Originally Posted by MontanaMan
Originally Posted by 79S


I really don't want to mess with rl22 due to its velocity swings from cold to warm or vice versa.


Not quite as bad as some make it out to be, depending on the temps you do your load work at & the extremes you might use it in.

Obviously, if you work up a load at very hot or very cold temps, & then hunt or shoot in the opposite extreme, there could be issues, but I've never seen an issue that amounted to much.

Loads worked up at 50'ish degrees, hunt in 10 degrees..................colder than that & I don't want to be hunting much. wink

MM


This is my experience as well. That’s been how I do it since 86.

Originally Posted by Guybo54
I've been using RL22 for years in various 25.06's with excellent results and it's no doubt my go to powder for this caliber. We don't have big temp swings here in this part of NC so I've personally never experienced the temp sensitive issues with RL22 that I hear people talk about, i'm not saying it doesn't exist but I've never had any problems with it here. RL22 has been very consistent and accurate in every 25.06 that I've used it in and is the first powder I recommend when asked about reloading the 25.06. Mike


Again this is my experience as well, but it may exist and it might not as I haven’t found that problem. My personal preference is Norma MRP when it’s around but RL22 works just as well in all bullet weights from 110-120. Seems somebody on here going by MD up in the gun writers section has said many times that temp sensitivity or lack of such depends a lot on the cartridge/bullet combination as well as the powder. It just may be that 22 and MRP in the 25.06 is one such combination.


Swifty