American Reloading powders

[tim1457]

I'm giving it a try, I ordered 16 pounds of MP711. I'm going to compare it to the Reloder 26 I have on hand. I have 4 rifles I use it in.

 

[806 guns]

I'm giving it a try, I ordered 16 pounds of MP711. I'm going to compare it to the Reloder 26 I have on hand. I have 4 rifles I use it in.

Will be good to see the comparison. As i don't have any rl26

 

[Revolting Peasant]

Nothing I can find on the website about MP711 has the reference "similar to RL26"
Am I missing something or was the reference only in an email listing?

 

[806 guns]

Nothing I can find on the website about MP711 has the reference "similar to RL26"
Am I missing something or was the reference only in an email listing?

Reference was only in the email. They now have 16lbs in stock no more just 8lbs.

 

[Revolting Peasant]

Thanks for the quick reply.
Wondering how accurate is the "similar to" statement?
I've never even seen RL26 in person. Mythical…

 

[806 guns]

Thanks for the quick reply.
Wondering how accurate is the "similar to" statement?
I've never even seen RL26 in person. Mythical…

Usually they are pretty good. I bought some cfe 223 similar powder and works great. Worth my money when the real thing doesn't exist

 

[Philward]

i have used powders interchangeable with the reference powders offered, MP625 = Ramshot Hunter, MP638 = Alliant 4000MR, and the Ramshot Tac, sorry don't have their reference #. just do a normal load work up and never had a problem.
remember their reference numbers change with different lots of powder, they don't mix lots of same powder they give it a new number and the number has nothing to do with burn rate so don't think MP625 is faster than MP626 and so on. they are just different lots of powder. also the number given this time won't always be the same the next time for the same powder. just use their reference powders and work up again.

That's kind of screwy isn't it? You'll never know what you're buying.

 

[tim1457]

Usually they are pretty good. I bought some cfe 223 similar powder and works great. Worth my money when the real thing doesn't exist

You can buy 1lb and 8lb jugs of CFE 223 on the Hodgdon website.

 

[806 guns]

You can buy 1lb and 8lb jugs of CFE 223 on the Hodgdon website.

Not for $187 8lb jug, at the time it was not available

 

[tim1457]

Not for $187 8lb jug, at the time it was not available

Just letting you know "the real thing really does exist".

 

[KNOTFERSAIL]

I haven't used any of their "magnum" powders as I have plenty of the name brands to use. But, I use a lot of their "223" powders and the burn rate varies substantially, so start low and work up.

 

[TonyRumore]

That's kind of screwy isn't it? You'll never know what you're buying.

Yeah, I would definitely start low and work up. A guy on another board thought "similar" was "equal" and went way over pressure, ruining his brass and blowing the primes out of the cases.

Tony