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Savage 94C
Ernest T: Not to get off the subject of the oversize jug of R16 (which in my opinion doesn't make much sense), but curious what caliber you are reloading and using R16 in. When it first came out or I should say the first time I saw it at a gun show, I broke one of my reloading rules and bought a pound of it without checking its capabilities. Sort of an impulse buy! Anyway, I reload for 250 Savage in both Savage 99's and a Ruger 77 and have great experience with R15 using 75-87 grain bullets (Varget, 3031 also). Couldn't find much reloading info using R16 at the time with my choice of bullets. Called Alliant, Hornady and Speer. I thought R17 to be to slow for my needs and assumed that the R16 maybe a good alternative to the faster R15. Not much on the web or any other sources. Was advised that the R16 would work better for 30 caliber loadings and/or calibers with a better case capacity such as the .243. Anyway, around 2 months later I went to another gun show where the dealer who I've done business with for around five years and know allowed me to trade the R16 in for another powder. Haven't done much research on it since. Just color me curious.