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I have acquired a bunch of Alan powder. Was stored properly. Smell fresh. I can find loads for AL5, AL7,and AL8.... but does anyone have loads for AL6? I have a bunch of it.


It is not on any of my old mec charts.

Any help out there? Thanks in advance.

Jerry

Will have to go way back and check my notes. I know I used 5 & & in heavy shotgun loads and in the .357 mag. revolver. Will see if I have anything on on Al-6. I remember that I liked the powders back in the 60s.

A lot of my old manuals are filled with data for the 5, 7 & 8 powders but this is my first knowledge of a 6. Is there any thing which might indicate a date of man'f. Literature I have begins around the late 50's & I find no mention of #6 from there on.

I also got a bunch of AL7. All the loads listed that are for heavy magnum loads. I reduced the charge by 20% and loaded it with 1 1/8oz. Shot several 25 straights at trap. Then it got hot here so I reduced the shot load to 1oz. Still shot excellent. Best loads were in the cheap Federal game load hull. Thing I was most shocked by was how clean it was. Looking down the bore you would swear it was Hogdon Clays. Will give you the load data if you email me. brdslayr@clearwire.net

I have my old Mec charts from the late 60 to today. AL 5 , 7 & 8 are on t. SO AL6 was either before or after those mec chart were included with the loaders.

Hello
The book "Propellant Profiles" by Wolfe is a collection of articles from "Handloader Magazine." There are very nice articles about all except #6.

Are you quite sure you have AL6 and not HS6?

Mike

My comment is in line with Skeettx's. When I read your question about AL-6 I went back through all of my old reloading information, including some published by Alcan, and did not find any mention of AL-6.

Johnpe

I have an early 50's reloading manual and no AL 6

bill

The short answer is no, but I have a bunch of old (handload) boxes with a succession of labels, and one or two labels at the bottom may have a recipe for Al-7. I used it in the mid-sixties for hot 20 ga. loads (1 oz. @ 1200 fps) but by about 1970 had changed over to the more easily obtainable IMR 4756. That will give you an idea of its comparable burn rate. Anyway, a quick check of those old boxes all had 4756 labels. I'll dig more tonight. I recall that Al-7 looked nearly like coal, slightly coarser than powdered.

Jerry if you have enough AL6 to make it economically feasible you might consider loading up some shells using loads in the AL5 range as a startikng point and send them to Tom Armbrust for ballistics testing or Tom may have some recommendations from previous testing.