powdr,

I've run BLC-(2) in my 338-06 and gotten great results from my 22" barrel in both speed and accuracy departments.

I clean my rifles right down to bare steel more or less each time I shoot, and don't usually shoot high volumes per outting (not usually > 50 rounds or so per rifle) so I can't speak to the "dirty" issue.

Besides, with numbers and accuracy like what I've found from this powder/cartridge combination, I could care less about whether it is "dirty," whether I clean my rifles perfectly each time out or not. In my rifle, its a winner!

W/ the 215 gr SGK, 57.5 gr. of BLC-(2), CCI-250, and reformed, once fired and neck-sized R-P 270 WCF brass I got about 2683 fps (average of 2 rounds) and .9" edge-to-edge @ 100 yards:

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