Originally Posted by BobinNH



Temp stability aficionados will have to forgive me for my ambivalence since I have killed quite a few mule deer and whitetails in temps from the 70's down to 25 below zero using RL22 without a hiccup. Just lucky I guess.

I wish I could say, after 40 years of loading the cartridge that any of these newer,miracle powders show any real ,material improvement over what I was using 30-40 years ago but in reality I have not seen it....other than some rifles preferring one powder over another in accuracy or a bump of 50-60 fps in velocity.

I am not afraid of the RL series since Ive killed BG animals continent wide with their products. I think some of the comments on here about RL 22 and others are pretty funny. The powder is similar to things like MRP, Norma 205,etc and I have noticed how much velocity it will lose in temp swings varies a lot depending on the cartridges.

I swear sometimes people look for problems because they read about it on places like this. I have seen more variation lot to lot with supposedly "temp stable "powders than I have temp swings but no one ever talks about that.

I like the 270 because its boring and I hate getting hung up on ballistic nuances.Just stuff it with your favorite powder, worry more about loading a decent hunting bullet, and go kill stuff.

If you miss because your powder changed your POI in the middle of a hunt, it's likely your own fault. Frankly I never heard of such a thing.


I like the way you think!