Stocking up

[Chris]

Any others like this powder?

They didn't have caddies but I must have it.

No politics permitted here, but I am becoming concerned (at minimum) about the possibility of empty shelves again.

Anyhow, I love this powder and if I were limited to only a few kinds this would be one of them.

 

[Brad]

Shelves becoming empty again in the near future is a real possibility. I need to evaluate my needs and finances and decide what to stock up on.

And RE 7 is a great powder. Great buy.

 

[462]

I'm in the very, very early stage of determining its usefulness, as it does seem to hold much promise.

 

[Ian]

One of the few powders I absolutely wouldn't be without. Just became available again a few months ago, so I stocked up like there won't be any more again for a long, long time.

 

[358156 hp]

RX7 is a totally awesome powder. I use a lot of it in 223 with 55 gr bullets. I hear it's also good on cornflakes...

 

[Ian]

It's better on a good Ribeye.

Also works great for.....
.30-30 with 150-170 grain bullets
.35 Remington/200-grain bullet
300 AAC Blackout/subsonic/235-grain bullet
.45 Colt, case full under 340-grain bullet
.45/90 WCF/535-grain bullet plus Dacron filler (for stopping tanks and elephants)

It's as versatile and tolerant of very high/very low pressure applications as is Unique.

 

[Chris]

There are so many qualities to appreciate in this powder. I'll touch on just a few, you afficionados fill in the blanks and expand the thoughts.

I found RL years ago when it was new as a possible replacement for 3031 in my beloved youth deer rifle, an old .35 Rem Marlin. Later I saw that Ken Waters was listing it and that cemented the deal. An extra 100 fps and better accuracy. Not to mention you can meter it well, I had just bought a good measure and was impressed with the capability.

As time went on I learned it was simply the go-to powder for cast in my bottlenecks from mild to full house. Accuracy, potential power, ease of measuring, flexible. Works from .222 on up to .45/70 and works well.

Love it for use in a Dillon progressive, meters well and I make gobs of cast offhand practice rounds.

I am not a salesman for the stuff either.

 

[JWFilips]

RX7 is a great powder for me in 223, 243 and some 30 caliber use....you couldn't have gone wrong!

 

[Ian]

One thing powder companies have NOT needed in the past eight years is a salesman.

I never got Reloder 7 to work well for me in .308 Win. or the '06. Those seem to work the best for me with Titegroup, Unique, or the fine spherical ball powders such as H-414, H322, WW748, etc.

 

[Chris]

Good one!

 

[Brad]

I personally prefer the Reloder series of powder when they fit the needed burn rate. Shot lots of -15 in 223 for highpower competition. Like the -22 for the 270. The -17 and -19 work well in many -06 loads.

They measure great and give good results for me in most applications.

 

[yodogsandman]

RX7 for the 7.62x39, both cast and jacketed.

 

[smokeywolf]

I never got Reloder 7 to work well for me in .308 Win. or the '06. Those seem to work the best for me with Titegroup, Unique, or the fine spherical ball powders such as H-414, H322, WW748, etc.

Ian, did you ever use 2400 in 308 or particularly '06? If so, did one of the 5 propellants you mention perform better for you?

 

[35 shooter]

I picked up a lb. of rl7 to try in my .308 and 35 whelen. 2400 is non existant around here. I've got high hopes for it.

 

[Chris]

Among other things, I like RL 7 in .358 Win. with Lyman 3589 mold. Also in '06 with the heavier Lyman bullets, i.e. 284 and 299. Very flexible powder though.

 

[Ian]

Ian, did you ever use 2400 in 308 or particularly '06? If so, did one of the 5 propellants you mention perform better for you?

Never in the .308. In the '06 it needed Dacron and if I'm going to go to that trouble, I opt for the LG load of 28-29 grains of IMR 4895 for a bit more velocity and a pretty much falling-off-a-log-easy straight-shooting load. Generally for .308 and '06 I either load target loads like Ben or stoke it up like I'm taking it to war. For the latter, H-414/WW760 with some compacting buffer is really hard to beat.

 

[Stonecrusher]

I like it a lot and just stocked up myself. Great for cast in rifle and beats either flavor of 4198 for my use. Gives better accuracy in .222 Rem with jacketed, for me. Plus, it meters wonderfully through my Uniflow and makes loading go faster.

 

[Chris]

I picked up a lb. of rl7 to try in my .308 and 35 whelen. 2400 is non existant around here. I've got high hopes for it.

I noticed this morning that Cabela's has 2400 in stock with free shipping over $100. Hazmat applies though.

 

[300BLK]

The ATFE's walked back attempt to reclassify wetted nitrocellulose as a high explosive was another wake up call. With no 2400 to be found locally, I settled for some RL7 and 4227.

 

[fiver]

17-88 grs of 2400 will stack stuff together in the 308 like nobody's business.
at 19 grs the 0-6 does pretty dang well but you have to watch the positioning.
I use 19 with the rcbs 30-150 in the savage and the 1917 and 19 with the 311041 in the O3A3.
the 03 will stack them 041's in at 100 yds better than it'll shoot jacketed. [which is odd I bought the 041 for the 17 which hates it]
switching from rifle to pistol primers makes a big difference in the amount of powder needed.