Alliant Reloder
Alliant Reloder 16
A temperature-stable powder for traditional hunting cartridges, 6.5mm target loads and tactical applications.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Alliant |
|---|---|
| Product family | Alliant Reloder |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | extruded |
| Temperature stable | Yes — claimed by the manufacturer |
| Burn-rate position | 150 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | .30-06 Springfield, .270 Winchester, 6.5 Creedmoor |
Uses Alliant's TZ technology, which the company says resists the tendency to make more pressure when hot and less when cold. Contains a proprietary de-coppering additive.
Burn rate
Slightly faster than Reloder 17, and Alliant places it within the IMR 4350 burn-speed band.
Chart agreement: DISAGREEMENT — Alliant's own Reloader's Guide places Power Pro 4000-MR SLOWER than Reloder 16, 17 and 19; this list, following the Hodgdon spine, places it faster. Ranked here per the Hodgdon chart used as this list's spine. Ranked by: Hodgdon, Alliant, Vihtavuori, Wolfe/LoadData.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Vihtavuori N550 (position 147)
- IMR 4350 (position 148)
- IMR Enduron 4451 (position 149)
- Hodgdon H4350 (position 151)
- Alliant Reloder 17 (position 152)
- Accurate 4350 (position 153)
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.