270 WSM and RL25

[Hank Hunter]

With RL22 being very difficult to find right now I was looking at trying RL25 (which I have a surplus of) in the short mag with 140/150g bullets. Anyone using it? Only load data I have found is Lymans.
Looking for min/max or real life experience if you have tried it.

 

[SJB358]

With RL22 being very difficult to find right now I was looking at trying RL25 (which I have a surplus of) in the short mag with 140/150g bullets. Anyone using it? Only load data I have found is Lymans.
Looking for min/max or real life experience if you have tried it.

Hank, I thought RL22 was "the powder" for the 270, but RL25 is quickly winning me over with the 150's.

This is 4 shots at 200 yards with the 270WSM and RL25 and the new 150 ABLR's.. This run's 3140 out of my rifle, and it seems excellent



Here is a target where I was messing with the 150 BT's and RL25. Again, these are at 200 yards







I think it's great stuff for the 270WSM. Great speeds within the pressure spec's and the accuracy seems excellent so far too..

 

[DrMike]

What you are seeing, Scotty, is that slow powders tend to work better on heavy for calibre bullets, whereas faster powders tend to shine with lighter (or possibly even mid-range weight) bullets.