocities and pressures generated with identical loads. If there’s a difference, I don’t know what it is, they even look identical.