Alliant Reloder
Alliant Reloder TS 15.5
A temperature-stable medium rifle powder aimed at handloading heavy bullets with better precision, including 6mm wildcats.
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 | 135 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | .308 Winchester, .223 Remington |
Alliant claims world-class temperature stability and extremely consistent velocities across the temperature spectrum, and lists a de-coppering agent. REACH compliant.
Burn rate
Deliberately placed between Reloder 15 and Reloder 16.
Chart agreement: consistent across the three charts that list it Ranked by: Hodgdon, Alliant, 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 BL-C(2) (position 132)
- Vihtavuori N540 (position 133)
- Hodgdon CFE 223 (position 134)
- Alliant Power Pro 2000-MR (position 136)
- Hodgdon LEVERevolution (position 137)
- Hodgdon H380 (position 138)
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.