Reloder 7 Smokeless Powder

Modern Smokeless Powders

For the 44 W.C.F.

**I will add more powders and targets as I go**

"Reloder 7"

 I do not know when Reloder 7 was introduced but it is a great powder for replacing Dupont's No.2 Rifle "bulk for bulk" powder. Reloder 7 is a fast burning rifle powder but slower burning than IMR-4227 and can, in most cases, be loaded to case capacity to where the bullet, 240gr or 200gr can sit firmly on top of the powder and remain under 15,000psi. The highest pressure I have come across during my testings have been 16,743psi from 27.5gr using a 240gr Georgia Arms L44A SWC.

 <--photo shows 40 consecutive shots inside 4" @ 100 yards using 25.8gr and a 43-214A 220gr LRNFP bullet with an average velocity of 1,354fps replicating black powder velocities and producing about 11,000psi.

27.5gr using a 200gr Magma bullet produced 13,602psi while most jacketed variant designs produced up into the mid 13,000psi area.