Recent content by Hunter26

You can't go wrong with any of those choices. I really liked the 125gr Partition and 130gr Accubond in my 260 Rem Encore pistol (15" barrel), which was later rechambered to 6.5-270 JDJ. Those two bullets put a hurtin on deer & hogs. I've been using the ABLR's in a 6.5 PRC & 7mm PRC & they have...

I honestly have had pretty good luck with most major brands of brass. Pistol brass doesn't make near as much difference. In rifle, Hornady, Federal & Winchester used to be my go to's for the price. After trying some Nosler and then Lapua, I spend the extra for good rifle brass now for bolt guns...

I won't go through a big list, but all my center fire rifles were first used on whitetails from 257 Roberts through 45-70. The majority with Nosler bullets. A very memorable hunt was when I was 10. Using a beautiful Browning A-Bolt Micro Medallion in 7mm-08, the rifle's first animal and my first...

Great cartridge and tons of suitable powders. You already are using one of the best for the grand old warhorse. My dad loved IMR4350 with 150gr Ballistic Tips. Ive been partial to H4350 and 150gr Accubonds, Partitions or Interbonds and my buddy likes Staball 6.5 with 150gr Interbonds. Between...

It's nice to start seeing R26 become available but I can't stomach the price. Midway got a little in a couple weeks ago for about the same price.

I like the 240gr XTP but have only shot animals with it out of a revolver and was happy with it. However, if I had a 44 Mag rifle, the 270gr Speer Deepcurl would be hard to beat as an overall bullet. I loaded some for a buddy with a case full of H110 and they've been great for him on deer and...

What a beautiful rifle. Is there anything R26 can't do? Have you tried any other loads in it yet? Not that you need to with that load.

Mine is a 22" barrel, I think they offer longer in the magnum calibers.

I bought a 6.5x55 Tikka recently too! Went with the stainless hunter model. Woods decent but nothing like yours! I have a bunch of Lapua brass, dies & bullets just waiting to go. 140gr Partitions should be perfect in this rifle but I have a lot of others to try. Let us know how yours shoots!

You'll have to keep us updated on your progress. I thought these hybrid cases weren't reloadable?

A buddy gave me a couple bricks of lead that were used as ballast in an x-ray machine. They were pure lead and I just added some tin or cut them with wheel weights. Im about out of all of them though.

Yep, it went fast even at $86 per pound. Too rich for my blood.

I think I remember reading that as well, the 200gr Core-lokt always seemed to be the best one.

I was hesitant to try the ABLR's after using the regular Accubond so well for so long. I'd heard of the accuracy issues with it but decided to grab a couple boxes of the blems and have been extremely happy with them as you can see from my post(s). I haven't shot any bug hole groups with them...

Some websites have twist calculators like Berger to see if those 160gr BT's would stabilize or not.