Alliant Reloder
Alliant Reloder 7
A fast rifle powder for small-caliber varmint loads and short-range benchrest work. Alliant also recommends it for .45-70 and .450 Marlin.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Alliant |
|---|---|
| Product family | Alliant Reloder |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | extruded |
| Burn-rate position | 87 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | .223 Remington, .45-70 Government, .450 Marlin, .22 Hornet |
Alliant emphasises consistent metering, calling it suitable for demanding benchrest shooters.
Burn rate
The fastest of the Reloder rifle powders.
Chart agreement: consistent across charts - listed in the same relative neighbourhood by every publisher that carries it Ranked by: Hodgdon, Alliant, Vihtavuori, Shooters World, Wolfe/LoadData.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Hodgdon CFE BLK (position 84)
- Norma 200 (position 85)
- Accurate 2200 (position 86)
- Accurate LT-32 (position 88)
- IMR 4198 (position 89)
- Hodgdon H4198 (position 90)
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.