If it's suitable for cartridges using slugs toward the heavy for calibre side would it do for a 30-06 with 220 grain slugs? Or, 22-250 with 85 to 90 grain slugs?
I use IMR7828 in .270 W 150 grain bullets, and H4831 with 178grain .30-06 bullets. With heavy .30-06 bullets I bet the worst that would happen with RL 25 would be slow velocity. Might work fine with the right barrel. I have an elderly very talented gunsmith friend that heartily recommends H4831 for the inattentive, careless, or novice reloader of .30-06. He says it is hard to hurt yourself with that powder. Might be the same with RL 25.
R25 works well in the 270 WSM with 140-160 gr. loads.
R 26 seems to vary with case size 06 and smaller it is very close to R22. In the wsm and larger it is closer to R25 but still slightly "faster".It has proven useful in cases from .243 to 300 Win. so far. In the 7RM it will equal my old H870 loads but is much cleaner and temperature stable.
It looks like for a standard non magnum cartridge the 25-06 is a front runner. Unless someone in East Texas had some to trade. Nearly out of Varget and H4831sc........ These two suffice for 95% of my reloading.
It looks like for a standard non magnum cartridge the 25-06 is a front runner. Unless someone in East Texas had some to trade. Nearly out of Varget and H4831sc........ These two suffice for 95% of my reloading.
Now, if you have a can of RL-25, but no .25-06, that's an excellent excuse to buy or build one...
Loony logic at it's best...
BTW, I'm seeing Varget and H4831 availablilty improving.