Alliant Reloder
Alliant Reloder 10x
A small-bore rifle powder Alliant recommends for light-bullet loads in the .22 centerfires and for benchrest calibers, plus light-bullet .308 Winchester loads.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Alliant |
|---|---|
| Product family | Alliant Reloder |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | extruded |
| Burn-rate position | 99 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | .222 Remington, .223 Remington, .22-250 Remington, .308 Winchester |
Positioned by Alliant as the best choice among its powders for light-bullet applications in small-capacity rifle cases.
Burn rate
Just slower than Reloder 7; a small-bore rifle speed.
Chart agreement: position varies - Alliant's own guide places Reloder 10X FASTER than Power Pro 1200-R; Hodgdon reverses the pair. Ordered here per Hodgdon. Ranked by: Hodgdon, Alliant, Vihtavuori, Shooters World.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Vihtavuori N130 (position 96)
- Hodgdon H322 (position 97)
- Accurate 2015 (position 98)
- IMR 3031 (position 100)
- Vihtavuori N133 (position 101)
- Hodgdon Benchmark (position 102)
Sources
Other Alliant powders
Verify the charge, not just the recipe
Good data gets you a safe starting point. It does not tell you what actually went into the case on stroke 340 — a bridged measure, a double charge, a squib. That is what an RCM Laser Powder Check is for.