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RL-17 I've found works better than about anything in that size case.

RL-17 is rumored to be kinda like Superformance powders. It has a slower pressure peak and really gives some great performance in certain cartridges. I load for a .250 Savage and it gives me the performance of my .257 Bob. However that's with a 26" Barrel AND a long throated chamber. I can safely get 40 grains of powder in it. It's a bolt gun built on a Howa 1500 action and a Krieger 26 inch SS Barrel. Great gun. I won't tell you the MV because you won't believe me or you'll think I'm being unsafe. But it took me 6 months to work that load up at a 10th a grain a powder at a time for the last grain and a half. That's a lot of range trips.