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Is anyone loading RL-17 in a 7mm with a sporting length barrel and hunting bullet? | ||
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No, currently using IMR 4350, IMR 4831 and H380. Will try out the RL 17 next year though. Looks very promising. Which 7mm are you talking about? 7mm WSM? | |||
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According to alliant this is being marketed as a short magnum powder.... Personally it seems more like marketing than performance. But I haven't tried it.... /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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I was gonna try it in my .280Imp since it has about the same capacity as 7mm RSAUM and in a 7mm-08Imp. I use RL-22 and RL-15, respectively, in those currently. | |||
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what 7-MM are YOU talking about. just remember that RL-17 is going to compete with the 4350S | |||
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It seems a good choice for 7-08 or 7x57 users but even in the short mags, something a tad slower will often give best results. I don't ue anything faster in my 280 than IMR4831 & nothing faster in the 7remmag than H4831sc. LIFE IS NOT A SPECTATOR'S SPORT! | |||
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any for which it is applicable. i am looking to see if there is any trend in people's experience with it vs. its pulbicity. i mentioned the two improved rounds(.280 &7mm-08) above but may also use it in a 7x57mm for silhouette. i have too many projects going, and enough suitable loads, to waste time on a new powder that won't produce. | |||
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Is RL 17 even in the stores yet? My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost. | |||
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I don;t know what you use in the 280ai now, but IMR7828 is what I use in the 280 & it is about all you can get out of that case w/ that powder. I run 160grNPs @ 2800fps+ in 23"bbl & 140gr @ 3000fps. LIFE IS NOT A SPECTATOR'S SPORT! | |||
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RL-22 in the .280Imp. Shooting 140's out of a 25" at a tad under 3200fps. Been working with RL-15 in the 7mm-08Imp but haven't settled on a load. And yes, someone posted info where they bought Fed 215GM's and RL-17 the other day. | |||
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