Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Brass and bullets ordered. Where should I look first for powder choice? 6.5CM

I find R17 provides better speed and same accuracy as H4350.....And you can get a steady supply.....

H4350 has served me well.

I really like Re 17, in my .260. I did find that in the summer time, the load that I liked was too hot for my second rifle. I backed off about .7 grain to get a load that both rifles liked for my summer depredation deer hunting. With the 129 Interlock, I get 1/2 moa @ 2950 (it was over 3000 originally).

RL 26 will give really good speeds, but is hard to come by and I have not found it to be super accurate in my CM. RL17 has been really accurate but depending the outside temperature it will swing 100 degrees slower in cold weather or the other way around in hot weather. RL16 is supposed to be temp sensitive but I have not tried it yet. I have some of the Winchester 6.5 stabil on the way and I'm hoping it will be better.

Corey

Varget, RL16, RL 17, H4350. Your load is in those powders.