So in the last year, I have been playing with Reloader 17, 210 grain Matrix bullets in my .308.
Things were going really good. Velocities around 2620, decent groups, not great but really good.
Last month I had an issue, that I was warned about... Temperature instability! Boy! was it ever!
I had worked up a load that showed no pressure signs... at all... then I took the last loaded rounds out to the range, and on the second round, blew a primer clean out of the case. Inspected the bolt, no damage, no other damage to the case, but the primer. Extraction was easy, so like a doorknob, loaded another round, same result... Hmmm, says I!
I remember reading the warnings of the powder being unstable, but wow! I also remember a couple guys recommending another powder that could give me similar velocities, but more stable. I tried searching, but couldn't sort out the search parameters. Could someone point me in the right direction?
Also any comments on RL 17?
Thanks.
Pierre
Things were going really good. Velocities around 2620, decent groups, not great but really good.
Last month I had an issue, that I was warned about... Temperature instability! Boy! was it ever!
I had worked up a load that showed no pressure signs... at all... then I took the last loaded rounds out to the range, and on the second round, blew a primer clean out of the case. Inspected the bolt, no damage, no other damage to the case, but the primer. Extraction was easy, so like a doorknob, loaded another round, same result... Hmmm, says I!
I remember reading the warnings of the powder being unstable, but wow! I also remember a couple guys recommending another powder that could give me similar velocities, but more stable. I tried searching, but couldn't sort out the search parameters. Could someone point me in the right direction?
Also any comments on RL 17?
Thanks.
Pierre
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