RL338
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American Reloading (in stock) claims to be similar to RL-17 , anyone here tried any yet?
Midwest Powder MP 587
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Yoteklr
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I'll let you know in about a week. Ordered some Saturday, sometimes I get very delayed shipping from them though.
I do a load work up next to the exact powder its compared to. It's almost never the same.
I'm OCD so I make a volumetric/ bulk density, visual, and velocity comparison side by side with the compared powder. Same bullet, depth, primer and powder charge. Total science experiment.
Only had one powder so far from them that was so close in all criteria that I'd give 95% confidence of being the same powder. And 95% is higher than some powder lot number discrepancies of the same exact powder.
I do a load work up next to the exact powder its compared to. It's almost never the same.
I'm OCD so I make a volumetric/ bulk density, visual, and velocity comparison side by side with the compared powder. Same bullet, depth, primer and powder charge. Total science experiment.
Only had one powder so far from them that was so close in all criteria that I'd give 95% confidence of being the same powder. And 95% is higher than some powder lot number discrepancies of the same exact powder.
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RL338
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I do have a jug of it on order too. I also have MP 605 that isn’t open yet , a Hybrid 100V equivalent. I have used their MP 521 (BL-C2) and I would say it is as close to BL-C2 you can get right down to the smell and looks. It loads grain for grain to BL-C2.
