re-17 or H4350 in 6BR

[rain164845]

Has anyone messed with it? I have seen that these powders can be used in the larger 6mms, but has anyone tried in the smaller? It seems to me that the slower powders might work better with the heavier bullets at the expense of speed.
Joe

 

[Steve Blair]

I shot Reloder 17 with moly Sierra 107 for about 800 rounds in 6BR. It works well and gives up nothing in velocity. I found H4895, Varget and 8208 XBR all deliver better ES/SD and slightly better accuracy. It is marginal at that bullet weight. I also shot ~100 rounds with DTAC 115 and RL17 to acceptable but not great results. All loads were compressed, some a lot. H4350 is a little bulkier than RL17 which makes it more of a problem in 6BR.

 

[tiny68]

I played with re-17 a few years ago. This was my report. http://forum.accurateshooter.com/index.php/topic,3205403.msg30936678.html#msg30936678

Luck, tim

 

[noelfr]

In my rifle 8" twist r17 in a lightly compressed load carbon fouled worse than anything I've ever used. On the other hand works fine in 223.

 

[rain164845]

Thanks guys, I guess I'll leave that one alone.

 

[lmorrison17]

I shoot H4350 in a dasher with BIB 108's. I didn't see a great difference in between it , RL15,Varget or 4895. I am giving the velocity but the 4350 gives me better ES and SD.
Larry