Hercules Reloader 12???

[loose noose]

Today I was going thru my powder magazine and came across an unopened can of Hercules Reloader 12 with a price of $14.99 on a small tag. I checked all of the reloading manuals, as well as the Hercules/Alliant reloading manuals and could not even find that powder listed, let alone any loading data. The closest I came was Reloader 11 from Alliant.

I'm wondering if there is anyone out there that can give me any information on what I have? I do plan on getting a hold of Alliant to see if that was mislabeled, but I do understand why it is still unopened, due to the fact there is no loading data available. Note, I do keep all my powder in a magazine container with the temperature no warmer than 80 degrees, and generally at 72 degrees all year long.

 

[JimKirk]

It is not mis-labeled ... There was a RL12 back years ago ... Worked well in the .223/5.56 ... It was somewhere around the AR-Comp range ... but a different powder altogether...

Go here ... There is lot of RL12 in the rifle section...
http://www.castpics.net/LoadData/Freebies/RM/Alliant.html

 

[loose noose]

I thank ya Jim for that information, hopefully I'll hear from Alliant before to long.

 

[JimKirk]

I added that link after your last post ... Data in it ...

 

[loose noose]

For some reason I can't get into it.

 

[JimKirk]

Sorry ....I didn't fully explain ... if you click on the link ...there comes up a list of various Alliant manuals along with some other stuff ... but the 1996 manual has a lot of data in it ... It will download as a PDF file ... I didn't check every year but I think it was listed up to about 2000 ...

 

[wild willy]

Speer #12 and #13 have load data. I found a pound a couple years ago and that was the only place I found data.Didn’t think to check the yearly Alliant guides but I checked a lot of other manuals and the only place I found anything was in the Speers listed above

 

[loose noose]

Jim I thank you for that reloading info, I got quite a few recipes out of that link, BTW it was under the 1987 manuals, and I marked it for future reference. Alliant came back and simply stated "it was a discontinued powder, and would not be applicable to the newer primers and projectiles used today". Sounds like a bunch of ca, ca to me. Once again I thank you, also I opened it and it appears to be in like new condition, no weird odors or discoloration etc.