Prior posts by Joel7651, LHSAKO, and Dr. Mike, piqued my interest in trying the 130 gr. E-Tip in my 1:9" twist Hart barreled, Rem. M700 chambered in 270 Win. Joel7651 and LHSAKO had some good results with Reloder 26.
After working up to a charge weight of RL-26 to what I thought was below max level according to QuickLOAD, I started trying different bullet jumps. At the encouragement of Dr. Mike to try longer jumps, I ended up at a bullet jump of .225" and shot the following .7" four shot group.
The velocity jumped up about 38 fps between bullet jumps of .205" and .225". I attribute that to powder compression. I believe the powder reached 100% fill at an OAL of 3.245 and is slightly compressed at this OAL of 3.235.
I should note that this barrel has a long throat so I am still getting a long bullet jump at this OAL.
![E-tip at .225 jump.jpg E-tip at .225 jump.jpg](https://forum.nosler.com/data/attachments/11/11218-4c2cf8254664c211b321f7aa3f58813e.jpg)
The problem is that I used up a whole box of bullets in trying ever longer bullets jumps. Now, I am out of 130 gr. E-Tips.![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Dan
After working up to a charge weight of RL-26 to what I thought was below max level according to QuickLOAD, I started trying different bullet jumps. At the encouragement of Dr. Mike to try longer jumps, I ended up at a bullet jump of .225" and shot the following .7" four shot group.
The velocity jumped up about 38 fps between bullet jumps of .205" and .225". I attribute that to powder compression. I believe the powder reached 100% fill at an OAL of 3.245 and is slightly compressed at this OAL of 3.235.
I should note that this barrel has a long throat so I am still getting a long bullet jump at this OAL.
![E-tip at .225 jump.jpg E-tip at .225 jump.jpg](https://forum.nosler.com/data/attachments/11/11218-4c2cf8254664c211b321f7aa3f58813e.jpg)
The problem is that I used up a whole box of bullets in trying ever longer bullets jumps. Now, I am out of 130 gr. E-Tips.
Dan