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H4831 is the gold standard powder for the 6.5-284. Mine loves it, but I really get better velocity with exceptional accuracy using RL23 with 140 gr bullets. Retumbo and RL26 are other good choices. I know you are trying to stay away from RL22, but I used it with the 140 Ballistic Tips and it's...

Jury is still out on the LRAB. Some days I get below 0.5" moa and other days it open up a little over 1.0" moa. I'll check the velocity when it opens up and the numbers are right where they should be. I thought it was most likely the Indian and not the arrow, but I shot some of my hunting...

My COAL is 3.400"

I'm running RL23 with the 150 gr LRAB. Final load is 61.4 gr at 3121 fps (ES 2/SD 0)!! I got it up over 3200 fps and 62.0 gr, but ran out of case capacity.......I never hit pressure. I'd start at 58.0gr and work up

Look at the Hammer Bullets. They are devastating on game and easy to do load work up on. They are extremely accurate, too. I load them in 5 different calibers. My latest endeavor was the 213 gr Hammer Hunter in my 338 Lapua. Made very short work of a very tough Kodiak Island mountain goat...

With RL26, I've personally found (and have read that others have had the same experience) that it can act up when the temp is over 80 degrees. Best to do load development below 80 degrees if you can

I get around 3150 fps with the 95gr Ballistic Tip in my 22" Tikka .243 using HV100 powder. Off the top of my head, I think the charge is right around 42.0gr

Do you have an update on what the issue was??? I'm very curious since I've experienced something similar in 2 of my rifles. One was just rebarreled and I sent it back to the barrel maker to have their master gunsmith see if he could figure out what is going on. The different issue for me from...

You hit the velocity node (flat spot) very nicely from 64.0-65.0 gr with an ES of 22. They velocity nodes are typically 0.4-0.8 gr in size. RL23 is very temp stable and you're getting very good velocity for a 160gr bullet. I would load what 5 at your planned 64.3gr and check for velocity and...

I shoot a variety of calibers and, therefore, a variety of bullets and bullet weights. What I've found is that it's best to understand what you're hunting and at what distance shots you should expect. Then you can pick the best bullet for the situation. If you want to use a monolithic/all...

Your best node is from 42.2-42.6 gr. You will usually find the velocity "flat spot" node from 0.4-0.8 gr. In your case, there was only 13 fps difference between them. I would load 5 at 42.4 and 5 at 42.5 and see what kind of ES & SD you get between those two loads and pick the best one. I...

I have a Sako 75 300 WSM, so basically the same rifle as your Tikka. Mine shoots lights out with Hybrid 100V (65.6gr, 2.86" COAL). It also shoots very well with RL-17 (64.5gr). IMR 4350 shoots sub-moa too, but a little less velocity than HV100 or RL-17. If you can find a lb of RL-16, you...

I contacted Nosler about 2 years ago asking which powder they used for their 160 AB ammo. The return email stated they do not give out that info, BUT if I were to look at their reloading data and pick the "most accurate powder & charge" I would probably be very happy with the result. I took...

Do you mind giving me your load data for both the 300 wsm and Norma. I just started to load both of these with RL26 and just curious to see where you ended up. Advice on starting loads with the Norma would be appreciated, too. thanks Doug

Thank you very much. I found it. The "change data records in active file" scared me to click on it because I thought I could mess something up. I appreciate the help. QL is pretty awesome and I know I'm just scratching the surface of what it can do at the moment. Wish I purchased it about a...

I literally just purchased Quickload and I'm still finding my way through it. Weighting factor was explained to me by another user as a "mysterious" number. I've been looking for the Case Capacity window(like the one you have above) that allows me to enter the data like you did, so I could get...