300wm and RL26

[TackDriver284]

Sorry to revive this old post, lol.
TruckDriver, what was your finalized load with RL26 and the 180's?
Have you ever used the 200's? Powder recommendation? I have some H1000, H4831, RL26 and IMR4831

 

[truck driver]

Hi Mark, I don't know if you'll get the same results this time of year as I did due to cooler weather conditions.
The rifle I used to test the 180gr AB RL 26 powder loads is a push feed M70 with a 26" barrel with a 375 H&H magazine box and follower to get max OAL I could load to reach the lands.
The final load was 78.0grs of RL26 three shot velocity avg was 3138fps. OAL measured off the O-give was 2.891".
The three shot 100yd group measured 1.116" X .647".
The group was fired on 9-5-2018 in 82 degree temp.
The rifle was bought used off GB and I replaced the stock and added bottom metal to get the max size magazine box.
As for trying 200gr bullets the answer is no mainly because they were unavailable when I was testing and never pursed them since I went with the 338WM to hunt with since it was more accurate.

 

[TackDriver284]

Thanks TruckDriver for the info.