"Alliant Powders continues a long and proud tradition of
producing America's best and most popular smokeless powders.
Alliant's origins as a gunpowder manufacturer can be traced
back more than 125 years to the DuPont Company whose
leadership position in the explosives industry is legendary.
DuPont's divestiture in 1912 created the Hercules Power
Company, as an independent entity, and eventually resulted in
Alliant becoming America's premier gunpowder manufacturer."
Alliant 2400
Alliant produces and markets a wide variety of powders
suitable for just about every conceivable use a home reloader
could have from handguns to rifles to shotguns. I've been
using powders made first under the Hercules and later the
Alliant name for about as long as I've been reloading ammo
and continue to do so today.
Reloader 7
Awhile back I asked for and received samples of Alliant
powders RE 7, RE 19, RE 22 and 2400. Since then I have been
using them in a variety of gun and TC barrel projects. I'll
not try to list specific loads here as it would just
duplicate the listings with the guns and barrels tested. Some
of these have proven to be the premiere powder in the various
guns and barrels with specific bullets. All guns and all
barrels are unique and what they prefer to be fed is going to
vary. What is best for mine might not be best in yours but
day in and day out all of these are solid choices to select
from. For many years H2400 was THE powder of choice for
myself and my now deceased best friend Billy Doss for use in
our handguns. It is still as good a choice as any for magnum
handguns and especially in the .357 Mag is the one I reach
for without even thinking. In the .44 magnum it was the only
powder we used during our metallic silhouette shooting days.
Reloader 19
Reloader 22
I found RL19 and RL22 excellent in the Rem. 700 LSS .30-06
rifle tests. RL7 is also finding good use in several of my
projects.
Alliant powders are good stuff. I use them and I recommend
them in many applications. If you haven't tried them you
should. They get a thumbs up
and the Graybeard Seal of
Approval.
Visit the Alliant Powder Co. web site by clicking on the
name.
Alliant Powder Co.
P.O. Box 6
Radford, VA 24141
Phone: 1-800-276-9337